Chapter 25: Rise of the Sharingan Devil

He looked at the fallen body of his comrade, everything seemed to have stopped for him. He felt alone, and this pain felt familiar.

Silent tears slipped from Naruto's eyes as he looked at Sai, or rather the large hole in his chest.

The hole which HE created.

There was no movement from his friend's body, his breathing had stopped and his heartbeat could no longer be felt.

But despite all of this, there was a peaceful smile on his face, it looked as if Sai had finally found a place where there was no fighting, where there were no wars, and where he could live peacefully.

"Baka" thought Naruto sadly,

"Fuuton Kaiten Shuriken (Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken Jutsu)"

Naruto heard the sound of several shuriken coming towards him, and prepared himself to dodge with Sai's body, but heard another voice.

"Mokuton: Moku Joheki (Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall)"

A large wooden wall, was formed behind Naruto and Sai's position, and the shuriken attack collided with it.

Naruto slowly looked up, and saw the Anbu commander was standing in front of him.

"So...its already over," said the Anbu commander seriously, as he looked at Sai's body.

"Hai...he stopped me by placing this seal," said Naruto stoically, it seemed he had just sealed away all the emotions he had.

The Anbu commander gave a short bow in order to show his respect for the young Anbu, who sacrificed himself for the village, and most of all for his friend.

"Commander...can you hold off Danzo for a few moments?" requested Naruto calmly

The Anbu commander seemed surprised by this request, but one look in the blonde boy's eyes showed him he was already dead. He needed a moment to grieve for his friend.

"Got it...you have 3 minutes," said the Anbu commander seriously

He then jumped over the wooden wall, and after a few moments Naruto heard sounds of fighting. The Anbu commander was not a person who talked much.

Naruto coughed up a lot of blood, but quickly brought his hand forward and did not allow a single drop of his blood to fall on Sai's body.

"How bad is it?" asked Naruto stoically

Kurama was quite shocked by hearing this, he expected Naruto to cry his eyes out; but it seemed the amount of emotional damage which Naruto had suffered was far worse.

"Are you okay?" asked Kurama in a gentle tone,

He was quite surprised by Naruto's reply.

"We don't have time to talk about my feelings...they do not matter. I asked you a question, will you comply?" asked Naruto stoically

"Its bad...you shouldn't have fallen and used my chakra. Maybe-" said Kurama but was cut off

"Can I fight in this condition?" asked Naruto firmly

"You can...but this would only damage your body more. You need to rest," advised Kurama

"Thank you for the concern...but I came here to do something, and I'll finish it," said Naruto seriously

"Naruto-"

"I don't want to talk, please stay quiet," said Naruto flatly

Before Kurama could reply, Naruto cut off the link. It seemed he was broken as another one of his best friend had died by his hands. Technically, it was an accident but Kurama knew Naruto would blame himself for this.

Naruto gently laid Sai's body on the ground, and wiped off a few stains of blood from his face.

"Rest brother," said Naruto gently

He then jumped over the wall, he saw the Anbu commander and Danzo fighting at some distance. He calmed himself down, he had nothing left to lose now, the only thing that remained was the mission and its objectives.

He saw the 10 sharingan on Danzo's arms, and his sensor abilities made him realize that Danzo's chakra was very similar to the Anbu commander. Combining both these facts, only one thing came to his mind, as he realized what Danzo was doing.

And he would see that Danzo would pay for his crimes against Konoha, against every Root Anbu, against Shin, against Rei, and against Sai, no matter the cost.

"Commander," said Naruto loudly

The Anbu commander heard his voice, and gave one kick to Danzo and backflipped away towards Naruto.

"So, you ready to fight together against him, he's tough and those sharingan are a pain in the ass," said the Anbu commander harshly

He was quite surprised when Naruto stepped in front of him, and unsheated his sword.

"We are not fighting together," said Naruto finally,

"What? That is the best choice in the current situation, now is not the time for revenge," scolded the Anbu commander

Naruto turned around, and the Anbu commander was quite surprised by the look in his eyes.

