The Chakra Captive
Chapter I: The Recon Mission
He was now the village hero, and he couldn't believe it. He, Uzumaki Naruto was beloved by the people. He had mastered Sage Meditation, defeated Pain and spoken to Nagato. Konoha was in ruins, but the Will of Fire still burned with the scarlet flame of life; and even though Naruto was considered a hero by the people, he still thought of himself as one of them.
In his efforts to help rebuild, he did one the one thing that only he could do. He formed the shadow clone seal with his hands and gave an enthusiastic "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!", a giant cloud of smoke materialized, as 100 shadow clones appeared.
"Alright! Everyone! We're going to help rebuild Konoha!" Naruto shouted. "Go help wherever you're needed!" As the command was let out, all 100 shadow clones let out a rallying cry. They were spread all throughout the village, taking what jobs they could assist with, some helped move lumber, some cared for the young and elderly and others helped move medical supplies, tools, and food to designated locations.
The actual Naruto was headed to where the love of his life was. Sakura was taking inventory in the outskirts of the village. Naruto arrived at the massive tent that was used to house all incoming supplies. He lifted the flap and gazed upon her. The love of his life. Across his face stretched a genuine smile of happiness.
"Yo, Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed. Sakura turned around, when she saw him, her eyes widened as a smile formed on her face.
"Naruto! What are you doing here?" she asked as she moved to embrace him. As he held onto her, he stood in silence for a moment, and then replied;
"I came to help you with anything that you needed. But most of all, I also came just to see you." He said as he blushed. She looked at him with her loving eyes and gave a genuine smile. "I also want you to have this." He said as he pulled out an amulet with a spiral pattern on it. "It's something that Iruka-sensei made for me back at the academy. He said that it was a very important symbol to my mother. It's the same pattern as the one on my back." Naruto turned and showed Sakura the pattern.
"Thank you, Naruto, I love it." She said, they moved to kiss each other when they heard a voice outside the tent.
"Excuse me," the voice shouted "but I need Naruto to come help with a recon mission." Naruto looked down and noticed a small brown pug.
"Pakkun? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"Like I said, I need your help for a recon mission." The dog replied.
"But, can't you find someone else?" Naruto asked politely, yet desperately.
"I need your shadow clones! Everyone else is busy, and you can do the entire recon on your own." Pakkun shot back. Naruto disapprovingly looked at Sakura, she just gave him a warm smile and said "Go on, you'll be back soon." They had one more embrace before Naruto turned back to leave the tent.
"Okay, give me a briefing, a recon mission?" Naruto asked.
"That's right, we need your shadow clones to gather intel on a reported Kunoichi sighting in the woods, be wary, stay alert."
"Understood. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Another cloud of smoke appears and 10 more shadow clones materialized. Naruto explained the situation and they spread into a line formation. They then started to move through the forest while scanning their surroundings; soon they came upon an clearing in the forest, where a hooded woman stood.
"That's got to be her, Naruto be careful now." Pakkun stated.
"Yeah, I understand. Stay behind, I'll go look." Naruto replied. He slowed down his pace and slowly approached. The strange woman just stood there. She didn't move an inch, but instead spoke:
"Oh my, what do we have here?" she said out loud. Naruto and his shadow clones descended, surrounding her on all sides.
"Take it easy now, we don't want to fight" Naruto said. She let down her hood to reveal long, flowing red hair. Suddenly, she picked up her hands and started to quickly form seals with them.
"Naruto! Don't let her fini~"
"Earth Element: Guardian Pillars" she announced. From the ground there sprouted pillars of rock that encased Naruto and his shadow clones. Her hands were moving with the speed of light. "Earth Element: Embrace of Stone", Naruto and his shadow clones screamed out in excruciating pain as the pillars started to close in on them, slowly crushing each of them; the ten shadow clones soon disappeared. As Naruto gained his awareness back, he looked at her.
"Wh-what do you want?" he managed to say. She leaned in close to his ear, and slowly blew a chilling breath that made the hair on the back of his neck stand upright.
"Little boy, I want you." His eyes shot open in shock.
"Lightning Element: Memory Purge."