Chapter 3

Mystery of the hoods

A/N : 3rd chapter, right up.

Disclaimer : We don't own Naruto.

'Thinking/Flashback'

"Talking"

Last Time : The man yelled, "For god's sake put a lid on it you knucklehead".

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The toad grabbed Boruto with its tongue, he tried to get free but it was of no use, he was in an iron grip. Sarada and Mitsuki, who were too smart to start a fight in the market, just stayed glued in their places. Before anyone could respond to the attack on Hokage's son, the hooded lady quickly did a couple of hand signs and origami sized white papers started emitting from her body. Soon, everyone, including Sarada and Mitsuki were standing on a sheet of paper and flying away from the marketplace. "Alright knucklehead, where's your home?", asked the toad summoner. "Straight ahead" replied Boruto, glaring at the man with anger. Sarada glanced downwards and saw that they were above a training ground. Quickly, she activated her sharingan and shoved a punch towards one of them, who simply caught it without a problem. Understanding her partner's intentions, Mitsuki used his own jutsu, which is stretching his arms to great lengths and attacked the paper style user, who being caught off guard, lost her concentration in the process of blocking the attack and all of them fell on the ground and quickly recovered themselves before hitting the earth, except Boruto, who was being held by the toad. The toad vanished as it hit the ground, setting Boruto free, who quickly ran to his friends side and all of them got in their respective fighting stance. "Now now, we don't need to do this kid".

Boruto quickly made four shadow clones and went to attack one of them. Other four were simply watching the fight with amusement. Boruto and his clones used a series of powerful punches and kicks to attack the figure who easily blocked all of them and returned with his own. The clones were disposed of quickly and Boruto was losing ground. He jumped back and threw a couple of shuriken, which were multiplied to a couple hundred shuriken as he yelled "Shadow shuriken jutsu!". The man quickly made a few hand signs and shouted "Earth style : Mud wall ". As Boruto's shuriken were blocked, he quickly made four shadow clones, different strategies running through his mind. He let his clones attack and began making a rasengan himself. The man watched this while destroying the clones 'Well, its kind of obvious he knows the rasengan' . As his clones were destroyed, Boruto rushed towards the man with a battle cry and threw the rasengan. 'What!?, he threw the rasengan, that's impossible!' thought the man and in the next moment, the rasengan vanished in thin air. 'Heh, thought so. You can't throw the rasengan, never.' A tingling sensation was felt by the man before an immense pain the stomach and he was thrown to the ground. 'So he can throw the rasengan, I am impressed'. Suddenly, he felt something grab his ankles and before realizing what happened, the man was sinking in the ground. He heard a yell just before his shoulders buried "Earth style : Head Hunter jutsu!". The man was completely buried in the ground with only his head above it. Boruto was standing in front of him. "Let's see who you really are", Boruto lowered the hood and a man, probably in his fifties, long white hair, red tear shaped marks on his face and a cocky smirk. "NO WAY, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. YOU ARE THE ERO-SENNIN! " yelled the boy. The smirk quickly vanished from the man's face, he growled, "Not you too brat!, I have had enough of this already.". His companions stifled a laugh. Boruto and his companions were very confused, "Bu-but you are supposed to be dead!, how are you alive? Am I dreaming! " he asked. "KID, relax …. I was reanimated.". Boruto's face quickly lit up as realization struck him, "Wait a second,….., that means I just defeated a Sannin, how awesome is that!", Jiraiya's smirk returned as quickly as it went, "Don't go overboardkid" said Jiraiya and turned into a pile of mud. "No way, a mud clone!",'He must have switched behind the mud wall!, how did I miss it!,' Boruto found himself flying while realizing his mistake, courtesy of Jiraiya's punch to his gut. He hit the ground, hard. As he did a kick-up, he felt a hand on his ankles. He heard a familiar "Earth style : Head Hunter jutsu!" and was sunk underground with only his face left. He heard a familiar voice laugh and he growled to himself.

