#he's a brainswasher

[hozaloza]

"God Complex"

C'mon, he's a cult leader and is so close to causing the end of the world....how could this man NOT believe he's the next "messiah" or "god" himself? I've noticed it's sort of a common theme within cults...

And considering history, he's also using the crane as a symbol of fortune and good fortune so his "prophecy" can become true.

He's obsessed with this symbol of luck. No wonder he made pants WITH the crane symbol on them 😭🙏 (ep 30)

[twistedwonderlandimaginesblog]

Hiii can i request jamil, idia, riddle and leona have to fight with their s/o that been brainwashed (like a gas that brainswash ppl in a gas mask yk srry i cant explain things ;-;) by unknown enemy so they have to fight each other

Idia Shroud:

Horrible situation. Idia hated this trope. That’s not entirely true, watching the MC feel conflicted about fighting their love interest actually added a bit of interest into a story, but reality wasn’t the same. Idia didn’t feel anything ‘fun’ about this situation. Ortho was ready to take you down in an instant but Idia had stopped him, worried about him going overboard and potentially hurting you more than he needed to. He had already started to formulate a plan to overcome the brainwashing to at least subdue you, the only issue is mustering the courage to potentially hurt you himself during the process.

Idia has to tell you about how annoying that situation was after. He started ranting about games that just fell back on popular tropes for the sake of torturing their characters but eventually sighed, saying he had enough for an evening. He didn’t want to leave your side as much as he did want to disappear back into his room, wondering if there was a way to have you just stay in his room with him while you recovered.

Jamil Viper:

Jamil is tired of his bad luck, tired of the only things that brought him joy being taken away from him and then thrown back in his face like it was no big deal. His surprise is clear and for a moment he does think he’s pushed you away too much, that you truly were sick of dealing with someone who would never be able to go after what he wanted. It’s your choice of using magic against him rather than your words (which would cut deeper than any physical wound to him) that showed him there was something more going on, with you being a puppet on strings for some other being. He wondered if his unique magic might steal you away from them but it would be a shot in the dark, since you were aware of his ability (while the ‘you’ in this brainwashed state might not be).

Jamil is frazzled but relieved the situation is over. Looking out for both you AND Kalim was an exhausting feat, and he didn’t know why he added to his never-ending workload. He’s glad you’re back to your normal self, which still seemed to regard him in a positive light, allowing him to push down his worries for the future of your relationship a little bit longer.

Leona Kingscholar:

There’s no one who knew your weaknesses better than Leona but he couldn’t assume this would be a walk in the park. He didn’t intend to hurt you but he’d do what he had to for the sake of this situation ending sooner rather than later. Apologies could always be given after but there’s only so much he could take, seeing you like this, invisible strings attached to your limbs as you’re forced to turn against him. If he had been quicker he would’ve saved you from the invasive feeling of having your body controlled while your consciousness is present, and he forced himself to focus on the task at hand rather than the hell you might be living in as it would only make him angrier.  

Leona didn’t want to talk about it when you were back tomorrow. He hit you with an ‘it is what it is’ and moved on to your wounds, minor as they were there was still some scrapes you couldn’t get away from. You didn’t blame him and he didn’t blame himself, but he’s still not happy about having you turned against him. You were his, after all, and losing your loyalty even temporarily dealt a blow to his ego that he was desperate to keep hidden.

Riddle Rosehearts:

Riddle is alarmed at how quickly the situation escalated, flinching when his words don’t seem to be reaching you. He’s not used to being on the other side of you in a fight, even if you were to practice magic with him it was never with ill intent. He finds himself fighting against being distracted, trying to think of you as a simple misbehaving student who needed to be collared. His unique magic did make it a little easier to wrangle you in but he’s wracked with guilt cutting you off from your magic when it’s not really your own actions that caused you to be punished.

Riddle is wary about talking with you after, until he knows the brainwashing is gone and you’re back to normal. He shuffled around the actual topic he wanted to bring up which was incredibly unlike him, a fact you pointed out before telling him in the kindest words possible to spit it out. He admitted seeing you brainwashed was disconcerted, and that he’d rather never see you as an enemy again. He knew it wasn’t your choice but he’d prefer you stick close to him in the future, just so he could stop the problem before it even began.

