Hello, hello, hello and welcome people to the first chapter of The Moonlit Third Eye. Now for those who don't know this story is a sequel to Akatsuki's Third Eye so if you haven't read that I request you to please do so or you may not understand some of the things which happen in this story. Please enjoy yourselves.
(Konohagakure- Village Hidden in the Leaves)
The sun rose over Konohagakure. Over the faces of the five kages of the village a lone figure was wandering about.
Naruto Uzumaki paced up down over the head of the fourth Hokage.
"Naruto" shouted Sakura running up to him.
"Hi Sakura-Chan, what's up" asked Naruto.
"Did you know that Kakshi-sensei is leaving the day after tomorrow, and wants to talk to you, me, Sai and Yamato-Taichou" replied Sakura panting.
"Leaving? Leaving for where?" asked Naruto hopping up and walking beside Sakura.
"Leaving for Kumogakure, to escort Tsunade-Sama to a meeting held by all the six kages of the ninja world" said Sakura.
"Wow, that's so cool Kakashi-sensei is so lucky, he'll get to be there, Gaara will be there, Kimiko will be there, and one day maybe I'll be there as well" said Naruto.
Sakura smiled at her friend's dreamy face and waved her hand as Sai and Yamato came up.
"Hi Sakura, Naruto" said Yamato.
"Good morning" said Sai quietly; he seemed to be a little upset about something.
"Is something wrong Sai?"Asked Sakura.
"What? Oh no, everything's fine, thank you" he said smiling.
"He's giving one of those fake smiles again, I wonder what's up" thought Sakura as they were interrupted by Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, Neji, Lee and Tenten.
"Yo everybody" said Kiba.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" asked Naruto.
"I asked them to be here as well, for the morning shines with the brightness of a woman's lovely eyes" said Gai hoping down beside Lee.
"Hey there everyone" said Chouji as he, Ino, Shikamaru, Shino and Kakashi walked up.
"What's up everyone" said Naruto.
"Why did you invite us all here Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura.
"It's concerning the meeting that will be taking place the day after tomorrow" said Kakshi quietly.
"Oh yeah, the meeting of the six kages right?" asked Ino.
"Amazing, imagine all those powerful ninja under one roof" said Kiba as Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Yes, well, it's about the purpose of the meeting" said Kakshi.
Everyone became quiet at his grave tone.
"What about the purpose? "Asked Shino.
"Has it got anything to with us?" asked Neji.
"Yes it does actually" said Shikamaru.
"How do you know Shikamaru-kun?"Asked Hinata.
"My father is also going to be accompanying Tsunade-Sama on the meeting, he told me" said Shikamaru.
"Told you what? Spill it out already" yelled Naruto.
Kakshi and Shikamaru exchanged a look.
"The meeting is to decide what has to be done about Sasuke, he may be labeled as an international S-rank criminal, if that happens, even if he wants to, he will not be allowed to live" said Kakashi.
Everyone stared at him with shocked faces, even Neji seemed stunned, and although Shino's face could not be seen it was clear that he was startled.
"W-what?" stammered Sakura stupidly as Ino began to cry.
"If he is labeled an S-rank criminal then I'm afraid it will be very difficult to let him live" said Kakashi.
"However as long as Sasuke does not conduct any harmful actions for a while then he can't do any harm" said Shikamaru.
"Yes, he doesn't have a choice, he can't right?" Kimiko sealed of his sharingan for some years so he can't cause trouble can he?" asked Naruto.
"No, but…" Shikamaru looked down.
"But what? How is he to cause any trouble if his main power is sealed away" inquired Tenten.
" Regarding that matter, after Madara's defeat Kimiko had his corpse sent to Konoha as he was originally a Konoha shinobi, and a week ago it disappeared from the forensic labs without a trace, we believe that was Sasuke's doing" said Kakashi.
" And it has already been proven, whether living or dead, if the eye of the sharingan is replanted into someone it becomes the users for keeps, the example is Kakashi-sensei himself" said Shikamaru.
"And if it is an Uchiha who replants the eye then it will form, as it had, in Madara's case, the eternal Mangekyou sharingan, which allowed him to remain immortal" said Kakashi.
"So he has this Madara's eyes and will become immortal after using it?" Asked Lee as everyone around him looked horrified.
"Yes, that is what he most probably will do" said Shikamaru.