Sarada and Mitsuki were watching all this and were as shocked as Boruto that the opponent was Jiraiya. Sarada had her sharingan activated and was analyzing the whole fight patiently, so was Mitsuki. As Boruto was defeated, Sarada quickly pulled out her shuriken and threw at the man and Mitsuki used his own unique jutsu, which involved stretching his hands to great lengths. Jiraiya caught the shuriken and threw them back at Mitsuki with the same, if not greater force. Mitsuki avoided them by jumping in the air. Sarada quickly did a series of hand signs, molded chakra in her lungs, and yelled "Fire style : Great Fireball jutsu". Jiraiya dodged the ball easily and did a series of hand signs himself before yelling "Fire style : Phoenix Flower jutsu". As they were dodging the fireball, Sarada and Mitsuki caught the sight of the shuriken hidden in the fireballs. Sarada smirked, "You will have to do better than that, Jiraiya -sama". Jiraiya smirked wider than her, "I already did" and pulled the ninja wires he attached to the shuriken, effortlessly catching the young ninjas in a net of ninja wire, restricting their movements to nil. Sarada growled as Jiraiya laughed. Jiraiya pulled Boruto out of the ground and wrapped him up in ninja wires as well. "I recommend you brats keep quiet during the rest of our journey" said Jiraiya as a thin layer of papers washed beneath them. "Now, in which direction did your home was?".

At the Five-Kage Summit :

All the Kages were eyeing Naruto curiously. Naruto quickly took out a storage scroll from his sleeve pocket and opened it after placing it on the floor. He channeled some chakra on the seal. A gourd appeared on top of the scroll. Every person in the room recognized it as one of the weapons of Sage of Six Paths. Gaara asked "Where did you get it?", "I stole it from tenten's shop and replaced with a fake one". Everyone watched him curiously. Naruto laughed a nervous laugh. As surprised as he was, Darui asked, "Is something sealed inside it that you wanted to show us Naruto?". Naruto nodded, "Yes, but its not 'something', its 'someone'.". If everyone wasn't surprised before, now they were. "Who is it Naruto?" asked Gaara. "It will better if I show you " said the Hokage as he opened up the lid and a figure swooshed out of it. Naruto quickly sealed the lid again. Everyone eyed at the figure. "It's a Zetsu!?" said Kurotsuchi. "Yes it is … and no its not" said Naruto while trying to explain. Zetsu was not his usual white colour but brown, somewhat similar to plywood brown. On his shoulders were similar horns. He also had two small horns on its head. On his abdomen was a zig-zag pattern, which continued till his knees. His most interesting feature was on his back. On his upper back were nine comma like symbols, in three rows and three columns, similar to the Sage's (Sage of six Paths). Below it were four concentric circles. Every symbol was in black color. Everyone in room tried to show they are calm but deep down they could fell each other's shivers. Every Kage seemed fairly surprised at the sudden change of appearance of their well-known enemy. They also noticed that he was alive, and not dead. Everyone stiffened as Zetsu growled. Naruto quickly took out a sealing tag and placed in on his chest. Zetsu dropped dead …. at least seemed to. " What is this Naruto? Whats with his appearance and why don't we just kill him?" asked Chojuro. "Well … he cant be killed. He can only be sealed or put under a genjutsu.. Those are the only ways to defeat him. why so ? asked Darui in a mood to destroy. Well I will tell you later said Naruto. As about its appearance, I was about to explain it.". Everyone became comfortable in their chairs because they knew what followed was a long explanation. Naruto started "The tailed beasts contacted me a week ago. They told me about some weird chakra signatures they were sensing. They told me that these chakra signature were apparently somewhat similar to that of Kaguya. This Zetsu is what they were sensing. It seems that he was not the only one. A group of fifty or so weird zetsus attacked Konoha yesterday. The tailed beasts also told me that they travelled around in a small group, similar in size with the group which attacked Konoha. That's not all, they also told me that there were a large number of these, very large, about a million.". All the Kages nodded, analyzing the situation. The discussion continued further.