[brother-of-a-villain]

[text]

hi :)

ghost realm.

evidences outta town. might gon change that.

might stay at indis place...dunno.

don let anyone kno i told ya. make like ya got indi ta spill.

gotta seperate her from wren, before he brainswashes her like tha stars did ta him.

[text]

wanna get dinner?

[Text]

Ghost realm? Is he there already or just preparing to go. I won't tell, I know what I'm doing.

[Text]

I'll have to get Wren first. But you should go, get yourself an alibi or else they will suspect you.

[killerpancakeburger]

Perturbated by Astarion saying that Cazador's servants are here out of their own will. They all look and act brainswashed af and deeply traumatized. Cazador probably had someone lured them in with beautiful promises of eternal life and when they realized the hell they stepped in, it was too late to leave. In the end they're victims like Astarion. If I wanted to be petty I'd point out that he also "chose to be here", since he had the """choice""" to die or be turned. Sure it was naive to believe in eternal life, but in the end weren't they chasing after power like Astarion and a lot of other characters do?

[ao3feed-sambucky]

What happens in Vegas may reveal what you secretly want the most

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/LCJOD9R by Eleeonore The team goes to Vegas for some well deserved time off. Bucky wakes up with no memories from the night before and a wedding band on his finger. This would be the perfect opportunity to face his feelings for Sam, but things are never this simple when you're a hundred years old former brainswashed assassin. --------------------- No ones dead yet, and Bucky is an Avenger, as he should be. They're living at Stark's tower because I miss that. I'll probably add more characters as the story goes. Words: 1967, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Thor (Marvel), Tony Stark, Jane Foster (Marvel) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson Additional Tags: Las Vegas Wedding, drunken wedding, secret feelings, running away from feelings, sambucky - Freeform read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/LCJOD9R

[redrascal1]

Okay, yet another quote from the JCF, but this one actually sums up an attitude I will never be able to understand:

LFL seeing Adam Driver’s Solo Boy as the “true” male lead 

Finn fans are constantly wanting to know why so many of us see Ben/Kylo as such.

It's because it was the Skywalker Saga.....and he was the last one.

For all DLF's eagerness to push forward with new characters and leave Lucas's legacy behind, the entire nine film saga was about the Skywalkers. It began with Shmi, mother of Anakin, and ended with Ben, her great grandson.

DLF made a fatal mistake in 'villainising' Ben Solo - and also, if they wanted us to forget him, hiring a fine, twice Oscar nominated actor to play him plus giving him a tortured, conflicting soul. As a result of this, they created an antagonist that was far more interesting than their lead character.

Compare Rey - especially in TROS - to Kylo. She is nowhere near as compelling, and their eagerness to show her as so superior ( because she's female and they are anxious to show they aren't sexist), only makes her irritating.

Finn meanwhile, who his fans argue was the 'rightful' male lead, is even less compelling,being little more than comic relief.

The big flaw with the characters of both Rey AND Finn is that they are far too good to be true.

Look at their history.

Rey was sold into slavery at four. She spent the next fifteen years scraping an existence salvaging scrap in return for third rate food rations. Someone like this would grow up with a lot of anger in her. But, instead Disney decided to make her into a 'paragon of virtue' rather than the damaged person she should have been. TFA at least showed her very understandable capacity for darkness, but sadly the following films - even TLJ, which I love - didn't develop this further. At the end of the film it would have been a powerhouse twist if Rey had accepted Ben's hand and joined the FO, believing she could have a positive influence on him. Instead, she flounced off to a Resistance she hardly knew because it was the 'right thing to do'. From there we go to TROS, where Rey is essentially allowed to do what she wants without any consequences.

She faces and conquers her 'dark side' in five minutes - unlike Luke, who took several years, and very nearly fell at the end - only being forcibly reminded that he was on the cusp of becoming exactly like his father stopped him.

She accidentally kills Chewie with Force lightning - only to find out, that 'oh, it's ok, he's on another ship'.

She almost kills Kylo by stabbing him with his own lightsabre while he's unarmed - but they decide to give her healing powers (never canon in the films, and rightly so), so she can get away with that as well.