" And if he does that he will become extremely dangerous to the six kages, and they may order to exterminate him, I know Tsunade-Sama would never do that, neither would Gaara, but they are not unreasonable, they know the risks involved, and up against the other four kages they might not have a choice" said Kakashi.
"No, they won't" said Naruto looking down as a dark look came over his eyes.
" But Naruto how can you expect the kages to.." began Yamato as Naruto yelled, " I don't care what the kages decide, I won't let them kill Sasuke, he's like a brother to me, I'll go to that meeting and try to convince the kages to forgive him" said Naruto.
"That probably won't work, according to latest research, Sasuke has a huge hand at trying to take the Tsukikage's life so why should she spare him, plus the Tsukikage is the student of the Mizukage so she might not be implied to spare him either, and on top of that, Sasuke recently captured the jinchuriki of the Eight Tails, who incidentally is the Raikage's own brother" said Shikamaru.
"So all in all, it looks very black for Sasuke at the moment" said Shino.
" I won't let them , I'll prove to them that Sasuke can be changed, I'll prove to them that Sasuke is still the same as he was five years ago" said Naruto wiping his eyes on his sleeve.
"Naruto how can you do that?" asked Sai suddenly.
"Why can't I, take the Leader of the Akatsuki for example, he destroyed the entire village but then sacrificed his own life when he didn't need to so that he could resurrect them, because of his dreams of finding peace, so inside he was still a good man" said Naruto.
"Yes but Naruto, that's not the case with Sasuke, in Pain's case his final goal was kind, to find peace, but in Sasuke's case, his final goal is the destruction of Konoha because they ordered Itachi to kill all the other Uchiha's" said Kakashi.
"I will bring back Sasuke, and I will protect Konoha t the same time" said Naruto stubbornly.
Kakshi gave up and shook his head, " Well I only said this because I thought you all had the right to know, don't even think of going to convince the kages Naruto because it's futile, we'll do what we can" said Kakashi placing a reassuring hand on Naruto's shoulder.
(Two days later)
Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Yamato, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, Tenten, Neji, Lee, Shizune and Gai watched as Tsunade got into the carriage with a grim look on her face.
They watched as Kakashi and Shikaku Nara (Shikamaru's father) walked beside the carriage till it could no longer be seen amongst the large canopy of the trees.
"I'm not going to let them kill Sasuke" said Naruto.
"You can't do anything" said Sai.
"Oh yes I can" said Naruto grinning from ear to ear at him.
Sakura and Yamato exchanged suspicious glances.
"Naruto, what are you planning?" questioned Sakura.
"Nothing at all" said Naruto still grinning.
"Don't try and do anything stupid, ok?" asked Yamato looking half worried half amused.
(Sunagakure-Village Hidden in the Sand)
Gaara the Kazekage sat in his office signing some papers when Temari came in carrying a scroll.
"Ok Gaara, the process is complete, I can summon it by scroll now, we're ready to leave" said Temari.
Gaara nodded, "Call Kankurou, we'll leave in half an hour" he said.
"The meeting to determine the fate of Sasuke Uchiha" thought Gaara getting up and looking out of the window..
"How the situations have changed, if I had not met Naruto in the chuunin exams and had not fought him after that it would probably have been me who got lost to the darkness and become the monster everyone took me for" he thought.
"Believe and trust in yourself" those were words that someone had once told him.
Some strange man in a priests outfit had once said these words to Gaara when he was still young and under the care of his uncle Yashamaru.
Over the time he had forgotten those words but after the fight with Naruto and after his words had sunk in Gaara had remembered, Gaara had remembered, believed and trusted and that had led him to become the Kazekage of his village.
The door opened and his brother came in.
"Ready to leave bro?"He asked.
"Yes, let's go" said Gaara.
As they started leaving the gates the crowds cried their safe return and among them, a young girl ran forward and shouted, "Please be careful Gaara-Sama"
Gaara looked kindly at the girl, Matsuri, his own student, one of the very few people except for his siblings who had accepted him before others and who he allowed to call by his first name, the others being his teacher Baki and the village elder Ebizo, the brother of Chiyo who had died to bring him back from the dead.
"Let's go Gaara" said his sister softly as they turned the other way and raced over the sand of the warm desert.
(Kirigakure- Village Hidden in the Mist)
Mei Terumi stood in the hallway waiting impatiently for her two guards Ao and Chojuro to arrive.