"Who said anything about revenge? My feelings have been resolved, and I am focused on the mission. Sai Satou, died in the line of duty, his sacrifice would help this village," said Naruto emotion lessly

"He was your..." said the Anbu commander calmly

"Sai will forever be with me...he entrusted me with his dreams, he would want me to complete what we started together," said Naruto calmly

"But you are not strong enough..." said the Anbu commander harshly

Naruto turned quickly, and in a blink of an eye his sword was pointed at the Anbu commander's throat. His Three Tomoe Sharingan looked in the commander's eyes.

"This is my fight...this sword belonged to my big brother, and this blood on my face is of my best friend, and the blood on this sword is of the men I killed tonight. All these deaths happened due to this man's madness, this is my mission...and I will finish it today. Back off, or I might kill you too," said Naruto murderously

His KI flared in the corridor, and the look in his sharingan eyes showed the commander that the boy had now become a true shinobi. There was no point in stopping him now,

"Very well," said the Anbu commander

"Commander I have left the person whom I mentioned in another part of the base, a few of my clones are guarding the position. Please retrieve that person and take Sai's body with you. I'll finsh things here," said Naruto firmly

"Understood," said the Anbu commander, and then jumped away.

Naruto turned around and looked at his opponent without any type of emotion on his face. His posture was calm, his eyes were firm, and his sword shined brightly with blood.

Danzo finally realized something, and he gave a small nod to the boy in respect.

"So, you finally became a true shinobi. The look in your eyes has changed," said Danzo calmly, and took out a kunai

Naruto didn't answer but just raised his sword, and increased his KI.

"Let's go," said Naruto calmly

Danzo''s eyes widened in surprise, as Naruto disappeared in an instant and before he could think further, he felt a sword cut clean through his neck.

But the Danzo that was killed disappeared as an illusion.

Naruto performed another set of hand seals, and fired his jutsu on his left side.

"Suiton: Hahonryu!" (Water Release: Rapid Crasher)"

A wall of water rushed towards the left side and a moment later Danzo appeared there, and his eyes widened in shock as he was sent crashing into the wall due to the water wall.

"How did he?" thought Danzo in shock,

But he had to raise his kunai as Naruto suddenly flashed in front of him, and slashed his sword at him. The sparks flew in the air, as the metal clashed with one another.

Danzo was again shocked as he looked into Naruto's eyes, which changed into Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Amaterasu"

Black flames started burning Danzo's face, but he again disappeared as an illusion.

Naruto turned around, blood leaked from his eyes but due to his sensor skills he exactly knew where Danzo was.

And he was proved right, as he saw Danzo standing on top of small debris, and the man looked more alarmed than ever.

"How do you know where I am going to show up?" asked Danzo sternly,

Naruto didn't reply and sent his sword sailing towards Danzo at high speed. The old man used his Mangekyo in order to flash a few meters away and was shocked when he saw a mass of sparkling chakra in Naruto's right arm.

"Chidori"

Naruto's lightning ball cut clean through Danzo's chest, and the man coughed up blood and disappeared again as an illusion.

Danzo appeared behind Naruto and attempted to behead him, but was shocked again when Naruto in front of him bursted into crows.

A kunai cut clean through Danzo's chest, and when he looked back he saw Naruto standing in front of him.

"7 more Izanagi to go," said Naruto calmly

The illusion jutsu occured again, as Danzo again disappeared, but the shock in the man's eyes could clearly be seen.

Naruto jumped towards the debris and gracefully picked up his sword, he took in a deep breath as he sensed Danzo appear on his west side again, though the man was several meters away.

"So you know about Izanagi...you are an Uchiha, after all. I regret the fact that I couldn't finish you with your clan on that night," said Danzo bitterly

Naruto's entire body sparkled with blue chakra, and his cold sharingan eyes glared at Danzo murderously.

"Your real regret has not even begun yet...I'll tear you apart, I'm gonna rip you to pieces...and wipe you off the face of this world," said Naruto murderously

Danzo took a step back, he really was shocked with such a malicious hatred in the boy's voice, and for once in his life Danzo truly felt his life was in danger now, as he was facing a devil right now, one whose only motive was to kill him.

Naruto performed hand seals, at such fast speed that Danzo couldn't copy his jutsu, even with the help of his sharingan.