In short, Rey never really gets to challenge her own capacity for darkness and as such, never fulfils her real potential as a complex and intricate character.

Then we get Finn.

Okay, now why should I mention the tv adaptation of Halo along with SW?

Because this series features a character who shows just what Finn should have been.

Pablo Schreiber's MasterChief (aka John) is exactly like the stormtroopers in the SWST. He was abducted as a young boy, and brainswashed, genetically engineered, and trained to do one thing - kill for the organisation that kidnapped him. Like Finn, MasterChief has an 'epiphany' (in his case, coming into contact with an alien artefact), and it compels him to turn against his conditioning and seek a new life, and a new purpose.

But the big difference is.....unlike Finn, MasterChief has killed. He has served his time as a ruthless assassin, and thus his journey isn't just to gain his freedom, but to regain his humanity.

And he has to earn this.

If Finn had been depicted as such, he would have been an amazing character. Instead, he is a 'virgin soldier' who never shed blood before Jakku. People can argue that DLF, after all, are 'for children'. But, SW has always had a 'dark' edge to it.

Han Solo shot first and I refuse to accept anything else. In ESB, Luke loses his hand - gruesome - and we see Han being tortured. In ANH we see the agonised, burned skeletons of Luke's aunt and uncle. And ROTS....the darkest film of all.....ends with Obi Wan, our hero, dismembering Anakin and leaving him to die in agony.

In DLF's Rogue 1, Cassian Andor is seen shooting an innocent man because he would spill secrets of the Resistance if allowed to live.

SW can do 'dark'....it doesn't have to be X rated, of course, but it can do it. And if they had taken this direction with Finn and Rey...what interesting characters they could have been.

Once again, the ST is so full of failed opportunities it breaks my heart.

And as a footnote....Kylo's backstory and his 'grooming' by Snoke should never have been left for supplementary material.

[deblala]

Trump’s Shooter Reenacted “The Manchurian Candidate.” Was He Brainwashed by Handlers? Or Social Media? - The Vigilant Citizen

https://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/trumps-shooter-reenacted-a-scene-from-the-manchurian-candidate-was-he-brainswashed-by-handlers-or-social-media/

[mabelbun]

I decided to make few headcanons about the whole thing with jeremy character since I do see a lot of ppl don't mention him or any type of Storylines going on.. so I wanted to make my own version so yea btw the camera quality got ruined again so Apoplzie if it's not looking too good :/ plus don't worry I still have to ramble about the others too I will try to be more active here soon enough if I didn't get busy and lazy lmao

I usually call him jere since most of the character au's I have right now tend to have their own short nicknames and this version is not a walking zombie guy or anything else I prefer to say the least is he intentionally faked his own death so Faz.Ent company wouldn't know what had happened to him instead of cutting his face off by a paper slicer he did get Brainswashed by malhare's control ( in my au I think this suits him more often than ' glitchtrap ' name 💀)

• he also has been friends along side nick and the other Fazbear Employees which makes came to be the next beta testers before Vanessa came around both of them were two Technicians and had big knowledge about repairing and fixing the animatronics though

• he doesn't have any remnant or agony itself which makes sense Jere isn't an Afton memeber after all his brain head had big major memory loss and doesn't remember his real name or any of his friends when he used to hangout with them but Vanny/Ness actions had led him to become abandoned by her mistakes knowing that she left him to suffer more and didn't help him by his side when he needed her the most to get rid of the Glitch virus in the VR Game who was trying to control his mind eventually

• Willie bunny is an Design nickname for Jeremy to hide his own real identity making him become one of the main villains his only role was to follow Malhare's and do his bidding also taking revenge and seeking vengeance towards her specifically and became the next reluctant Follower

[ultimatecutenesspeaks]

Soon bunny see a notebook of masaru and see that the monokuma kids are actually brainswash thanks to the helmets bunny omygod all the kids are brainwashed that why they are with those five I’m can’t believe in this !?

Toko: Jeez... Is that Bunny Boy this messed up to allow it?!

