Future & Present Clash

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I merely let my imagination wonder off…..

Give a round of applause for Sentence Stringer for doing an amazing job at beta-ing this chapter.

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The Fifth Hokage, drunken Lady Tsunade, was in her office secretly drinking sake when the first notice arrived. Until then, it had been a calm day with just the usual mountains of paperwork, but the old routine was broken when Shizune came running in, urgency in her voice and shock covering her features. Tsunade quickly hid the emptied bottle in her desk drawer.

"Hokage-sama, you must come to the front gate immediately. You are not going to believe it!" She noticed Tsunade's overly innocent face and asked, "Were you drinking sake? You're on duty! I'll scowl you later; now please come with me."

Tsunade ran at top speed with Shizune at her heels. The scene that awaited her was one she was not expecting and of which she never even dreamed. After breaking through the shinobi barrier that seemed to be circling something just outside the northern gate of Konohagakure, she came upon a body stretched out on the ground. She had obviously seen bodies before, but what was particularly surprising about this body was its pale, blue skin and the shark-like features on its face. Next to the corpse lay an enormous sword that not many men could hold without a great deal of effort, or that would be the case if it was in one piece. The chakra-sucking sword known as Samehada was broken into five pieces.

"Hoshigaki Kisame, missing-nin and wanted Akatsuki member. The ANBU on patrol found him 8 minutes ago. They say the body just appeared; they sensed no one approaching. They left a note," Shizune said, as she handed a note to the stunned Hokage.

Please deliver to Tsunade-Baachan at Hokage Tower.

P.S. The other one got away.

But don't worry; I will bring another Akatsuki gift tomorrow.

Best Wishes,

xxx U.U.N.S. xxx

This looks like something Naruto would write. It screams hyperactivity, Tsunade thought, reading the note over again.

"Tsunade-sama? Are you okay?" Shizune asked, looking worryingly towards her master. Who knew how this event would affect the village?

"Do you have any idea what UUNS might stand for?"

"Not that I can think of. It's a bit unusual for initials; most people only have two names," Shizune answered, eyeing her master's facial expression.

Tsunade re-read the note. She looked at the ANBU shinobi next to her. "Take the body, and begin an emergency autopsy. See if you can get any clues about what types of attacks he suffered. Send Kakashi, Yamato, Gai, Neji, and Shikamaru to my office immediately."

"Hai, Hokage-sama."

At that very moment, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai were making their way out of the village. They saw the group gathered at the gates. As Naruto approached, he put his hands behind is head. "Neh, Obaa-chan, what's all this? You're blocking a man on his way to a mission—" His eyes widened at seeing Kisame's body. "Kisame? How did he get here? Is he really dead?"

"Enough talk, Naruto. On with your mission!" the Hokage commanded, nearly shouting at the teen.

"Geez, don't get your knickers in a twist, old woman."

The Hokage nearly popped a vein, but it was Sakura who shouted, "Who are you calling old? NARUTO! Don't speak like that to Hokage-sama, YOU BAKA!" She punched him in the face, and Naruto went flying. Sakura bowed to Tsunade and left the village, followed by Sai.

Tsunade faced her subordinates. "Clean this up now! Search the woods for chakra signatures and scents," she yelled and ran back to her office.

From a nearby tree, a figure watched and smiled before disappearing with the wind.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sai were walking down the road. Naruto had been massaging his swollen cheek for a while.

"I wonder what happened to him. It must have been someone incredible. I remember Kisame went up against Kakashi-sensei, Gai, and Asuma, and he still won. He put Kakashi-sensei in the hospital for a long time," Naruto said.

"When was this?" Sai asked, smiling.

"It was before you came. It was even before my training with Ero-Sennin."

Sai adopted a very concentrated expression on his pale face.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it now; we have a mission to worry about," Sakura cut in sharply.

"It's not like an escort mission is any big deal," Naruto said, sighing. "Baa-chan should be giving me A-rank missions as Hokage training," he whined.

"Hn." Sakura rolled her eyes. They decided to start running, wanting to get the three day mission over with quickly. They didn't want to admit they were all anxious to find out what exactly happened to the dead Akatsuki member and if it had any link to their lost friend.

Tsunade, Shizune, Kakashi, Yamato, and Shikamaru stood in the Hokage's office. Shikamaru was taking his turn reading the note. When he finished, he handed it to Kakashi.

"Well it's pretty obvious that it was written by a female. I don't know what kind of male would sign his notes with triple kisses. How bothersome," Shikamaru reported with a bored voice.

"One thing we have to take notice of is the fact that Hokage-sama has no children, and only one person in this entire village refers to her as Baa-chan. As strong as Naruto is, there is no way he could have taken Kisame by himself or even with help. We must remember he almost took out three Jounin with little effort," Kakashi said.

Tsunade nodded, "The note refers to the other one. Do you have any idea who that may be?"

"Last time we encountered Kisame, he was paired up with fellow Akatsuki member Uchiha Itachi," Gai said.

"There is the possibility that this person may not know his affiliation with the city. In either case, we should post a lookout tomorrow and try to capture them when they deliver the next gift," Yamato suggested.

At that moment, a medic-nin burst into the room. "Hokage-sama, the emergency autopsy you requested is yet to be completed, but I have the primary findings already. Permission to begin report." Tsunade nodded. "Very well, we have established the cause of death, and I must say we were all shocked. On the outside of his body, everything looks relatively normal: no signs of major fighting, just a few bruises and cuts. However, when we opened him up, his internal organs were almost completely burned, some even torn to pieces. His chakra channels were totally shattered. It was a massive internal attack at the microcellular level, exactly the same as—"

"Naruto's," Tsunade finished.

"That's impossible," Kakashi said, his visible eye widened in shock. "Naruto knows he isn't supposed to use that move."

"I know, Kakashi; I saw Naruto this morning, and his arms were completely fine, so it couldn't have been him. This means we are dealing with someone that knows Naruto."

"Frankly speaking, no one in our groups besides Naruto can do that move; I've heard from the others what it looked like and his condition after he used it. If anyone we know managed to copy it, we would know because we would be able to see the damage. As far as I know, none of our friends have been admitted to Konoha Hospital for some time," Shikamaru said, before adding a very quiet, "How troublesome."

"I don't remember any situation where the possibility of copying that move could have emerged. We were by ourselves in the desert the first time he used it, and during training both Yamato and I checked the woods every day for intruders and found no one," Kakashi said.

"Perhaps it's a coincidence. This person may have thought of the technique at the same time or even before Naruto." Everyone looked at Shizune as she spoke; it was quite unusual for her to speak in these meetings. "The Rasengan is, after all, the Fourth's most famous technique. Someone may have seen it and developed it themselves, just like Naruto did."

"Which gives us another clue: he or she is a wind element user, so we should make sure we have earth and water element users in our defense, as well as experts in mid to long range fighting, since wind is primarily a close range combat style," Shikamaru added.

"Very well, Shikamaru, you make up the tactics. Tell me when they are finished. The body was discovered this morning at 9:21, so we can assume that the timing tomorrow will be similar. You have until midnight. Go!" He nodded and disappeared in a shinobi fashion along with the others.