"Katon: Goka Mekkyaku (Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation)!"

A tidal wall of fire rushed towards Danzo, it burned everything in its path; Danzo didn't have any place left to perform his shunshin.

"Izanagi, I have 6 more chances if I include my Mangekyo also." thought Danzo and performed his jutsu

"Its already over for him," thought Naruto calmly

The fire wall burnt Danzo's body as he vanished as an illusion again, and appeared behind Naruto again.

He attempted to behead Naruto instantly, and swiped his kunai towards Naruto's neck.

"KATSU"

Danzo watched in shock, as the Naruto in front of him blasted away and took it with him.

"Is that all? Is this your power?" asked Naruto distastefully

Danzo again reappeared a few meters away, though there were just 3 sharingan left on his arm, and one Mangekyo in his eyes.

The Root commander saw Naruto floating in the air, he looked as an illusion as part of his body resembled a crow.

"You think this is your power?" asked Naruto patiently

"You cannot defeat me, your body is so badly damaged that even if you do survive now, you probably have a few months left to live. But I am going to win here, no matter what," said Danzo calmly

"I already know the damage I am suffering, it doesn't matter. I'll heal, but you think by attaching a few sharingan and the first Hokage's cells makes you invincible, you can never match the power of the Uchiha," said Naruto sternly

"Then show me your legendary power," said Danzo as performed his hand seals,

"I have already defeated you," thought Naruto calmly

Danzo released a powerful wave of wind towards Naruto, but the boy again vanished in a flock of crows.

Naruto flipped in the air, and released his attack in all directions.

"Shuriken No Jutsu,"

Danzo tried to dodge but he was struck by a few shuriken straight in the head, and he vanished again.

Naruto stood upside down on the ceiling of the base, and watched as Danzo appeared again and looked at his arm, which just had two sharingan left.

"No matter what he does, his body does not have the stamina which the Uchiha have, nor can he cast his genjutsu perfectly no matter how powerful his Mangekyo maybe. A weapon is only lethal if used effectively," thought Naruto calmly

Naruto launched himself like a missile towards Danzo and sliced his head off before the man could even react.

"Naruto...you are shortening your life, if you keep this up then I doubt any human could heal your damaged body," warned Kurama

"I'll do something about this problem, now let me fight," said Naruto strictly

Kurama angrily gave a punch to his cage, why could the boy never understand? His body was so badly damaged, the effects were not visible now, but in a few days Kurama knew Naruto would see the effects.

But it seemed the boy didn't care, or he was hopeful that he could find a cure for his damaged body.

Kurama surely hoped it was the latter.

Danzo appeared in front of Naruto, now he only had 1 sharingan left on his hand.

"Just 10 seconds, after that I will cast Kotoamatsukami on him," thought Danzo tactically

The genjutsu of his sharingan was very powerful, but there was a catch...he could just use it once a few months. If he had not implanted Hashirama Senju's DNA, into Shisui's Mangekyo...then he doubted it could reactivate again before a few years.

Danzo rushed towards Naruto, and sent a right hook towards his face, which Naruto blocked with his left hand.

Naruto then gave a hard kick on Danzo's balls, and crushed them; he then grabbed Danzo's legs and dropped him to the ground. Naruto then flipped in the air and gave a hard punch that broke Danzo's skull.

But the old freak vanished again.

Naruto took a deep breath, and calmly looked behind him. Danzo was standing behind him, but blood was leaking from his crotch, even if he had used Izanagi for the last time, Naruto had destroyed his balls before he casted his jutsu.

And for the first time in his life, Danzo looked pissed.

"Bastard.." said Danzo angrily

"I would prefer the word devil," said Naruto calmly

Danzo watched as the last sharingan on his hand closed forever, but it was worth it.

"Its over," said Danzo as his sharingan changed to Mangekyo form.

"Kotoamatsukami"

Danzo took a deep breath, as he was now sure he had won; but he was quite shocked when Naruto slowly started walking towards him with his sword.

"Kotoamatsukami"

Danzo casted his jutsu again, but Naruto did not stop, nor did he bow before him, did his jutsu back fire?