Finally she let out her breath as a young man who looked much younger than his age (25) appeared. He had blue hair, and black eyes with sharp, shark-like teeth wearing black-rimmed glasses connected to what appear to be headphones, a blue striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants. His forehead protector was worn like a badge on his chest. He had a huge fish like, double handled sword called the Hiramekarei on his back, wrapped with large bandages. He also wore a shuriken holder on each leg.
"Ah! Chojuro, where on earth have you been? And where is that lazy, good-for-nothing Ao?"Yelled Mei.
"I apologize for being late Mizukage-Sama, Ao-san is just on his way" said Choujuro bowing.
The Mizukage suddenly ran her hands through his hair.
"Got a new hairstyle did you?" she asked moving closer to him and pinning him to the wall.
"Umm, yes, umm Mizukage-Sama... "Began Choujuro nervously as Mei lessened the distance between them.
"Ahem, we are ready to leave Mizukage-Sama" came a stern voice from behind them.
Mizukage turned to see a middle aged man with a patch over his right eye a talisman was hanging from each ear with the kanji for a humble form of "to hear" written on them twice on each side. He also wore a striped shirt and pants with seemingly the same pattern, with a green robe over them.
Mei gave him a death glare for disturbing her intimate moment while Chojuro looked uneasily between them.
Soon they were at the village gates with all the people cheering her off.
"I wonder whether I'm really up to this job, I don't think I may have the actual qualifications" said Chojuro clutching his sword nervously.
"What kind of an attitude is that? You're a man, act like one, be tough, be strong, don't act like a wimpy sissy" scolded Ao, "In the old days all of us men could actually be called men".
" Now now, you two, Ao, stop scolding him, Chojuro, keep faith, I have chosen you for this job because I know you are up to it, believe me, you're one of the most talented ninja in this entire village" said Mei stroking his cheek and smiling kindly at him.
At this Chojuro cheered up considerably and looked confident again.
One of the village elders, an old man of 80 came forwards and handed Mei a headpiece.
"Make our village proud, Godaime Mizukage, erase the past blotches made by this village, make the name of your village shine amongst the others, best of luck, and be safe" he said moving back again.
Everyone cheered as Mei waved and the three of them turned around and sprinted away from Kirigakure over the cool waters.
(Iwagakure- Village Hidden in the Rocks)
An old man with a size of one and half times his head piece paced up and down on the top of a large rock. He had a triangular beard and a mustache with angular corners. He also had a big red nose and thick eyebrows. The top of his head was completely bald, although, he had some hair at the back and sides of his head, the back of which was tied with a yellow ribbon into a ponytail. His hair was a snowy white.
All the villagers of his village stood at the base of the rock quietly watching the old man.
Then suddenly two bursts of smoke revealed a large man with black hair and eyes. He had big cheeks and a plump nose. He wore red clothing underneath his Iwagakure flak-jacket in addition to a yellow scarf that adorned his neck and a woman with short black hair and pupil-less pink eyes. She wore a red shirt with a sleeve on her left arm, the brown Iwagakure's flak jacket with a red skirt, and shorts over them.
"Finally you two are here, shame on you both, shame on you Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi" yelled Onoki, the third Tsuchikage.
"I apologize Tsuchikage-Sama" said Kurotsuchi bowing low.
"Let me carry you luggage for you Tsuchikage-Sama, "said Akatsuchi picking up the heavy bag.
"Put that down you idiot, do you think I am not strong enough to carry my own bags?" yelled Onoki snatching the bag from Akatsuchi.
He began jumping of the rock with the bag but as he landed on the ground a crack.
"Owwwww, my hip, my hip, ouch my hip" he yelled and screamed.
Kurotsuchi sighed as she jumped down from the rock, grabbed the old man's hip and gave it a twist. Another crack could be heard as the hip fit back in its socket, Onoki stopped screaming, jumped up to regain his composure.
Kurotsuchi smiled, "Maybe the time for you to retire has arrived you frail old man" she said.
"How dare you, I am four times you age young lady, learn some manners, don't you know who I am, I am Onoki of the Double Scales, I am the great Third Tsuchikage" he cried coughing at the attempt to sound mighty.
"Yes, yes, now let's go" said Akatsuchi picking up his bags.
Grumbling, Onoki bid his people a farewell and got on the carriage and slowly disappeared over the dust.
