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-Author's POV-
Naruto's tears are nonstop flowing now.
He doesn't want to go back home but he knows he has to.
"Daddy..." He croaks out.
He wobbles his way towards his father figure.
Itachi picks up the small blonde and rubs his back.
"Sorry Naruto... But you need to go back." His Daddy says.
Naruto nods, understanding.
The door opens and a tall Carrot coloured haired man walks in with Konan behind him.
"Naruto... I'll let you go once... But, the next time... I might not be able to so please leave and live for a few more months." The Deva path frowns.
"Uncle Carrot... Kon... Kuzu... Same... Deidei... Hii... Tobi... Tsu... I love everyone! I promise to love you forever! I won't ever forget you!!!" The blonde yells as he is being carried off by Itachi, Sasori behind him.
They walk a while until they stop at where Itachi found Naruto.
"Naruto... Stay still..." Itachi tells the child.
Naruto, giving up, obeyed his father's commands and stayed very still, dry tear marks on his face.
"Daddy... Sori... I love you too... Please don't forget about me..." Naruto pleads.
"Of course we won't forget about you... But... We need you to forget about us." Itachi says.
"What?! No!" Naruto tries to protest but stares right into the Sharingan.
"Sorry Naruto." He hears Itachi say.
"But Daddy... Promised... Not to... Use Sharingan... On me..." Naruto cries again, falling sleepier and sleepier until he falls unconscious, losing his memories of ever being with the Akatsuki.
-Itachi's POV-
I bit back soft cries as I let Sasori break the Jutsu casted on him.
I watch as his body changes and grows larger, losing his baby fat and taking the form of his normal self.
Sasori leaves a scroll in his pocket with all the things we ever gave him.
"Why did you give him that scroll? He won't remember anyways." I ask.
"As I reversed his de-aging, I also changed the way your sharingan erased his memories... He'll remember in about a few weeks." He sighs.
"But that's dangerous!" I exclaim.
"Itachi. It's best you forget about that little puppet. Your emotions are out in the open now." Sasori says as we walk back into the base.
I sigh and hurried back into my room and sat on the bed.
"Daddy!! I missed you!! Did you kick ass on this mission??" Naruto's voice echoed out in the room.
"Great... Now I feel even more alone." I mumble to myself and raise my arm to cover my eyes.
-Sasori's POV-
I sat down on my chair as I look around and noticed a spot on my table missing.
That's where the puppet I gave to Naruto used to sit...
"Thanks Sori!!~ I love you!!"
I sigh.
"I'm not suppose to feel emotions... I'm a broken puppet..."
-Deidara's POV-
I create a small clay bird, in hopes of getting rid of the memories of the small ball of sunshine.
"Deidei!! I'm flying! Look!"
I groan.
This isn't working...
In fact it's making it worse...
I blew the clay bird up and plopped on my bed.
"That pipsqueak better remember how it felt to fly..."
-Kakuzu's POV-
I use my string to stitch Hidan's head back into place and sighed.
He keeps beheading himself ever since the squirt left.
I watch as my string waves about.
"Woah!! Kuzu!! That's so cool!!"
I grit my teeth together and try to ignore this weird nagging feeling in my chest.
"What has the squirt done to me?"
-Hidan's POV-
The feeling of beheading myself and pain doesn't feel nice anymore...
It doesn't hurt but... It hurts where my heart is...
Is this what sadness and guilt feels like?
Guilt that I didn't say anything last words to the Chibi?
Guilt that I let him leave?
Guilt that I'm going to have to kill him one day?
"This hurts..."
-Kisame's POV-
I stare at my room...
I stare at the wall...
This is depressing...
Who would've thought I would become so empty when the little shrimp is gone...
I knew this was going to happen, ninja's aren't suppose to have emotions!
"Same!! Come swim with me like the fishy you are!"
I even miss his tauntings... How bad is this depressing state...
"I'm bored..."
-Zetsu's POV-
I watch as yet another flower wilts and rots.
I clear up the flowers that have rotted and looked at the flowers that are about to wilt.
One particular flower hasn't worked yet...
The special orange one...
The one I gave sunshine...
"I feel rotten..."
-Obito's POV-
This is wrong... I've abandoned all my emotions!
This isn't emotion! This is guilt that I couldn't kill the Jinchuriki now!
I've lost all my emotions and I only have one goal!
That child has brainwashed me...
All of a sudden... The Tsukuyomi sounds more like hell then a beautiful dream...
"I'm having doubts..."
-Pein's POV-
What's going on with my head and chest?
Is this sadness?
I haven't felt this in a while...
What could I possibly be sad about?
.
.
.
No... It's not because of Fishcake... No way...
He is only needed for the Biju and that's it!
I can't let personal feelings get in the way of my plans!
"I need some ramen..."
-Konan's POV-
I look at the empty kitchen, what used to be filled with ramen cups is now an empty space with nothing.
Nothing...
That's how my heart feels...
It's empty.
Filled only with saddness...
Unlike Nagato, I haven't rid of all my emotions... Only hardened them... Yet this one emotion has clearly overpowered them all.
Is this sadness?
"Naru-chan..."
-Naruto's POV-
I stand up and feel slightly dizzy.
What's going on?
All I remember is chasing that guy then a big flash of light.
Oh shoot!! I gotta get back to Konoha!!
I run towards the gates then I pause.
I look back the way I ran and thought hard.
"Huh?... Something... Feels really wrong..." I mumble to myself.