"You are right, its over...for you," said Naruto murderously

In one quick motion he stabbed his sword clean across Danzo's upper portion of chest and pinned him to the ground.

"How?" asked Danzo in pain, he couldn't understand what was happening

Naruto looked at his defeated opponent in a disappointed manner,

"Do you even have a Mangekyo Sharingan in your eye?" asked Naruto in an evil tone

Danzo's eyes widened in shock and fear, as he suddenly felt an unbearable pain in his left eye.

"Genjutsu: Kai," whispered Naruto darkly

Danzo's horror increased further as he realized he had no left eye at all!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Danzo screamed in pain, as the sensations finally hit him, and a large amount of blood started dropping from his eyes.

"Impossible..." said Danzo defiantly as he coughed up more blood, as Naruto pressed the sword in his chest more tightly.

"You lost your Mangekyo very early in the fight, from the moment you looked at my Mangekyo Sharingan you were in my genjutsu. The fact that I took out your eye, without you even realizing it is a proof of that. Look where your eye is," said Naruto calmly

Naruto pointed his finger in another direction, and Danzo wearily saw a clone of Naruto holding the Mangekyo Sharingan in a jar,

Danzo for the first time, in his life felt outclassed, this boy...no, this devil had beaten him and had toyed with him during the entire fight. Naruto wanted him to feel despair.

"Simply by attaching a sharingan in your body does not make you a skilled warrior, I could have killed you multiple times...but I want you to feel pain, I want you to feel misery, that you brought on all of us. I Killed my friends, my comrades...but all of this would happened because of your madness," said Naruto angrily and pressed the sword more deeper in Danzo's chest.

Danzo closed his eyes, he was in pain, everything was over, his dream was finished.

"Kill me," said Danzo tiredly

"Your death won't be so easy...I'll make you feel pain, I'm going to make you watch as I cut every piece of your filthy body...and you won't die until I have destroyed your body and mind completely," said Naruto murderously

To prove his point, he took out a kunai and stabbed it in Danzo's remaining eye making the old man scream in pain.

Naruto then took out his kunai and started cutting Danzo's body in little pieces, he took his time, and made the man feel pain.

Danzo's screamed continuously, as Naruto started ripping out flesh from his stomach, it was hell, this was worse than death.

Kurama watched in horror, as for the next 1 hour Naruto destroyed Danzo's body piece by piece, it was cannibalism at its best. The way the boy was acting, and the look in his eyes showed how much pain he had suffered due to this man, and he was repaying every single penny of it back to Danzo.

After 1 hour, the thing that remained was horrible.

Danzo was alive, but his entire body was ripped to shreds, with just a few veins holding his body. Naruto had cut him in such a way, that he didn't die and every moment he felt pain, and it became worse with each passing second.

And after this monstrous torture...Danzo broke.

He started crying as the pain was beyond his limit, but no tears slipped as both of his eyes were no longer there, he was coughing up blood but he was still not dying.

"Did you feel pain?" asked Naruto sadistically

"I-" said Danzo weakly, his voice was so low.

"I cannot hear you," said Naruto darkly

"Kill...me," pleaded Danzo in pain

Naruto so wanted to cause this man more pain, but there was nothing left to destroy.

"Beg," said Naruto firmly

"W-h-a-t...?" asked Danzo again, he couldn't hear anything properly, everything was blurry,

"I said BEG!" yelled Naruto angrily

"Kill me...please!"

"For your crimes against this village, my friends, my daughter, and my comrades, die you bastard!" Yelled Naruto loudly

"AMATERASU"

Black flames started burning what was left of Danzo, as the man screamed in pain

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Naruto turned around, his vision had decreased greatly, and everything looked very hazy. He collapsed on his knees and coughed up a river of blood.

The pain was horrible, even his body had not experienced so much pain before.

But as he heard Danzo's last scream, only one thought went through his mind.

"Its finally over," thought Naruto sadly

The events of the night now finally took a toll on Naruto, as he couldn't control his pain anymore. He started crying in agony, he felt like a monster, he truly was a devil now.

Everywhere around him was death, his comrades were dead, his friends were dead...his teachers were dead.

Sai was dead.