Mizuki: No way, he doesn't want any of the kids to get hurt. That green-haired chick had to have gone behind his back or something.

[hshouse]

brazilians are just built differently when it comes to family. the love we feel for our family is something I don’t think americans fully comprehend.

[koipepo]

taking care of his beloved pet 

[4giorno]

WAIT does any other playable sumeru character other than al haitham wear those headphones??? bc he was so sus already, does this make him even more sus or is he in greater danger than other playable characters much like the citizens of sumeru (npcs)??

[thehumanofjustice]

Other me your name is clover that flower brainswashed you

I had to fight them

listen to me

*clover tells them EVERYTHING they can. Ther backstory, what flowey did, all the routes, EVERYTHING* you’ve got to avoid him

*you gave other clover a gun and some flint* Use this when he comes for you again ok???

*shoots the other vines around clover, burning them with the flint rounds.* your free

*pulls out six-shooter* flowey this time you’ve gone too far

clover you are not as he says you are you are kind

he has manipulated you

I won’t stand for it flowey

-@thehumanofjustice

[eggmacguffin]

I honestly love the headcanon that Tim professional-only-child/baby-of-the-family Drake knows next to nothing about kids and is totally unable to differentiate between league brainswashing and normal jerk kid behavior when it comes to Damian

Tim: I just don't know if Damian's ever going to be able to fully acclimate to civilian life. We've given him chance after chance, but it's as if there's something evil living inside him...

Stephanie: Woah what happened??

Tim: He got on my laptop without asking and messed around in my Minecraft save—stop laughing at me, this is serious—

[unsoundedcomic]

"surely he will be in his next life, maybe even Soud!" Toma being an honorary Soud is both insanely racist and a massive step up for Duane "all Crescians are brainswashed demons" Adelier.

Our boy is developing!

[sakinotfound]

Yoo how about Naruto x female Akatsuki reader ? Who was once his bestfriend but something tragic happened to the reader which made her rethink about justice and the shinobi world so she joined the Akatsuki to follow Pein's plan ? Like she doesn’t have any bad intentions, she just wants to change the world ?

Please

Pairing: Naruto Uzumaki x fem!reader (platonic)

Genre: Angst. Sad :(

Synopsis: In the request

Warning: A very very long post ahead. Not proof read. Mentions of torture, nothing too descriptive.

A/N 1: Yoooooo that was a cool one there. Also forgive me for posting it so late. I needed to be in the right headspace to write this and that required time and efforts. Thanks for the request, I appreciate it :)

A/N 2: I fucking hate this. I hated writing this. I can't bear watching Naruto be sad or get hurt and you asked me to write it? I hate myself right now :')

You were one of those unfortunate kids who had the horrific fate of being recruited in The Root.

You were five years old when you were snatched from your foreign parents and thrown in a secret institution known to very few higher ups.

A perfect age to brainswash someone who's brain, cognitive skills and thinking abilities were raw, easily manipulatable and still developing.

You were told you were an orphan, born in Konoha and loyal only to Konoha, The Root and most importantly Danzo. Which was far from truth.

At fifteen year old now, your life was messed up. At the age where normal teenagers enjoy their pre-adult life and learn how to handle themselves in the adult world, along with living the "best years of your life" you felt stuck. You had just started learning basic human behaviour, understanding and trying to feel and handle emotions, learn about how real life, people and relationships work and how to be a productive, functioning, healthy member of the society.

Most of these things, were already known by your peers and comrades. Everyday you saw how easy it was for them to interact with each other, understand, make and laugh at jokes, express their emotions, make bonds and relationships - be it platonic or romantic, work their way around the world while you felt like a child. It was so overwhelming. One of the first things you felt and it hit you like a bullet train.

Your parents fled to Konoha because of poor and dangerous conditions in their own village but as soon as word went around about you having a special kekkei genkai, it didn't take too long for you to be deprived of your childhood and innocence and to be burdened with the shinobi world. Your parents fought as much as they could to protect you but the members of Root were some of the most powerful shinobi of Konoha.

They didn't win, instead they were murdered.

As soon as Tsunade Senju, the Goddaime Hokage came into position, the Root was disbanded and they were set free. Which was definitely a good thing but no one could even begin to understand how painfully difficult life was gonna be for these people who were brain washed, moulded and groomed into what robots they were today.

