Seeds of Deception

The seeds of deception were sewn in the dark, gloomy catacombs of the Akatsuki base. Momoshiro Uchiha was speaking to another member when Zetsu appeared behind him. Momo, as his friends came to call him, was a tall young man at the age of 16 when he joined Akatsuki following in his father's footsteps. He carried the same sword as his father used when he killed the Uchiha Clan. Not much older than Sasuke when he joined Akatsuki, Momo rose through the ranks in Akatsuki in a matter of days.

"So it was Killer Bee again?" Zetsu asked Momoshiro.

"Yeah. I'm getting tired of his antics on the battlefield. He's starting to bore me and my men," Momo said.

"So, are you just going to let him win every time you two face off in battle, Momo?"

"I don't think that he will. I think that Momoshiro is going to kick Killer Bee's butt back to Kumogakure," said another voice.

"Shinara? What are you doing here? I thought you worked for Kabuto," Momo said.

"I did. I just wanted to tell you that Orochimaru is coming back. Momo, you have to go to Konoha. You have to tell the Hokage. If you don't -"

"I know. Zetsu, I'm going to Konoha. I must speak with him. I also have to find my uncle."

"Very well, Momo. You may leave. I shall send word to Madara that -"

"No. He can't know that I'm going. He wants to destroy Konoha."

"Go then, Momo. I won't stop you."

In Konoha, Naruto had been chosen as the sixth Hokage only 2 days before Momo arrived at the main gate.

"Hey, it's an Akatsuki robe," one of the guards said.

"Yeah. I wonder why he's here," the other one said. "Hey, you! What does Akatsuki want in Konoha?"

"I must speak with him. I have an urgent message to deliver. It's from Shinara Uketaki," Momo stated.

"Who's 'him'?"

"Hokage-sama, Naruto Uzumaki," Momo merely stated. He glared at the guards, who saw his Sharingan which had activated due to anger with Zetsu.

"Hey, i-it's a Sharingan! W-who are you!?"

"A member of Konoha originally, I was kidnapped at the age of three by a group of ronin. At the age of seven I was able to kill my captors and use my Sharingan for the first time. I am the sole surviving user of the third-most powerful Sharingan. I am the only user of the Dragon Sharingan. I am Momoshiro Uchiha, avenger for my father and mother."

"What's the urgent message?" one of the guards asked.

"The message is for Hokage-sama's ears only."

"Why is it so important?"

"It concerns Orochimaru."

"O-Orochi-maru?!"

"Yes."

"Summon Lord Hokage! Tell him that it's urgent news!"

"Y-yes, sir!"

As Naruto got word, his son Suzaku overheard the conversation. Suzaku was a young man just out of medical school. His friends Shoji, Reika, and Sosuke soon joined him for a briefing in the office.

"You four are to go to the village gate and question the man attempting to enter the village. As you can see, I have too much work to do, so I can't question him myself," Naruto explained.

"Yes, sir!" Reika, Shoji, and Sosuke said.

"Suzaku, wait a moment."

"Yes, Father?"

"I understand you passed your final entrance exam in the Medical Corps. I want you to speak with Sakura about going through more difficult training."

"Why should I do that?"

"If my suspicions are correct, we are about to go to war with two of the Five Great Nations. You'll need the harder training. Ask Sakura what she can train you on."

"Yes, Father."

As Suzaku tried to find his way to the Medical Corps' headquarters, he bumped into an old friend, Hiromani Shon.

"Suzaku?!" Hiromani said, somewhat dazed.

"Hiro?! What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be rebuilding your home."

"Well….. uh…. er… "

"Come on what is it?"

"Well, the Hyourinkage sent me here. I'm here on top secret business."

"Ok. I got to go anyway. Later!"

"Hey, wait! I got a question for you."

"What is it?"

"Why did you join the Medical Corps? I mean, you're a great martial artist. So, why?"

The question struck Suzaku oddly. He had never been asked that or even questioned his own decision. He didn't know what to say to the question, so he remained quiet for a good little while. Then he remembered when he made the choice to become a medic. He was only ten years old that day.

"Suzaku. Come here, darling," Hinata said.

"Mom. I think I know what I want to be when I grow up."

"What's that, darling?"

"A medical ninja."

"That's a good choice, my boy," his father told him, "and I'll bet Sakura would be willing to teach you if you decide not to go to medical school."

"I think… I think it's because I want to help people. I think it's because I want to make a difference," Suzaku finally said to Hiro.

"A difference? You have to be joking."

"I was only ten that day. I don't know any other reason that I could have chosen back then. Anyway, I'll see you later."

As Suzaku went to the Medical Corps' headquarters, he found Sakura unconscious on the floor with Ino trying to heal her. When he looked around the room, he noticed blood everywhere. Ino looked up at him with a frown on her face.

"What happened?" he asked.

"She was trying to make a Dragon-style healing ninjutsu and fainted. Beyond that I don't know."

A Dragon-style? Suzaku wondered, What on earth? "Let me see what I can do to help."

"Ok. Go for it," Ino said.

"Hi, Mizu, Kaze, Tsuchi, Kaminari, Dragon-style: Art of the Five Healing Elements!" Suzaku yelled as he invoked an unknown Dragon-style jutsu. He didn't use any hand seals to invoke the jutsu; he only focused chakra into his fingertips. Sakura soon awoke to find Ino crying about the success that Suzaku had. She found Suzaku unconscious lying next to her, exhausted from the excessive chakra use.

"Ino, what happened to Suzaku?" Sakura asked a little dazed.

"He did what you couldn't. He used a Dragon-style healing ninjutsu," Ino said crying.

"There's no way a sixteen year old Chuunin can use an S-rank healing ninjutsu. There's just no way."

"He did. I think he called it 'Dragon-style: Art of the Five Healing Elements'," Ino explained.

"That's what I tried to use! How did he use it? What hand seals did he use!?" Sakura yelled.

"I didn't use any hand seals," Suzaku said, awoken by Sakura's yelling.

"Then how-?" Sakura was cut off by Naruto's rushing in to see what had happened.

"Suzaku, do you know what just happened?"

"Not really, no."

"You just opened the portal to the Dragon Realm," Naruto told him.

"What? What's the freakin' Dragon Realm?"

"It's a forbidden realm. Only those who have a pure heart can open the Portal of Dreams to get to the Realm."
"Are you saying I probably just began the end of the world?"

"I know not the full details of the Realm, but it appears that the Kyuubi despises the Realm."

"Kyuubi? What's that?"

"Oh, I forgot. You don't know yet. You see-"

"Your father is a Jinchuuriki. He is the host of the Kyuubi, the fox that destroyed the village thirty-three years ago," Sakura explained. Fear began to fill in Suzaku's heart, fear that he is the son of a monster.

"Don't worry. The only things you share with Kyuubi are the birthmarks on your face that are just three lines, which represent whiskers, and your animal-like state when you are angered greatly."

"Brings back memories doesn't it, Naruto?"

"Yeah, it does. Hey. Has that wound healed fully?"

"Not entirely, no. It has, however, driven me to try to create a Dragon-style healing ninjutsu."

"You mean 'Dragon-style: Art of the Five Healing Elements'?"