The Prisoner of the Leaf

Chapter 25: Big reveal

Konan walked from the flames, smiling evily as he faced Kakazu who scrambled backwards feeling the immense chakra pouring off the boy he was fighing- this was no mere human he had been put against and now he'd have to face it; a large purple pyre erupting behind him, Konan walked forwards and began to stare at Kakazu and not yet muttering a word, began to drop into a fighting stance.

Kakazu: " Wait! What the hell are you! "

Konan: " Hmmm what am I? I guess you could say a tailed beast? I was created at the same time as them but I'm a little different "

Kakazu: " Is the boy a jinchuriki? "

Konan: " Oh no, the boy is me. I am Konan- there's no two beings, I was killed but instead of being reborn as we are meant to; I was turned into a human child and had to grow up with your wierd human ways which was why I killed the clan that took me in- I framed it as an accident but I knew what I was doing "

Kakazu: " Is that why human actions don't affect you, you didn't seem to care about killing us "

Konan: " At one point, no your actions didn't matter to me but a certain human has changed me, I think I feel a heart forming for her "

Konan left no time to talk- he rushed Kakazu as his original form is faster and stronger than a mortal body; he ran towards the man covered in stitches and quickly grabbed him by the neck. Kakazu attempted to fight Konan's grip before being launched backwards by a heavy unknown force- he became pinned to a boulder and had to struggle to lift his head as the man approached him again; Kakazu took the chance to engrave the demon's appearance in his mind.

Konan: " I'm feeling nice, so as a favour I'll tell you my name but when I do, I'll let you go- if you never hurt Ino again and spread my name around the akatsuki then we'll be ok "

Kakazu: " I have no desire to live or die but if given the choice then I'll take life, I'll do as you ask and keep away from the one called Ino "

Konan: " Good, you may call me... "

Shikamaru: " Jashin.... "

Konan quickly looked over, seeing Shikamaru walk from the forest and look at the two in the open field, Konan put his hands on his waist as his ripped clothes that covered his lower half flowed in the wind and flicked off little embers of purple flames- Shikamaru looked scared as Konan faced him in this form but for some reason Shikamaru knew his name and that would be something he needed to deal with; He summoned forth a staff that burst into life from swirling purple flames and flew gently into his hand;

Konan tapped the bottom of the staff on the floor before Kakazu burst into flames, they didn't hurt him but he knew what to do and pretended they did before he was teleported away back to the akatsuki base but to shikamaru, it appeared that he died. Konan turned to the black haired boy, letting go of the staff as it floated beside him and Konan or Jashin; floated next to it in a lotus position.

Shikamaru: " Who are you? "

Konan: " Well you answered that yourself, I am Lord Jashin- the one that annoying white haired fool followed; completely ignored my scriptures I tell you, not once did I ask for sacrifice of people but I guess 'Bring me the flesh of prey' can be interpretted wierdly "

Shikamaru: " all of... that... can wait a second, I mean who are you really? Konan or Jashin "

Jashin: " We are one in the same, both sides of the same coin; mirror images if you will. Both are me and I am both simple as that, Konan was what I went by as a human but again when I am pretending to be Konan I also pretend to be human, I enjoy human life which is why I'll erase your memories after this "

Shikamaru: " No! I need to remember this, one person needs to know atleast right to help you keep a secret in case you do something humans usually can't "

Konan: " I guess you're right, I'll allow you to ask any question whilst I think about erasing your memories of me or not "

Shikamaru thought, he had to think about what the most important questions were to ask in case he had a limit to the amount he could ask- he was dealing with an unknown entity afterall; what did he NEED to know and what did he WANT to know.

Shikamaru: " What are your intentions "

Konan: " Wow straight to the point, guess you always have been like that. In short terms, my intentions are all based around Ino; I want to live with her as a human, marry her, probably have kids in the future "

Shikamaru: " Who created you? "

Konan: " Hamura, brother of Hagoromo sage of six paths and because I know you'll ask- I am classified as a tailed beast, I was created when Hagoromo created the 9 tailed beasts that roam the lands and my job was to make sure they never form into one again but I am not bound by the obligation to do so as my master believed in freedom and peace so in which, I am allowed to do as I want as long as I myself am not the cause of destruction "

Shikamaru: " What can you do? "

Jashin: " I guess... anything really, I have complete domination over chakra; there's nothing I really can't do but there's stuff I won't do "

Shikamaru: " Such as? "

Jashin: " Using chakra for pervy things, using it for taking advantage of people, I'll never mind control someone, I'll never take someone's ability to use it and I'll never create sentient life with it "

Shikamaru: " Are these rules you were given by your master? "

Jashin: " No, these are my own testiments "

Shikamaru asked a lot of questions to Jashin, asking them how he would ask Konan a question since both were the same person- he finally finished his questioning and waited for his memory to be whiped but when Konan became well.. Konan again, he didn't erase Shikamaru's memory of who he truly was and returned to the village with him- promising not to hurt anyone since he just wanted a normal human life again and intended to see it through. Hidan was stripped of his immortality after Shikamaru asked if it was possible and since the abilites were granted to Jashin's followers by Jashin himself, they were easily removed and he died under the ground.

Shikamaru was way of Konan but soon learnt to trust him when he ran to Ino who was anxiously waiting- he hugged her as she cried into his arms and hugged him tightly in return which was when Shikamaru knew that Konan was human afterall and would let him keep his secret. They soon returned to the village, seeing Naruto sat on a bench sadly, Team 10 wanted to leave it but Konan wouldn't let his teammate cry and rushed over.

Naruto had gotten the news about Jiraiya's death and his final message, he was sat alone on a bench holding ice cream and crying silently before suddenly feeling his jacket get zipped up the way Jiraiya use to, a large coat was hung around him and began to warm him up as he hadn't realised how cold it had gotten outside due to the night falling an hour or so ago.

Naruto: " Konan... "

Konan: " Sup buddy, I'm guessing you got bad news huh? Want me to sit with you a while, you can tell me when you're ready "

Naruto nodded and began to cry heavily, he didn't know how to stop the tears and just began to let them fall as he felt Konan's hand patting his back gently- He cried for a while until he began to grow tired and slumped to the side with his head against Konan's shoulder. Konan waved to team 10 to say goodbye as he gently carried Naruto on his back to go home again, he entered Naruto's small apartment and felt sorry for him- he'd been alone for so long..

Konan laid Naruto on the bed, tucking him in like a child as he smiled down at the blonde boy who seemed to be less sad now- Konan decided he'd stay a while and began to clean Naruto's room for him that so when he woke up in the morning, he could eat breakfast with someone other than his clones for once.