Fortunately for you, you had made best friends with Konoha's number one unpredictable ninja, the loudest, most buoyant and the most friendly ninja, Naruto Uzumaki.

Frankly he was a blessing in your life. He made life so much better if not easier. He took it upon himself to help you and make you enjoy whatever happiness and fun life had to offer.

And he was true to each word. From crazy pranks to adrenaline pumping adventures, from Ramen sprees to relaxing days at hot springs, from non stop training to spending time with his - your - friends it was a beautiful experience. And and even beautiful friendship. You had so much fun being with Naruto and your other friends.

Slowly but surely you were understanding and feeling emotions. Your sense of what is right and what is wrong was developing and you were beginning to understand society.

That was both a good and a bad thing. For some.

A few days ago, while working in the records office you came across a file which had your name written on it. Curious as you always were, you opened the file. Your soul shattered that day.

You were lied to. Everything that you had known about yourself was a lie. Down to your name, it wasn't even your name. Your parents named you something else.

Detailed and graphic description of how your parents were tortured and brutally murdered for even daring to come between Danzo's plan. For the first time you find out, you had a little sister about three years old and a baby brother growing in your mother's womb at that time. Your baby brother, seven months in was forcefully delivered. He was pre-mature, leading to him having a brain disorder. He lived for a few years. They tried to groom him as a Root child from the start but it was impossible for him to adjust to such a lifestyle. They still went on with it only for your brother to die because of it. As soon as your little sister went to ask for help after your parents were taken away, she was murdered too for she had witnessed the kidnapping. She was just four years old. She was just a kid. That man went to any lengths to get what he wanted.

All because he wanted you only because of your inherited powers to make you into a blindly loyal robots to increase his and eventually the village's power. That's it. All you as well as the other Root members were mere pawns to use and throw for his benefit.

You stood frozen as you read the contents of the file. Not being able to believe your eyes. But what angered you the most was that Hiruzen Sarutobi knew about The Root but he didn't do anything.

And even till this date, that man - Danzo walks around freely.

You decided to talk to the authorities about it, to get the justice you and your family deserved. But were told to not talk about it with anyone. One of the ninjas' working there even said that had your parents not been from enemy village, they wouldn't have been killed. They would have simply been given some money and asked to shut up in the fear of death or being thrown from the village.

That night you didn't sleep at all. Thinking about everything Naruto told you about how amazing Konohagakure is and how it is one of the best villages. How the village takes care of it's citizens and provides justice for everybody.

That was ironic, coming from somebody who was discriminated against, ostracized from society and bullied since the day he was fucking born. You never thought you could hate somebody as much as you hated Danzo, but Hiruzen Sarutobi was full of surprises.

You were glad that he was dead now but that wasn't enough to quench your thirst for revenge, for justice.

How many more families were torn apart, murdered, lied to?

☁︎︎ ☁︎︎ ☁︎︎

"Why do you want to become the Hokage?" You asked.

You and your longtime best friend Naruto were sitting on the Hokage mountain, legs dangling off the head of the Fourth. The sun was setting right in front of your eyes and you could see birds flying back to their homes.

"Eh?" He looked towards his left at you, bewildered. "I told you before. I want to become the Hokage so that everyone in this village respects me! So they all look at me like I am something important and not how they have always done. I wanna prove myself to everyone -ttebayo!"

"But why do you want to prove yourself to people who never cared about you? Didn't they always treat you like- like you were some sort of pest? Why do you want to protect people like them?"

Naruto didn't reply to that. He was silent. And his silence annoyed you. But you continued on.

"And why is the third hokage your favourite? Don't you realise how pathetic he was? He didn't give one shit about you. Your childhood was cruel Naruto, no one deserves to live like that let alone a literal child. Aren't you mad? If not for yourself have you ever thought about how Sasuke was left to live in a place, and that to alone, where his own clan was slaughtered? Doesn't it bother you? Have you ever even thought about all this?" You were yelling at this point.

Naruto looked at you, stunned. Big blue eyes just staring at your now standing from. Anger, hurt, betrayal, pain written all over your face.