(Kumogakure- Village Hidden in the Clouds)
Many elite jounin stood and watched as the Raikage stood bowed before the elder who was chanting prayers and sprinkling holy water over him.
The Raikage was a large hulking man with dark-skin and a large muscular build, slicked-back white hair with a yellow tint, a few wrinkles, and a small moustache and beard. He wore the traditional kage cloak with no shirt beneath it. On both his shoulders was a black shuriken tattooed. His wrists were adorned with spiked gold bracelets while he wore a belt with a golden lions face engraved on it. Apart from all these he gave of the aura of a professional wrestler.
"May you achieve the goal you set out to find and may the gods have mercy on you" said the elder finishing his prayer.
The Raikage got up with a grim look on his face, " I will get those Akatsuki brats for what they did to my brother, I will kill them and snap their necks like twigs, especially that rat of a Sasuke Uchiha's" he growled as everyone else shuddered.
"Please don't worry A-Sama (a/n yes his name is A, his brothers is B while his other guard's is C, strange isn't it?), we will take our revenge on them" said Darui, one of his guards.
" You are taking this too lightly Darui, this is a serious matter we are dealing with, to capture B-Sama and take him away against his will so easily, Sasuke Uchiha must be very powerful indeed" said C.
"However powerful he may be he cannot be stronger than our A-Sama" said Darui.
"Maybe" said C as A got up, pulled his kage cloak more up on his shoulders and said, "I will fight to death to avenge my brother"
" That's the spirit my child, go, go and avenge your brother, go and destroy the one who has killed Yugito and B as well, those two who were the main assets of our country, go" said the other elder.
After bowing to the elders and nodding at the jounins the Raikage and his guards jumped over the large temple and disappeared in the clouds.
(Tsukigakure- Village Hidden in the Moon)
"Where is she? It's been three hours and there's no sign of her, "said Ichijo slamming the wall with his hand as he Deidara and all the people of Tsukigakure waited their Kage's arrival.
Finally after ten minutes their came the sound of running footsteps and Kimiko Tsukiga came running out of the palace.
"Sorry I'm late, I just wanted to wear this new dress I got for my birthday yesterday" said Kimiko showing the brand new gown she got yesterday on her birthday.
It had the same design as the old except it was a one piece suit which reached till her knees. Below that she wore tights pants (Like the one Sakura wears) which were blue in colour.
"Yes, of course" said Ichijo glowering as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Well let's not waste anymore time and go, hm" said Deidara.
"Right, Yuji, you're in charge of the entire village while I'm gone, Emiko, please help him out sometimes, if there's any serious matter don't try to solve it yourself, instead send me a message, I won't be gone long of course, good bye you all" she said waving to the people as everyone waved back and cried, "Best of Luck, Kimiko-Sama"
As the carriage drove out of Tsukigakure Deidara questioned Kimiko, "Now tell me truthfully, why were you so late? You weren't trying on that dress for three hours were you, hm?" he asked.
" You get sharper everyday" said Kimiko smiling at him, " Yes I was going over the Bio-Datas of the other three kages, Gaara the Kazekage was once a jinchuriki as you very well know" said Kimiko as Deidara became a little flustered at the thought of once again meeting that Kazekage who he had once killed.
" Onoki the Tsuchikage is over 90 years old and is in very frail physical condition, yet not a weak kage at all, also he is known as Onoki of the Double Scales and can use the mixture of Dust release" said Kimiko.
"And last is the Raikage, A. He lives in the clouds where his palace is suspended by a large scale levitation jutsu" said Kimiko, " He is the brother of the late eight tails, Killer B, this meeting was called by him to determine the fate of Uchiha" said Kimiko.
"That's some extensive research you've done, hm" said Deidara.
" It's necessary to know the inner facts about your fellow kages, their strengths, weaknesses, now if I had to put the kages in their order of power, then they would, 1st Raikage, 2nd me that is to say Tsukikage, 3rd Hokage, 4th Mizukage and Kazekage tied, and last would be the Tsuchikage mainly because of his age" said Kimiko.
"So you think the Raikage is stronger than you?" asked Ichijo leaning in from the front window.
"Up to a point yes, when using the fourth stage Tsukigan I will be the strongest kage" said Kimiko.
"That's for sure" said Ichijo as the carriage bumped through the forest and sped towards the Land of Iron.
That's the end of this chapter. Pretty long one for the first chapter I know. Next time watch as the six kages assemble and try to get along with each other.