"Please, somebody help me!" thought Naruto in pain,

But no one was there, he was all alone, and his cries rang unanswered in the base as he cried for the next 30 minutes.

(30 Minutes later)

Naruto wiped away the tears from his eyes, his vision had deteriorated but he could see a little better now.

He looked back and saw Danzo's entire body had turned to ash, and was now disappearing in smoke.

Danzo Shimura was now dead!

He was completely wiped out from the world, not a single piece of his body was left.

Naruto picked up his sword and walked towards his clone. He then took the jar which had Danzo's Mangekyo Sharingan in it from the clone, and dispelled him.

"This eye can prove to be very useful," said Kurama calmly

"Hai" said Naruto in a dead voice,

"Let's get out of this base," said Kurama gently

Naruto looked at the corridor,

It was a long way back out, and it was just going to make him feel more worse.

(Few Minutes Later)

Naruto slowly walked out of the Root base, he was walking slowly; his eyes showed he was dead. His soul was broken.

He looked ahead and saw the Anbu commander a few meters ahead, and he was healing Rei. He then slowly walked towards his daughter.

"How is she?" asked Naruto worriedly

The Anbu commander looked at the boy sympathetically, he now understood why Naruto couldn't kill this girl.

After all, no good father could ever kill his own daughter.

And Naruto was no exception either.

The commander's eyes softened as he saw Naruto hug his daughter gently, and the silent tears that slipped from the young boy's eyes.

"My god...what have we done to our children?" thought the Anbu commander sadly,

He then saw Naruto performing a few hand seals, and he put a hand on Rei's forehead.

"What are you doing?" asked the commander quickly

Naruto looked at the man tiredly, he had to do this for her.

"I am sealing of her memories...she won't remember any of this," said Naruto gently

"But that means...she won't even remember you," said the commander sharply

"Its for the best commander, she should not remember such horrible things that occured tonight, she's just a small child...if I make it back alive, I'll stay with her for the rest of my life," said Naruto slowly

"But what should we tell the girl, she will ask questions about her identity, her life, her family? asked the commander curiously

Naruto took out a small letter from his pocket, and gave it to the commander.

"Ask the Hokage to send her to Kurenai Yuhi, she is the only one who can look after her...and give this letter to Rei if she asks a question about her family...it will save you guys from a lot of questions...it does not say that I am her father...but it will ease her pain," said Naruto gently, as he caressed his daughter's cheeks

"Hai, I'll inform Hokage-sama, here is the package you requested," said the Anbu commander seriously

He then took out two scrolls, and unsealed one of them. It seemed to have some items.

There was a black tshirt with the Uchiha crest on it, there were black Anbu pants and combat boots too. The scroll also had a black cloak, and finger less gloves, and a set of kunai, shuriken, exploding tags and a med kit. There was a pouch which had a lot of money in it.

Naruto slowly removed his now destroyed uniform, and put on the new black tshirt and Anbu pants. He gently slipped the new finger less gloves through his hands and put on the the black combat boots.

He stuffed the kunai, shuriken, exploding tags, and med kit in his various pockets and strapped his sword on his back.

He put on the black cloak on his body.

Finally he took his forehead protector in his hands, and with the help of a kunai made a clean slash across it. He then put the slashed forehead protector on his head.

"This the Forbidden Scroll of our village...you will be branded as a traitor who stole this scroll and killed several Anbu who got in your way. You are an S-rank missing nin now, do you understand Captain Naruto?" asked the Anbu commander seriously

"Hai, commander," said Naruto seriously

"We can only provide you 3 days to rest and heal your injuries...after that you will be hunted down. But the Hokage will try to limit the people he sends after you...your main objective is clear, infiltrate the enemy army and provide intel, failure is not an option. If you are caught, we will deny any knowledge of your actions. Until your mission is over, the village will not help you under any circumstances, are we clear?" asked the Anbu commander clearly

"Loud and clear," said Naruto firmly

The Anbu commander then nodded, now Naruto decided to ask something.

"Where is he?" asked Naruto sadly

The Anbu commander pointed towards a tree, Naruto looked back and his eyes became moist as he saw Sai in a body bag.

Both the men then slowly walked towards the fallen shinobi.

