Guess who's the sucker going to the orthodontist tomorrow? Me, and I think I'm going to get my braces in. So nervous. 😓😓😱 My friends wished me luck, and I knew something bad/painful is going to happen.

3rd POV

Naruto shakily took the earring, staring at it absentmindedly. There's no way he died during a mission, right? But, that doesn't explain why his earring isn't with him.

"Would you like to know his final words to you? Or would you prefer to hear them later?" Itachi looked at everybody else's expression, noticing a few things.

Yuudai stopped cooking and stood there, frozen. Kurama stared at Itachi, with wide eyes. Madara looked to be unaffected, but Itachi was a Uchiha himself, and he saw a hint of sadness. Aquilo turned off the fire, looking at Naruto and then to Itachi briefly, before patting Yuudai's back to comfort him. Naruto, oh Naruto. He looked devastated.

"P-Please tell me...Ita-Ita.." He stuttered out, still staring at the earring.

"Naruto, you were the best brother I could possibly have. You've made me so proud in so many different ways, and I'm sure our parents would feel the same. I wanted to see your wedding, possibly even my nephews or nieces, but I apologize as it seems like my time have been cut short. But, thanks to my extra training with you, Danzo failed to retrieve either one of my eyes. Thank you, Naruto, and as a brother, I love you." Itachi started tearing up after reciting Shisui's last words, and Naruto's white hair shadowed his eyes.

"I-Is it alright if I spend some time alone?" Naruto asked, tears already threatening to fall. Crybaby.

"Of course." With that, Naruto took off and locked himself in his room, bawling his eyes out the moment he reached his bed.

"How about you guys? He said a few words for everybody, but I don't know if I can stop tears if I recite them all."

-with Naruto-
Naruto's POV

I cried, and cried, I don't know if the tears would every stop. I placed silencing seals on every wall, the floor and even the ceiling, but I don't know if it would be enough to block out my screams.

"S-Shisui-nii! Why did you h-have to die. Out of a-all people, WHY?!" I punched my pillow, watching in agony as it got shredded to bits immediately.

I screamed, and I clutched my shirt. Of course it was Shisui's old one, but it just practically put alcohol in the wound.

It's you, if you hadn't noticed, everybody you hold dear dies. Look at your clan, your previous clan that now floods the cemetery. Now your own brother. What's next, you friends, your blood brother, and possibly the village. You're the cause of it.

To make it worse, the shadow's sent mental pictures of Shisui dying, the clan being slaughtered, and worse of all, my hand having all of their blood in it. I was the cause.

I thought about the shadow's words, tears still staining my face and continuing to fall.

"No no no no no! Your wrong!"

Am I now? Look around you, do you see any 'Shisui-nii' there? Do you see your mother? Your father? It wasn't long after you joined them that they all perished. Am I wrong now?

"I didn't kill them! I would never!"

Actions speak louder than words, you should notice all the blood that lies in your hands. Practically flooding. How many ninjas did you kill? How many of those ninja do you think have family, friends, and lovers who wanted them to live? How much sadness and grief do you think you caused them?

"NO! STOP IT!"

I'm merely speaking the truth. Ah, look at you, look at your marvelous new eyes. Stunning now, is it? All the more proof it's was you who caused their deaths.

3rd POV

Naruto's eyes now revealed the Mangekyou Sharingan, and he scrambled towards the mirror.

"No..." His eyes were unique. Very.

His right eye was different colors, the left side having a black base and the right side having a red base. His left eye was the opposite, the left side having a red base and his right side having a black base. The pattern resembled a flower, similar to the base colors, it was red with a black base, black with a red base.

"It looks....I'm a monster."

Yes, a murderer and a monster. Everybody would be better off without-

Naruto heard a knock on his door, and the shadow quickly retreated.

"Naruto? Can I come in?" He heard Aquilo ask, and he walked over to open the door. He saw Aquilo holding a glowing fruit and a seal, and he would've asked questions if it wasn't for the state he was in.

