Gaara's Wolf - Thrust into the Naruto World

Chapter 29

As time passed, I got back to my earlier cheerful self. I was still sad that I couldn't save 'Tachi, but so many more things were going to happen soon that I couldn't afford to be depressed.

One thing that didn't help my mental state was that Jiraiya was going to die soon, and I couldn't save him. Naruto mourns his death, and I already was, but it changed the future. It made Naruto more mature, gave him his resolve, and led to him learning Sage Mode. The knowledge he gathered was vital to Pein being defeated and, though I could just tell them, I couldn't stop the fight.

Most of the people in Konoha could tell that something bad was going to happen soon just by looking at me. And, since I didn't go to Lady Tsunade and ask for permission to change something, the Jonin understood that it was one of the few things I couldn't change. I made sure no one would be able to tell what exactly would happen. Panic would spread throughout the ranks of they knew Pervy Sage would die soon.

About a week later, Naru ran crying out of the Hokage's office, bumping into me near the edge of town. As soon as he saw who he had run into, he glared at me.

"You knew, didn't you? You knew the Pervy Sage was going to die! I thought you said you were going to save people! And then, when the person I love like a Father is in danger, YOU TURN THE OTHER WAY AND IGNORE IT! I thought we were friends! How could you do this!"

He shoved me away from him, knocking me over, and went on his way. I picked myself back up, brushing the dirt from me absentmindedly. I didn't mind him yelling at me. He had every right to be angry. I know I would be angry if one of my friends didn't bother trying to save my loved ones.

An Anbu showed up a few minutes later to escort me to Lady Tsunade. She was most likely just as, if not more, angry with me as Naruto. I followed silently, waiting for the accusations I knew would come.

I wasn't disappointed. There was a single chair in front of the desk, which I was told to sit in. Lady Tsunade was watching me with a stony gaze. Kakashi and Shizune were there too, both of them glaring at me.

"Kira, you are here under charge of breaking the Suna Konoha Treaty. What do you have to say for yourself?" Lady Tsunade said in a voice that radiated controlled anger.

"I withheld information regarding the death of Jiraiya. I knew what I was doing and had a reason for it."

"And what reason could you possibly have that is worth the death of a good man? That's worth so many people's pain?"

"Jiraiya's death saved many lives. It isn't like with Asuma's death, where I could just give you the knowledge you would have gathered. Jiraiya's death changed many people and makes a very strong person see that life does have worth. Because of this person's change of heart, the people if Konoha are saved. I had to choose between Jiraiya and all of Konoha."

If Jiraiya hadn't died, Nagato and Konan wouldn't have seen that they were wrong, but still would have attacked Konoha. In this scenario, everyone in Konoha would have died.

"I couldn't have told you, either, because then you would have had to make the choice between your precious person and your village. I already had to do that more than once, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. My knowledge is my gift, but also my burden."

Lady Tsunade, I could see, was still upset, but she understood. Kakashi and Shizune were looking at me in pity, recognizing my gift for the burden it often was. I turned away from them and kept my gaze on Lady Tsunade. I would take whatever punishment she decided to hand out.

Lady Tsunade sighed, then said "I can understand your reasons now that you've explained them. As Tsunade, I can't forgive you yet, because Jiraiya was my teammate. But as the Hokage, you are absolved of any and all charges against you, as you acted only to protect Konoha. You may leave."

And so, I did leave, avoiding everyone I knew from the Rookies and team Gai. I knew they would be upset with me as well. For the next week or so until Pein's assault on Konoha, only Kakashi, Shizune, and Sai visited or hung out with me. Needless to say, I got a lot closer to them. Sai had even started teaching me to paint. They all understood the decision I had to make.

When it was getting too close to the invasion, I let Tsunade know. I told her that it turns out ok in the end, but there were some things that had to happen during the fight. These things, however, did not include the civilians and genin, so they were sent through the tunnels in the Hokage Cliff Face to safehouses beyond it. Then, we waited for the attack.

Only two days after the evacuations were finished, Pein attacked. Lady Tsunade ordered me to stay away from the main fighting and help Naruto when he will need it, which he undoubtedly would. I told her I would do what I could, and prepared myself for the pain I knew I would have to endure.

I didn't fear being killed, I knew Naru would save everyone, but I also was determined to save Hinata from any pain I could. The poor girl doesn't need to be roughed up so much.

Unfortunately, for now that ment I had to do my best to ignore the screams and chaos that were all around me. It wasnt too long before Peun used the Almighty Push, destroying Konoha and sending me flying into the trees a good distance from Konoha.

I grew my wings and flew back as quickly as I could, arriving in time to see Naru pinned to the ground with chakra rods and Hinata fighting to save him. I quickly attacked Pein, drawing his attention from Hinata and to me.

"Hinata, work on freeing Naruto! I'll protect you for as long as I can!"

With a nod to me, Hinata ran back to Naru while I rushed Pein. Our fight was purely taijutsu, mostly because 8 couldn't seriously try to fight him without risking Naru's fight with him going differently. Nagato couldn't use up too much chakra in their fight, otherwise he wouldn't be able to use Renne Rebirth to save everyone.

We were pretty evenly matched, my speed and the amount of chakra I used to enhance my attacks making up for my lack of experience. Of course, though, he was a villain, and as such played dirty. When he saw that Hinata was getting close to freeing Naruto, he pulled her toward him, stabbing her with a chakra rod.

In my shock, I froze, which gave him the chance to get me, too. While Hinata's death had been instant and probably almost painless, she was stabbed through the heart and died right away, I was stabbed through one of my lungs. I staggered, breaking the chakra rod and pulling it out of me, before collapsing on my knees.

I could feel my body trying to heal itself, but the attack had left his chakra in the would, stopping mine from working correctly. Struggling to breathe, I coughed up some of the blood that was filling g my lungs. Pein just stood there, watching me slowly drown in my own blood.

"Hinata, Kira, why?" I heard Naru ask behind me.

I turned my head, looking at him before answering, "When you have friends that you care about, you do anything to protect them. Naru, you are one of my best friends. I couldn't just stand idly by."

My words were punctuated with racking coughs, my body trying to save itself, but, by the end of those two sentences, my vision had already started going dark and I was feeling dizzy. I sent a smile in his direction, saying, then pitched forward, collapsing the rest of the way on the ground.

My vision went dark, then the pain disappeared and then I was somewhere else. I was in a deserted building, but I wasnt alone. I looked curiously at the dark haired woman, wondering why she was the one waiting for me.

"Welcome, Kaida! I've been waiting for you to get here." She said with a smile.