"THE DISCUSSION CONTINOUED WHILE BORUTO AND HIS FRIENDS WERE IN LIBRARY. AFTER THAT MANY EVENTS OCCURED INSIDE HOKAGE'S OFFICE."

Meanwhile, among the crowd gathered in front of the Hokage tower, a few sensory type shinobi were shaking slightly. "Hey, what happened, why so afraid?", "There are several huge chakra signatures in a room, very huge.", "Well, that's obvious, there are the Five Kages in there, the strongest shinobi alive.". "I meant apart from the Kages.".

Jiraiya and company reached Naruto's home. "Go on, knock kid" said Jiraiya while untying the Genins . Boruto knocked at the door and secretly joined his hands, forming a hand sign. He yelled "Sexy Jutsu" while transforming into a his female transformation, giving a most 'unyouthful' pose, completely naked, with white clouds hovering around her most intimate areas. Jiraiya shouted and flew back, barely covering his nosebleed. Among the other two males, one of them sighed while the other desperately tried to stop his own nosebleed. Sarada was yelling at Boruto while Mitsuki was just smiling, a creepy one indeed. Out of the two females, one of them turned around while the other came running a bashed Boruto on his head, which dispelled the jutsu and Boruto turned back to his usual self. "Man, that hurts. I was only trying to conform if it really was Jiraiya of the Sannin or some other guy just transforming into him.", the female yelled, "Well, now you know!". Hinata opened the door to find Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki and five other hooded figures. "Boruto, who are these?" asked Hinata. One of the aforementioned figure opened his hood to reveal himself as Jiraiya. Hinata, thoroughly shocked asked "Jiraiya-sama, how are you here, how is this possible, are you someone else?". Jiraiya simply smiled and answered, "No Hinata, its not someone else, its me Jiraiya. I was reanimated", "Oh ….. that explains it.", "Didn't Naruto tell you anything?", "No, he didn't", "Well ….. then I wont tell you anything either! ". After a few moments of silence, Jiraiya asked, "Aren't you gonna invite me in?", as Hinata remembered, she said, "Of course, how foolish of me, Please come in.". Hinata opened the door wider and everyone entered the Hokage residence except Sarada and Mitsuki, who went home. But before they could go, Jiraiya said, "Listen kids, our meeting is an S-Rank secret, you can't recite it to anyone, and I mean ANYONE". They both nodded and went home. As all of them made themselves comfortable, Hinata asked Jiraiya in a whisper, "Who are the others?". Jiraiya laughed foolishly and said, "Oh, I completely forgot. You all can take out your cloaks now. Hinata is Naruto's wife, we can trust her.". They all nodded and took out their cloaks. Hinata recognized most of them, she gasped as she saw Konan, Pain's sub-ordinate and Pain but without any chakra rods or the Rinnegan. "Jiraiya-sama, why is Pain here?" she asked Jiraiya, pointing towards Pain, almost afraid. Jiraiya said, "Oh, don't worry, he is an ally.". 'Pain' stretched out his hand and smiled at Hinata, confused why she was calling him 'Pain', "Hey there, I am Yahiko". Hinata hesitantly shook his hand and stuttered, "My name is Hinata". She didn't recognized one redhead but she did recognized his Rinnegan. Jiraiya introduced him as Nagato. She almost fell as she saw the last figure. Hinata quickly recognized her from one of the photos and Naruto's most precious memories. "Ku-Kushina-san" Hianata flashed a smile, "So you are Hinata, my little Naruto's wife". Hinata blushed. They all soon got comfortable with each other, especially Hinata and Kushina. "Boruto," Hinata said, "Why don't you show your grandma around the house?", "Don't you dare say me a grandma, do I look like one?", everyone laughed. Yahiko didn't knew Naruto personally. All he knew was that he is the Hokage and Jiraiya's pupil after his team. He decided to ask away, "Could you guys tell me about Naruto, I don't know about him much?". Hinata nodded and using the recent jutsu she learned, she showed all of them Naruto's childhood, his academy days. All of them watched with great interest. Everyone had different expressions on their faces. Nagato, Yahiko and Konan watched as they learned about the childhood about the world's strongest shinobi alive . Jiraiya and Kushina watched with regret. After that, Yahiko was a little confused as why he was referred as 'Pain'. Whenever someone said 'Pain', he quickly glanced towards Nagato and Konan. They didn't paid much attention but Yahiko could see guilt in their eyes. He finally decided to break the ice, "Who is this Pain guy you all keep talking about?". Hinata looked at Yahiko shocked, Jiraiya with pity and regret and Nagato and Konan with guilt. Hinata said "He is the one who took Konoha near extinction. He is the Akatsuki's leader.". She paused for a moment, then said "You are Pain".