"Naruto, you- oh, Naruto..." He bent down, looking at Naruto's new eyes.

"I-It's all my fault, I killed them." Yes, you did, murderer.

"No, you didn't, it wasn't your fault. All life comes to an end, whether it's end is sooner or longer than what we expected. Let's sit down." They both sat on Naruto's bed, Aquilo frowning slightly at the eradicated pillow that seemed to have gone through something worse than hell.

"Tell me, is that shadow back?" Aquilo gently placed the fruit and seal on the bed, rubbing Naruto's back affectionately.

Don't you dare say anything, I'll kill every-

"Yes."

"I don't want you to listen to anything it says, all of it are just to make you feel worse. Shisui was the one who decided to take his own life to protect everybody, don't let his sacrifice being you down. It was his decision, he knew Danzo would try to get his eyes during his sleep or missions.

He doesn't know about your eyes, or Yuudai's eyes yet. Sasuke is out of bounds, he's only at stage 2. Itachi is also out of bounds, he is an heir, everybody would notice if he dies therefore making him more suspicious."

"B-But it's still my fault!" It is! Stop making yourself feel better. Naruto tucked his head in between his knees, and his arms wrapped around them.

"What makes you say that?"

"Everybody I get close to dies, I've killed so many ninja with people who love them." Exactly, just kill yourself. Naruto let out another sob.

"That's a ninja's job, if they're not prepared to leave everything behind and die, then they are not true shinobi. They are cowards that shouldn't have become a shinobi. But, I don't want to to forget about those lives lost. You should never store away negative emotions and try to forget, either." Aquilo looked at the door slightly, feeling Yuudai's chakra just a few inches out of sight.

"Why? Aquilo, those emotions are sometimes too much for me to handle. Why do you think I have these eyes just by talking to a shadow?" If it's too much to handle, kill yourselves you worthless shinobi.

"Those emotions are what make up you, without them, you wouldn't be the person you are today or in the future. Now, Naruto, I'll have to put this seal on you. Don't try to burn it away at any cost." Aquilo picked up the seal, lifting up Naruto's shirt so that he could see his stomach.

"Ok. What does it do?" It'll kill you, he's planning to kill you. Naruto asked, who was now sitting criss cross applesauce and ignoring the shadow.(anybody remember that?)

"It's to temporarily get rid of your healing abilities, it will hurt, prepare yourself. It needs to stay on for at least a day, so that this fruit over here will work. I warn you, you may not know this but in your past life you were an extremely sick child. I do not know if you will revert back to that state after the seal, but if you do all of us will try to care for you."

"Ok." No. Naruto bit on his lip, and Aquilo got to work.

The seal was swiftly placed on Naruto's stomach, and Aquilo hurriedly and forcefully pushed down his arms and legs.

"Mmphmm!" Naruto muffled a scream, the seal itself felt like fire being pressed against your skin, and he attempted to claw at it before Aquilo pushed him down, stopping him from moving.

"Sorry, just for a few more minutes." Aquilo also bit down on his lip, feeling Naruto thrashing every now and then. Damn this kid was strong!

"Is he ok? He doesn't look good at all." He heard Yuudai ask, and glanced over. He was in the room now, holding a bowl of warm water, a towel, and some food.

"He'll be fine- Woah!" Aquilo was nearly kicked off, and he shoved Naruto further into the bed knocking some breath out of him, staring at his unfocused eyes.

"Relax, Naruto, bear with, it it's almost over. I know it feels like hell, but take in a deep breath. Don't over exert yourself."

Tears were about to fall again as the pain became nearly unbearable. It felt like lava was flowing in his veins and his mind felt like it was being ripped apart.

"AHHHHH!" Naruto screamed out, blinded by the pain. Luckily, the worst part was over, and a few seconds later the pain started fading away, and he felt his body relax slightly. Yuudai flinched at the sound, stopping himself from wanting to take the seal off.

