AN: I know at least phantomdog has been waiting for this to be updated. Sorry it took so long, but I am also working on The Mystery of Konoha. I'll stop at the sixth chapter so I can work on this one. Thanx! Here it is:
As they walked through the hall, the torches flickered. The hallway had apparently been manufactured, but had been formed by Mother Nature. Over time, man had put wood inside to keep it from falling and put torches to light the way. The floor was covered with sand that was no where else in the walls or ceiling. When they had gotten far enough away, the door closed on its own. Naruto nearly jumped a meter. Sakura was beginning to get scared. Tsunade just kept on walking. Lee was feeling the wall trying to figure out what it was made of. Or just trying to find maple syrup. Like he could find any down here. But he had an obsession with it, though no one knows why.
Eventually, the four came to a room with four other hallways. Tsunade stopped in the middle of the room. She let her head fall and closed her eyes. Sakura could feel her chakra surging through the walls. She was in awe.
Tsunade opened her eyes.
"This way," she said walking down the middle right hallway. Naruto, Sakura, and Lee followed.
"Where are we going exactly?" Sakura asked.
"To a secret book of ghost stories," Tsunade said.
Naruto stopped in his tracks.
"G-g-ghost?" Naruto stammered.
"Hai. Ghosts. We must read more about this ghost you saw if we wish to know what to do about it," Tsunade said walking on. "Or what to do about it."
Naruto kept walking. Soon the torches dimmed out. Tsunade had to shine her necklace to keep them lit. Finally, they got to a steel door made with wood designs. It had a lock on the handle. Tsunade placed her necklace inside the keyhole. The lock opened. The door swung inward. Inside it was very small. All that was here was a few torches lighting the room on the wall and a table with a large book on top. Tsunade walked over to it and opened the cover. The Chunin gathered around.
"This book is a real history writer. A jutsu was cast upon it so that whenever a ghost story is revealed, it writes it itself in this book," Tsunade said flipping through the pages.
Tsunade turned to a page called Ghosts: The Mystery of the Ice Village
"That's it! She said she was from the Ice Village," Naruto said pointing to it.
Tsunade read aloud what the page said:
The Hidden Village of Ice was a small village located in the Land of Waves. The Hidden Village of Mist was the main village there, and for that information about the Ice Village was little known. Only one clan was said to dwell there. The Metawchi clan. They mostly only served as a main place to collect ice, but other than that little is known about the village itself, except that a legend states that the buildings and gates, and even some of their clothes were completely made of ice. Summer never came, and winter was always there. The Metawchi family had a single heir before the great destruction of their village. Her name was Hanako, or child of flowers. The family loved her so, but soon the village was attacked by ninja wearing the Hidden Leave Village's symbol, which killed young Hanako and few others. Many think Konoha is to blame. Others think Konoha is being blamed. Some say they have seen the young girl as a ghost coming to them to warn them of the future. They say she says something will attack and something always does. Some believe she is to be a foreteller of the future because she doesn't want other villages to fall like hers. But what is left of the Village of Ice lay in ruins, so the mysteries are sealed away.
Tsunade finished and closed the book.
"So it's true. There is a ghost and something will attack us. But what I'm interested in is the ruins of the village," Tsunade said.
Naruto, Sakura, and Lee looked at each other.
"But Lady Tsunade, the book says that the village has been left in ruins! How can we search anything-" Sakura said stopping herself.
"Alright I have a mission for the three of you. You are to go to the ruins of the Hidden Ice Village and gather whatever information you can about the girl and who is going to attack us. I expect you to come back with at least something," Tsunade said picking the book up and putting it under her arm.
"If you come up with some info on this village, it will appear in this book. I will stay with the book until you return."
All three Chunin nodded and followed Tsunade out of the room and back through the hallway into the secret library.
"Well at least know we know that it really happened and wasn't some strange dream we all had," Sakura said sighing.
"But what if we get a message from Hanako again?" Lee asked.
"Then ask her some questions on who it really was that attacked her village if she knows and what befalls our village," Tsunade said sealing the door.
"Hmmm…and if she doesn't know anything?" Naruto asked.
"Then continue with your mission," Tsunade said leaving. "If something attacks you, only knock them unconscious if you don't recognize them. It could be someone who can fill in the blank pages of this mystery."
"Let's see if we can knock out ghosts…" Naruto mumbled under his breath.
Naruto, Lee and Sakura had gathered at the gates ready to go out on their mission. Tsunade was also at the gate to give them last minute advice and to see them off. As they turned to leave, Tsunade thought to herself: I hope nothing goes wrong. No one has yet proven to be able to attack a ghost.
Naruto was jumping from tree to tree with excitement. Sakura and Lee casually just hoped from one tree to another. Naruto was talking to himself about a new mission as always. But then he stopped talking and stopped on a large tree. Sakura noticed and stopped as well, being mimicked by Lee.
"What's wrong Naruto?" Sakura asked.
Naruto looked at them sadly. Then he looked like he had been hit with something. He fell backward off the tree. If he kept falling like that, he'd die.
"NARUTO!!!" Sakura yelled.
"NARUTO KUN!" Lee shouted darting from branch to branch trying to catch him.
Naruto was about to fall to the ground when Lee grabbed him and brought him to safety.
"Are you alright Naruto-kun?" Lee asked.
No response.
"Naruto?" Sakura asked now joining this.
Still nothing.
"Oh no…NARUTO!!!" Sakura cried and fell to her knees.
"Ghosts…" Naruto muttered.
"What? What did you say?" Lee asked.
"GHOSTS ARE GOING TO EAT YOU!" Naruto shouted grabbing Lee's throat.
"AAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura cried leaping away.
"Haha very funny," Lee said removing Naruto's hand.
"HAHAHA that was funny," Naruto said laughing.
"Come on we will never get there if we keep goofing off like this," Lee said.
And then Sakura came back and she was not happy…
"NARUTO YOU BAKA! GET OVER HERE SO I CAN GRIND YOUR HEAD INTO FOOD FOR AKAMARU!!!" Sakura screamed charging Naruto.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Naruto screamed and ran in the direction of the remnants of the Ice Village.
"Hahaha. Naruto was always one good for a laugh," Lee said following.