You felt bad for him, for Sasuke, for yourself and every person who had been a part of The Root. You hated the village for treating your best friend like they had.

You didn't get any response from your best friend, it only helped in irritating you more. So you stormed your way out of the situation.

Deep down you felt good about how you were able to understand and feel so many things. You were on the right path. Always being the smart one, you caught on quick. But the anger still flared inside of you.

You weren't just gonna sit down and tolerate this bullshit. You were determined. No matter what, you would avenge and change this broken system. Your goals had changed, they were much bigger and broader than the simple minded approach you had borrowed from your best friend, Naruto.

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"Have you guys seen Y/N?" Naruto asked Team 10.

"Naruto? When did you come here?" Ino asked, blinking her eyes as the bright blond appeared out of nowhere.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and replied, "No, we haven't. Why?"

"Oh, it's just I can't find her anywhere." He looked confused.

"Did you check her house?" Ino asked.

"Of course he did, right Naruto?" Choji asked to which Naruto nodded.

"Oh did you check the restaurant down the street? The one which is her favourite?" Choji asked excited.

"I did, she isn't there."

"Did you check the training grounds she usually goes to?" Shikamaru questioned.

"It's 10 p.m. Shikamaru, she never trains at night. But I still checked for a good measure. She wasn't there either."

"Hmm... Strange. Did you ask Sakura or Hinata or maybe Tenten? She maybe with them." Ino suggested.

"I did ask Sakura, she said she hasn't seen her the whole day. When I went to ask Kiba, Shino and Hinata were with him and they didn't know either. Also Tenten is on a mission so not possible."

"What if-"

"No she isn't on a mission. Granny Tsunade always sends her with me, Kakashi-Sensei or Yamato-Taichou." Naruto cut Choji off before he could ask.

Now they all were definitely concerned. It was very strange for you to just vanish from existence. You were nowhere to be found. None of your friends knew where you were and Naruto promised he had almost searched the whole village.

"Which parts of Konoha have you not checked?" Shikamaru enquired.

"South."

"Go check there. That's the only thing we can do. If she's not there, I think you should talk to Lady Tsunade. This is a matter of concern. As far as I remember, Y/N never goes anywhere without informing anyone. I hope she is safe." He said.

"Yeah, I hope she is safe wherever she is. Do you want us to accompany you Naruto?" Ino asked, her lips furrowed.

"No no! It's fine. I'll find her." He smiled but deep down with each passing second he was becoming more anxious.

"Let us know if you find her Naruto. And if you or she needs any help, we are always here." Choji offered to which Naruto gave a grateful smile and ran off.

Y/N, where are you? Please please please be safe.

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It was a pleasant night. Cool breeze filled Konoha, a much appreciated relief for the summers in Konoha were brutal.

Your hair flew with the flow of the wind as you stood near the exit of Konohagakure. You stared at the night sky.

This was it. A couple of steps more and you would be declared a rogue-nin by your village. You knew your plans won't be liked by anyone around you. You knew people would hate you and call you a traitor. But they didn't understand what you did. You couldn't bear to stay in this place anymore. It physically hurt at this point. You couldn't do it anymore.

You have always been the mature person, fighting for justice and what is right. You never took bullshit against anyone not deserving of it so why yourself? Konoha wasn't going to give you what you deserved. No village could. They didn't understand what you did. They couldn't see what you did. Nobody did. You felt alone and hopeless. You thought you couldn't do anything. How were you supposed to fight against a system that was being followed for years and by so many people? You couldn't possibly fight and change it on your own. You needed help, back up, assistance.

That was until you found out about The Akatsuki. The Akatsuki....intrigued you. So you researched about them, their plans, their motives and what their goal or motto was. It felt like the Gods up above were on the same page as you, as if they supported you and your goal if nobody else did. Finding about the Akatsuki was a blessing.

You knew it wouldn't be easy. You knew it would be very dangerous. But you still contacted the Akatsuki, asking them if you could please join their organisation. You have honest and legitimate reasons for your request. Fortunately Konan and Pein were impressed by your opinions and ideals. It aligned perfectly well with what they had in mind.