"What should we do with him? Do you want his name to be associated with you in this massacre?" asked the Anbu commander curiously

"No...he deserves better, leave him out of this please," requested Naruto

"Very well, He will receive the Konoha Cross for his bravery, we will give him a proper military funeral and his name will be enlisted on the memorial stone, for his sacrifice which he made for this village," said the Anbu commander in a soft tone

A few tears came in Naruto's eyes as he looked at his friend's body, he then put a hand in his pouch and took out something.

It was a black facemask.

"This was the first thing...which I got as a gift...and I want you to have it. I cannot thank you enough, you were a good friend to me till the end...and I will forever be indebted to you," said Naruto sadly

He then put the face mask on Sai's face, and gently put a hand on his heart.

The Anbu commander watched silently, as the young boy wept for his friend for a few moments.

"A few days ago...before this mission, Konohamaru asked me...why do we ninja fight for people who we don't even know? He asked me if I thought of myself as a hero...back then I didn't have an answer..." said Naruto slowly

"And now?" asked the Anbu commander curiously

"If he asks me now...I'll say no...none of us asked to be a hero...its just the circumstances that gives birth to heroes, Rest in peace Sai," said Naruto in a broken voice

He then covered Sai's face with his body bag, and slowly got up and went towards Rei.

Naruto took Rei in his arms, and gave her a short kiss on her cheek.

"I have only caused you pain...and no matter what I say, I cannot take away your pain...but still I wish you can forgive me one day," said Naruto gently

He looked at his daughter lovingly, now that he thought about it, he did not know what a father says to his child. The only parental figure he had was Kakashi, and let's just say he was not a good role model for a father, a big brother sure...but not a father.

"I don't know what to say as your father...I just want you to live happily, make friends, and Oh eat lots of Ramen...its the best thing in the world," said Naruto a little happily

The Anbu commander chuckled a little on hearing the boy's advice.

"He has a long way to go on becoming a good father, but his heart is pure," thought the commander calmly

"Sleep properly, and enjoy your time at the academy. Play pranks on your friends...train hard...I-" said Naruto sadly, as more tears slipped from his eyes.

The Anbu commander stepped forward and put a hand on the boy's shoulders.

Naruto gave him a grateful nod, it seemed the man understood his pain as a fellow soldier.

"And try not to follow my path...and no matter what people say you should be, be what your heart tells you to be...if I make it back alive, I promise I'll make it up to you," promised Naruto firmly

"We'll take care of her," said the Anbu commander gently

"Rei-chan...no matter what happens I'll always love you," said Naruto lovingly, and kissed Rei for one last time.

He then gently wrapped a small necklace around Rei's neck, and slowly got up.

Naruto's eyes hardened and he gave one last salute to his commander. The Anbu commander saluted him back with respect.

Just as Naruto turned around, he heard the commander's voice

"Naruto...things are going to get worse from now," said the Anbu commander gently, it looked as if he was talking to Naruto not as a commander but as a fellow soldier.

"There are still enemies out there," said Naruto firmly

"When the people find out what you did...they'll call for your blood," warned the Anbu commander

Naruto didn't turn around, and instead answered in a calm and gentle voice

"When they find out...they'll call me a monster, a demon, a butcher and all kinds of vile crap...but I won't give them a goddamn answer," said Naruto firmly

The Anbu commander was now generally curious, he knew the mission was a top secret so Naruto was bound to keep quiet, and he knew Naruto was one of the most loyal shinobi this village ever had.

But still...how would the boy bear the hatred of the entire world?

"Why? What reason apart from the mission, do you have that you would not answer the people's accusations?" asked the Anbu commander curiously

Naruto turned around and looked straight into the commander's eyes, and the man clearly understood the message.

"Its because they won't understand...they won't understand why I did this...they won't understand it was to save the future of this village, and you know the children are our future, that's it...that's all there is to it," said Naruto sadly, and the Anbu commander felt the passion in the boy's words and the pain behind them.

"Hai" said the Anbu commander sadly

Naruto started walking away, and a lone tear slipped from the commander's eyes in respect for the boy and his determination.

This was just the beginning of his struggle, his pain...

Operation Ghost had just began...