Chapter 297 - Cap 275: Past, Discovery (1)

The rain continued to fall like fragments of sky as Konan shook her head in sorrow.

"No matter how many times I see it, it's still impossible to believe," sighed Konan as she looked at the shattered house.

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"And it's all the fault of those two bastards..." - Konan said coolly as she felt her anger grow.

"I'd like to hear a little more about it," said a male voice she had heard before.

"!" - Konan quickly turned around so she could be on guard, only to feel someone grab her by the neck and pull her up - "Ack!"

"It's a surprise to see you in this place, Konan-san," said Kurama as he narrowed his eyes.

"Uzumaki... Kurama..." - said Konan with what little air she had left.

"It's good that you remember my name, at least this way we won't have to waste time on introductions" - responded Kurama seriously, only to frown as he felt his heart begin to beat fiercely. He quickly released the woman's neck because he noticed how blue her face was, and he honestly needed information, so having her alive was much more convenient.

"Ugh..." - Konan could only complain as she began to feel the helplessness of her weakness. At Akatsuki she was considered the weakest by all her companions, and now she was easily captured.

A dark aura full of depression began to surround the woman, who sincerely was only waiting for her coming end.

"Okay? Are you all right?" - asked Kurama as he raised an eyebrow.

"Just end my suffering..." - replied Konan with neutrality.

". . ." - Kurama was only silent when he noticed how depressive this woman was.

"Okay, let's do this, you tell me what I want to know and I'll let you go, after all, you haven't done anything against me unlike Obito, Zetsu, Menma and Nagato," replied Kurama as he looked at the woman.

". . ." - Konan gave the boy an empty look, one that was sincerely disturbing him - "I am sorry, but I do not plan to betray Nagato..."

"This will be much more complicated than I thought," murmured Kurama, only to frown as he felt his heart begin to beat fiercely again.

* * * * *

"Okay, that thing is reacting again..." - Fukasaku said seriously when he noticed how the statue he had mentioned to his wife earlier was glowing slightly.

"According to Gamamaru-sama, we don't have to intervene because this is beneficial for the Elemental Nations" - answered Shima while releasing a sigh when she saw the familiar appearance of this statue.

"If these are Ojiji-sama's wishes, then it remains for us to accept his decision" - answered Fukasaku while looking at his wife - "Did he say anything else about the situation?"

"Kurama-chan did not complete his training in Senjutsu, even I can say that it was something he did unconsciously," responded Shima while shaking her head. "He separated two parts of his subconscious, his normal personality and his 'dark' side"

"Dark?" - Fukasaku asked as he frowned.

"Exactly, dark, but not evil," answered Shima in confusion. "Or at least that's what Gamamaru-sama said"

". . ." - Fukasaku only narrowed his eyes when he heard this because the meaning was obvious. The personality inside that statue was not evil, it just had a 'different sense of humor'.

* * * * *

Kurama frowned when he noticed that he had been sent to his subconscious.

"I see that you are finally coming to visit," said a voice that he immediately recognized, after all, it was his own voice.

He slowly looked in the direction of the voice's origin, only to see a man with red hair very much like himself, the only difference being that he had his heterochromatic eyes of a different color, one being yellow and the other red.

Kurama frowned when he noticed that this was not an illusion, but something real because he could feel the direct resonance he had with the entity in front of him.

"Exactly, I am real," replied the second Kurama as he tilted his head - "Very real... I could even say that I am more real than you"

Kurama was silent when he heard these words because something told him that this entity was not lying.

"Ok, let's leave that for another time, I just came to tell you that it's time for us to meet, come to Mount Myoboku and talk to those toads that taught you Senjutsu, they will guide you to the place where I am..." - said the second Kurama before he disappeared - "Oh, by the way, you'd better get into that woman's mental space, I'm sure you'll find something fun, or maybe it's strange, perhaps frightening? Hmm... I'm not sure how to say it, anyway, better find out for yourself"

". . ." - Kurama just stared at the silhouette as he disappeared, not knowing how to react to his surprising appearance.

* * *

Kurama slowly opened his eyes and noticed how he had returned to reality, only to find that the blue-haired woman seemed to be dead because she was not moving.

He slowly approached the woman, only to frown when he noticed how she seemed to have fallen asleep for a reason he did not understand.

Kurama put his hand on the woman's head and used his Bijuu chakra to understand what was happening, only to feel his consciousness being transported back to another location.

* * * * *

"Why do we have to stay in this damn place?!" - exclaimed Konan as she looked at the two boys who had accompanied her since childhood.

"Because that's what we have to do, Konan," answered an orange-haired boy.

"Don't give me that shit, Yahiko, we're not strong enough to stop all these wars!" - exclaimed Konan as she looked at the young man - "With luck we can take care of our own lives!"

". . ." - The red-haired boy was only silent as he watched his two friends fight for the ninth time today.

Kurama also watched in silence what was happening as he noticed how the images changed rapidly.

"With the training Jiraiya Sensei gave us, we may achieve our dreams!" - exclaimed Yahiko with a huge smile.

"I feel that the little power you have acquired has gone to your head, Yahiko," snorted Konan neutrally.

"You two..." - sighed Nagato as he shook his head.

Kurama only saw how the images changed one after another, from how the three boys had managed to start a group in order to save the people who had lost everything, to how more people were joining their small group of mercenaries, but his expression changed to one of surprise when he saw how the blue-haired woman was talking to the orange-haired boy about something important, only to be ignored because they were about to start an important operation.

"Baka!" - exclaimed Konan angrily as she ran out, only to feel a hand on her shoulder - "Nagato?"

"Are you sure you don't want to go back and sort things out?" - asked Nagato as he looked the woman straight in the eye.

Konan tried to answer him, but was silent when she noticed how the words got stuck in her throat.

"I guess I'll go and get that asshole to react myself..." - sighed Nagato as he put his hand in Konan's hair - "You should be harder on him, after all..."

"Don't say it..." - whispered Konan as she shook her head - "I want to be the one to tell him..."

". . ." - Nagato was silent for a few seconds before nodding - "If that's what you want, I'll support you, after all, that's what friends are for"

Konan smiled as she noticed the Stoic red-haired boy's lips arching in a smile, one that she could rarely see - "Thank you, Nagato"

"It's the least I can do," Nagato nodded before retiring, leaving the woman completely alone.

". . ." - Kurama could only look at the red-haired boy in surprise because that was the personality that all Uzumaki possessed. He was getting closer and closer to the truth about how things had gone to shit.

Kurama continued to watch the images, but his expression became serious when he noticed the change in the scene.

The rain was running out of control, the bodies of people wearing black robes with red cloud patterns were surrounding the silhouette of a man in his 40s - 50s.

"Why are you doing this if we weren't doing anything to get in the way of your goals?" - Yahiko exclaimed in terror at the sight of the massacre the man had made - "We just wanted to bring peace to Amegakure no Sato and help all those in need!"

"I am sorry to tell you that your little group of heroes is bringing more problems than solutions, at least for me..." - said the man with neutrality - "I received information about your real purpose and after analyzing it, I understood that everything they told me was true..."