006- Video; Action for Blackthorn

[used_friendship]

[Action]

[It is early in the evening when he finally begins to stir. A hand slowly reaches up to rub at tired eyes as they blink into focus, Naruto staring up at the ceiling above him. Immediately he frowns as memories of new and old jumble together. It had felt like a dream, though it couldn't have been. Why didn't he have chakra? Oh yeah- Johto.

Feeling the presence of someone else in the room distracts him as he turns his head to the side, immediately greeted with the sight of long, flowing red hair.]

....So when are we going to Violet? [You hit hard enough to knock him out Mom, he'll concede this time.]

[Video]

[A little time later the Pokegear shows Naruto sat on a bed as an excitable Carnivine is wrapped around his shoulders, happily chewing on his head once again. Some things never change!]

So--yeah. I guess that thing happened to me, y'know, when people fall asleep and have the dreams? But they're not real dreams? [Descriptive as always. On that subject though, there are some people he wants to talk to. He should probably send them some private messages.]

Oi Neji. Sasuke. I wanna talk to you guys.

[...Or just do it that way instead. He has a pretty serious look about him for once, so they should probably get in contact with him.]

[With a huff he moves around and attempts to unwrap the Carnivine from around him. Since he has it on, he may as well ask that question he had before the coma stuff happened.]

I'm still gonna go check out that dragon place up here, the one Tenten told me about. What's the best dragon type out there? I have Ryūka-chan already, she's a Charizard now and she's grown really strong.

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[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[Excuse him for tensing up a little at that.]

... I see.

[Private Video]

[believeit]

[Oblivious to any tensing up because haha its Sasuke.]

So yeah. Anyway, you did this thing where you added it to my Fuuton Rasen-shuriken, then we threw it at the bad guy. It was cool.

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[Maybe he'll notice that Sasuke is noticeably quieter then? Who knows.]

What happened after that?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

[Yeah, he notices. But then again, Naruto is doing the whole future-spoilers thing again.]

Well, it hit him, but then he did some sorta healing thing, I guess? But then Gamakichi spat stuff at him and he couldn't get rid of that, so I use sage mode, and while he was busy mouthing off and being a jerk Uncle Second teleported me behind him so I could use my Rasengan with sage chakra? And then. I sorta woke up again.

I think that's how it happened.

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[Well, that's an interesting explanation. And kinda thorough, considering that Sasuke really only has one question for him after that.]

Uncle Second?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

The Second Hokage!

Oh yeah. [OH YEAH. He hasn't explained any of that yet has he.] The Hokages were Edo-tensei'd.

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

Edo Tensei?

[Excuse him Naruto, he's getting a little bug-eyed at that because what. Even without knowing what the technique is, there is something else that bothers him about what Naruto is saying and he ends up putting it together himself.]

A technique that revives the dead?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Yeah? Wait- you don't know about that stuff too?

[He figured Sasuke would because y'know. Itachi. Then again he remembered Itachi saying not to mention any of that, so maybe not.]

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

I think I'd remember seeing or hearing about a technique that can bring the dead back to life, moron.

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Well.. it's a thing.

[Your brother was under it, and you had something to do with his Dad coming back. Awwwwkward.]

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

How is it done?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

I dunno exactly. I didn't ask?

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

Do you know who would know then?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Uhh...

[Haha he gets the feeling they don't really want to go down this road.]

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

Who, Naruto.

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Does it matter?

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

I wouldn't be asking if it didn't.

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Yeah but then I'll tell you and you'll do- that thing. [Where you get all Sasuke-ish, he reckons.]

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[And that's him starting to lose his temper, though there's more than a hint of desperation in his voice.]

Just tell me!

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Well when they showed up on the battlefield, they showed up with you. So obviously future-you knows about it! And I heard something about Orochimaru being involved.

And, uh. Itachi knows too, since he was like... sorta brought back with it.

[Waiting for the inevitable fallout, but he warned you bro.]

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[Orochimaru and... His brother was brought back with it?

Wait. Itachi was brought back with it.

He's tense, his eyes focused on a patch of floor away from the camera as the realization hits him. But that could only mean...

When he speaks again, it's in a tone barely above a whisper that both masks and betrays just how much emotion is behind it.]

... Who killed him?

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[believeit]

[You know, he actually throws his hands up in the air at that. He really did not want to go down this route, and apparently Sasuke didn't even know Itachi had died? He figured he would have found out, all that time they spent together here.]

[Private Video]

[believeit]

Didn't he tell you anything? What did he tell you when he was here?

[Private Video]

[beforethedarkness]

[Do you see that grimace, Naruto? Sasuke isn't able to hide it anymore, feeling more angry and vulnerable as the conversation goes on.]

Answer me! Who killed Uchiha Itachi, Naruto!?

[Private Video]

[believeit]

[God he just KNOWS he has put his foot in it BIG TIME now and there is no way he can get out of this.

He's going to have to tell him.

Okay. Deep breath.]

...You did.