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Chapter 76 - Angel of the Dead 15

It definitely wasn't the greatest thing that he had ever gone through. He stood once more before Alter, only this time they were in his mindscape. Haruto sighed as he realized he was fully clothed with his weapons. "I thought I would be getting some sleep this time around..." Alter chuckled evilly at him. "I'm a mean motherfucker like that! Anyway...I need to talk to you. But before we do, I need you to hold up your end of our bargain. This scenery ain't getting any darker, fuck wad!"

Haruto rolled his eyes at his other half and focused on changing the landscape to a darker scene. The blue skies began to darken as they turned red and the clouds turned black. High in the sky, the moon shone down with a grey light of nothingness. The grass died away as dead bodies fell from trees to be hung by ropes with sickening snaps. The river that they stood beside began to turn red as it flowed with blood.

Alter looked around before looking to Haruto. "While it's a good job, it's not fucked up enough for my tastes. But I'll let it slide for now since it's your first try at being a sick little fuck." Haruto growled at him as his muscles tensed and he spoke. "Just tell me why the Hell I'm here!" Alter jumped slightly but then smirked. "You're growing some balls, huh? Hope you got enough, kid." Haruto could feel his anger rising with each second he spent around the malignant entity.

Alter began to pace as he had done before when they spoke in his mind. "I guess I'll stop for now and tell you why I brought you here. You see, monkey fuck, I want something from you...and I believe that it will benefit us both." Haruto scoffed as he leaned back on his stance and crossed his arms. "Why the hell should I give you anything? All you've done is berate me and put me down. Not only that but you ruin a moment..."

Alter laughed loudly and it echoed throughout the barren expanse that had become his mind. "You have to admit that that was pretty fucking funny! Oh why the fuck would you care...you're too much of a pussy to laugh at something like that, huh? Oh well...vI'll fuck your mind over sooner or later..." Haruto felt his head beginning to hurt as he continued to talk. "Shut The Fuck Up And Tell Me What You Want!"

Alter stopped walking and turned to Haruto, his face immediately getting serious. "I want freedom, Haruto. I want to get out of this shell and walk around! I want to feel the air for once! I need it!" Haruto heard every single word come from his mouth and he chuckled. "You need it, eh?" Alter got a crazed look in his eyes as he nodded furiously. Haruto got a dark gleam in his eye. "Well if you need it so much… why don't you just take over? Why don't you come and take my body from me?"

Alter growled at him as he felt Haruto's hold over him begin to strengthen somehow. He began to get crazy as he hunched over and began to point a savage finger at him while his other arm shook in rage. "Don't get cocky, you shithead! I could destroy your soul and take your body as my own if I needed to! I'm only asking to be polite! FUCK YOU!"

Haruto could only continue to chuckle. "Awe… isn't that sad? You can dish out shit but when it hits the fan and comes flying right back at you, you can't take it can you?" Alter growled as Haruto continued. "Oh don't get your panties in a bunch, bastard. I'll give you what you want..." Alter stopped his rage-driven shaking and stood up slowly. "Knowing you, you wouldn't give in unless you already have something in mind for your return favor. What do you want?"

Haruto began his own pacing as he put his hands behind his back. "I want your chakra to act as a secondary source for me like Kyuubi's did so I can access it without the risk of you trying to take me over. I also want you to know that if you dare to try anything with anyone in this group then I will not hesitate to put you back in here and lock you away for good." Alter stood for a second in a thinking pose. "Hmmm...I guess that those requirements would work..."

Haruto looked over to him in surprise. "You're caving this early without even trying to get a better deal?" Alter shook his head while he was still in his thinking pose. "You should use your brain more often. When you realize that the requirements of something could be worse then you don't fight what you are given. Only when things are too risky do you fight against them for a brighter chance." Haruto nodded at his reasoning. "That makes sense, I guess."

Alter dropped his arms from his thinking and chuckled when he looked over to Haruto. "Of course it makes sense! I thought of it, didn't I?" Haruto sighed at Alter's cockiness as he turned to completely face him. "Okay then...so we have a deal then?" Alter nodded but spoke before Haruto could leave his mindscape. "Wait a second. How are you going to get me out into the real world?"

Haruto stared at him with wide eyes before bursting into hysterical laughter. "Oh my god! Hahahaha! You know shit about me and my family that even I didn't know about but you don't know about my first and favorite technique? Holy Shit! Hahahaha!" Alter felt his eyebrow twitch at Haruto's laughter. "I know about it you ignorant shit! But how in the fuck is a Kage Bushin going to help me out of here?"

Haruto sighed as he spoke. "When you dispel a Kage Bushin it gives you its memories. A chakra construct cannot retain memory but a soul can. That is why Kyuubi can do the things that she does and thinks. That is also why you can be such a dickhead!" He pointed a very accusing finger at him while Alter nodded once. Haruto calmed himself and continued. "When I create a Kage Bushin I am splitting my soul into small pieces anyway so maybe that's why I didn't notice you breaking away from me. I guess that I had just gotten used to it by then."

Alter nodded again and spoke next. "So what you are saying is that you can create a Kage Bushin and put my soul into it?" Haruto shook his head "yes" but spoke again. "That is putting it into simpler terms but yes, that is basically what I'm saying. Before I even think about doing that, though, our halves need to be brought together for enough time so that I can do the jutsu and focus on your specific half to put into it."

Alter nodded. "I guess that since you are doing this for me then I can let you retain control. Wait a second… how will you retain the chakra of my half?" Haruto knew that that was coming. "I really don't know. I guess that I can simply make do without it… shit..." Alter chuckled. "That really put a damper on this didn't it?" He nodded as he sat down cross-legged and thought to himself.

"Damn it… hmmm… I think that we will have to hold off on getting you out of here for a while, Alter. While I'm proceeding with the mission, can I count on you to think of any possible solution to the problem?" Alter groaned and nodded. "It's my only ticket out of here, so I really don't have much of a choice unless I want to stay in this fucking dump."

Haruto scowled at him. "I did what you asked and you call it a dump? You are just about the nicest guy I think I've met in ages! Damn… why in the fuck do you act like this?" Alter shrugged with a dark grin. "Fuck if I know! All I know is that I'm an asshole and I like it like that!" This made his light side groan. "Okay… whatever. I'm out of here now. I need some undisturbed sleep if I'm going to keep this up..."

As he began to fade he looked to Alter one more time to see him walking off into the darkness of the forest. Haruto shook his head and he completely faded away.

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