"Yuudai, towel please." Yuudai snapped up and looked at him, hurriedly handing him a warm damp towel.

Aquilo placed it on Naruto's head and collapsed on the bed beside him, sweat beading off his forehead.

"Jeez, no 9 year old should be that strong, I almost got kicked off! And I'm me!"

"Calm it. Naruto, how are you doing?" Yuudai headed over to Naruto, who had a feverish look and looked mildly uncomfortable.

"Everything's sore." He mumbled out, clutching his stomach where the pain was still lingering around.

"Let's get you some food in your stomach." Yuudai grabbed Aquilo's feet, yanking him off the bed along with many protests afterwards. He fixed Naruto in a comfortable position, and placed the tray with food on the nightstand next to him.

"I'm not hungry." Naruto mumbled, refusing to eat.

"Please don't say that, just a few spoons." Albeit reluctantly, Naruto ate a bit of food prepared for him, thanking Yuudai afterwards.

"Yuudai, may I have a word?" Yuudai looked over to Aquilo, and he furrowed his eyebrows. Sending a quick glance to Naruto, he double checked if he seemed ok, and followed Aquilo out of the room.

"What is it?" Yuudai crossed his arms, nervously tapping his foot on the floor and playing with his sleeve.

"What? I don't get a hug? I thought you'd be a bit happier knowing that I'll live longer." He flashed a mischievous grin, not failing to notice Yuudai's ears turn pink.

"You knew if nothing happened this year, I would volunteer to make him kill me." A moment of silence, and then Yuudai decided to speak up.

"Well...is that it?" Yuudai glanced at Naruto's closed doors, only an idiot could tell he's nervous. Aquilo took a step forward, a few inches away from each other, making Yuudai look up at him.

"Of course not~." He leaned down, and pecked his lips.

Yuudai had to process what just happened, and he turned a bright red. A shaky hand went to touch his lips, and he feverishly looked up at him seeing that same smirk from before.

"W-Why did you do that?! T-That was m-my..." Yuudai bit down on his lip, shoving pass him towards the kitchen. Itachi was making a cup of green tea for Naruto, and was at this point he was nearly able to completely block out these weird behaviors that are considered normal now. Kurama and Madara were nowhere to be seen, Sasuke at the academy, the usual.

"Eh, Yuudai? W-Wait! No!" He watched helplessly as Yuudai started destroying all of the blueberries he had been saving for later.

"It's for a smoothie." He hid a grin as he mercilessly squished the blueberries over and over again. If somebody took his first kiss like that, it only made sense for him to take something precious from them, right?

"But...my-"

"Next time think twice when you steal a person's first kiss." He landed the finishing blow, and Itachi stared at the blue-purple murder. He just got out of the bath, and now this was happening? Great. He dragged himself to Naruto's room, feeling just as drowsy as any other sleep deprived ninja.

Aquilo walked up to the mess, taking a bit of it on his finger and sticking it in his mouth to taste the sweet blueberries. He kissed Yuudai's cheek teasingly, and ran for his life.

For the next 24 hours, Kurama, Madara, Sasuke, Itachi, Aquilo, and Yuudai took turns watching over him. Although they weren't scheduled or considered turns, seeing as they switched whenever. Itachi was told to take it easy for awhile, so he only visited twice to bring him tea and to check up on him.

Yuudai was the one who visited the most, he was already used to watching him like a hawk before. But now, when Naruto stopped breathing for a few seconds, it triggered a painful memory causing him to have a panic attack. He was forced by Aquilo to calm down, and was told to have a break as well.

Madara was then in charge, using his Sharingan to see if it happens again. If it did, he would tell Kurama first.

Sasuke was sad to see Naruto in that state, even if it's just for a day. He was used to him being energetic and lively, so he visited to tell him stories about things that happened during the academy, hoping it would get a laugh out of him.

Kurama was in the seal, also making sure he doesn't die in the process. So, overall, it was a busy day for them. But the next day, it would be a relaxing day. We all know it's not going to be too relaxing though.