Yahiko couldn't believe what she was saying. Sure he was the Akatsuki's leader but no way he would completely destroy a village, not that he could anyway. Peace is the reason he fights, why would he break it himself. He looked at Nagato, "Is it true Nagato, am I Pain? Did I do all this?". Nagato couldn't face his friend. He knew this moment will come, and he was preparing for it, "Yes Yahiko you are Pain, you did all this.". 'No way, how can I? I was already dead. No way…..' . Hinata said, "Let me show you." Earning a nod from Jiraiya, she started showing everyone her memories of Pain's attack, from the starting to the end. Hinata was trying to control her tears thinking if it wasn't for naruto each and every one of leaf villagers could have died .Even Naruto was close to death.

Yahiko's frustration and anger increased every second. Finally at the end, he lost his cool and snapped at Nagato, "HOW COULD YOU DO IT, OUR DREAM WAS TO MAKE PEACE, NOT WAR!" Nagato didn't answer, Yahiko growled and asked "Jiraiya-sensei, why didn't you stopped him?", Jiraiya sighed and said "I have nothing to say". Yahiko understood the reference

Now Yahiko was mad, he picked Nagato by his shirt and yelled"YOU KILLED JIRAIYA-SENSEI TOO, HOW CAN YOU BECOME LIKE THIS, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!". Nagato was weeping heavily , "Its not the whole story" he cried, "Let me show you", he used the newly learned jutsu and showed Yahiko his interaction with Naruto after the fight and how he executed GEDO ART OF RINNE REBITH to protect every leaf citizen and brought back them to life at his own cost . Nagato tried to explain him his emotional condition and circumstances after yahiko's death . All this when both conan and nagoto were crying in guitl

Yahiko couldn't believe what his friends went through, "It must have been hard for you guys". Upon hearing these words, tears threatened to roll from their eyes. All four met in a team hug to control their emotions. After the atmosphere became light, Yahiko said, "Naruto must be really strong to take out Nagato and influence him ", Konan nodded "Yes, he is. Infact, he is just like you Yahiko.", he couldn't argue. "So, how far has Naruto reached Hinata?" asked Jiraiya. Hinata showed them all of her memories after Pain's fight till he became the Hokage she looked both glad and cheerful . All of them were thoroughly impressed. No one could argue that he really is the Most Powerful Shinobi alive. "So Hinata, did he still remain Genin before becoming the Hokage?" asked Jiraiya. Hinata giggled, "Nope, he got promoted to Jounin after the chunin exams. That's a really long story.". "Well, we have nothing but time". "Okay, let me tell you" said Hinata before playing her memories of the Chunin Exams.".

Meanwhile, at the far end of the village in Nakamo Shrine, four Hooded figures entered the shrine, each of them had the Uchiha fan crest on the back of their hoods. "I am glad you are well and good, little brother" said one of them and the other one nodded.

Next Time : The Post-War Chunin Exams, how did Naruto and Sasuke got promoted. The mystery of the Hooded Uchihas will be in the fifth chapter.

BE READY FOR AN EXITING FIGHT BETWEEN THE SONS OF RIKDOU SENNIN.

A/N : We are trying our best to keep this story on time. There are another four hooded figures but there won't be any more.

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