World Peace.

But you weren't interested in any criminal ideals or evil plans, all you wanted was to change the Shinobi world and bring justice for everyone. You wanted revenge. And you would do anything for it. No matter what.

After following the steps required for them to determine your loyalty to them and that they could trust you as well as if your were useful for them which you very much were, you were recruited. That day was the day you smiled widely after so fucking long. Things were starting to look good. You were happy.

"Y/N!" A yell from your behind, caused you to turn around.

Oh fuck.

"Naruto? What are you doing here?" You asked, eyes wide and panic settling in.

The reason you were about to leave without telling anyone was so that no one came in between your plans and so that you didn't have to deal with hurting anyone. But here he was, none other but your best friend running upto you.

Now how do I explain this?

"I have been looking for you everywhere. Where have you been? I was so worried! Ha! At least I found you now. You're okay right? Everything fine? For a moment I thought something happened. I was so scared but I knew there couldn't be anything that would get past you. You are so strong, you can do anything. So I knew you'd be just fine." He laughed. "But still- wait what are you doing near the exit?" He frowned.

"How much do you speak in a single breath Naruto?"

He laughed out loud, showing his sparkly teeth and his boyish grin.

"Well?" He dragged the word.

"Well what?" You played dumb.

"Oh c'mon. What are you doing anyways?"

"I am leaving Naruto." You deadpanned.

"Eh?" He looked at you, confused. "For a mission? Alone? That's strange. Granny doesn-"

"NOT on a mission Naruto." You cut him off, sighing.

This is so difficult.

"I- I am... I am leaving the village actually. For-forever."

Silence. Pin drop silence. Deafening silence.

"... what?" Naruto's face dropped and then he started laughing out loud. You were concerned if somebody would hear you two. You didn't wanted to deal with more people. "Nice joke Y/N. You looked so serious, I almost believed you, you know?"

"It's-It's not a joke Naruto. I am being serious."

"Wh-what? Why? What- what happened?" He decreased the distance between you two as he now held you by your shoulders.

"You wouldn't understand Naruto. Leave it."

"It's about the other day, isn't it?"

"Huh?"

"The talk. That we had on the Hokage rock."

You were surprised that he remembered and pieced it together so quickly.

"Yes."

"Why?" His voice shook.

"GOD DAMN WHY?" He yelled.

"Why you now? Why does everybody leaves me? First Sasuke, now you? Why Y/N? Why?"

"I told you, you wouldn't understand."

"What wouldn't I understand? At least try to explain it to me? What's so bad about Konoha that you and Sasuke both want to leave it?"

Letting out a sigh you replied, "I can't reveal my plans now Naruto. But I promise, one day you'll know."

"Please don't go. Please Y/N. Please don't abandon me." He cried. Tears starting falling down your own eyes.

"Please please please." He chanted. "Please."

"Naruto..." You choked.

"I can't. I have to go. It's necessary. It's needed." You tried to reason but Naruto wasn't in the headspace to understand.

"Then. Then let me go with you." He begged.

"That's not how it works Naruto. Besides I can't risk you in this. It's not safe."

"THE WHY ARE YOU GOING?"

"Because it's the only way I can achieve my goals." You smiled sadly.

Both of you didn't say anything for quite some time. The wind blew one more time. After a couple of minutes, Naruto spoke, wiping his tears away.

"Okay."

"Heh?!" You asked, shocked.

"I said, okay. Go. Go if you really want to. I won't stop you. If you know what you're doing and if you believe in it, then who am I to stop you? Sasuke went too and he thinks he knows what he is doing. You know you two are the smart ones. Maybe I am the one who doesn't understand." He laughed. "But I will always support you. I am always here for you. Wherever you go, whatever you do, don't you ever forget that you have a best friend in Konoha who loves you a lot and would always be there for you. You aren't alone. If I can't go with you, then I'll support you from here."

You could see the pain in his eyes, how he was trying to mask his hurt through the smile. It pained you to watch the boy you had sworn to protect and to always keep him happy, be heartbroken because of you.

But you smiled. Smiled through your own pain. It was a genuine smile. "Thank you Naruto."