Chapter 4

Three days after leaving the Village they found Tsunade, however they didn't find her due to the skill of AC or Chizuru. They literally bumped into her. Well AC did and somehow managed to faceplant into her chest which earned him a slap from Tsunade and Chizuru laughing her ass off at him.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were still on active duty."

"I am. However I asked for some time off to look after Naruto. The level of abuse that he was being forced to endure was utterly inhuman and he's sick."

"What does that have to do with me? Get the medi nin in the village to help him."

"They refuse to accept him."

"What? Why?"

"Because of the Nine Tails. They are extremely good at imagining stupid things and seem to be under the delusion that Naruto is the Fox and will randomly transform into a rampaging monster."

"Okay, but why bring this kid to me? The Nine Tails should be healing him."

"He's not and I'm not sure why."

"Tsunade-sensei can't you help them?"

"Shizune we need to get out of town before the debt collectors get to us we don't have time. Added to that I don't see the kid they want us to heal."

"Arnuf is carrying him." AC said pointing at the giant wolf behind him. Arnuf pattered up to Tsunade and lay down reaveling a sleeping but extremely sickly looking Naruto.

"I see why you came looking for me. He isn't exactly sick. He has been poisoned. I can heal him, but it's not going to be easy. It's a wonder he is still alive. The poison should have completely cut off his chakra it's actually a miricle that he's still alive. I think the Nine Tails is te only reason he's still alive." As Tsunade talked she started examining Naruto.

"How quickly can you get him healed? And what do you need for the antidote?"

"Just some herbs luckily I can find all of them in a standard issue medi kit. Do you have one?"

"Right here." Chizuru pulled out a medkit and tossed it to Tsunade.

"Thanks. Why didn't you cure it yourselves?"

"I'm useless with poisons sadly." said Chizuru shaking her head sadly, "Otherwise I would have healed him myself."

AC let out a sigh of relief, "Can I take a nap? We traveled for three day's straight."

"Go ahead."

"Thanks." As AC said this he jumped onto a think branch in one of the trees next to the road. Then he passed out on the branch with one arm covering his eyes.

"He was exhasted. He hasn't slept for three days straight, he took all the watches and made sure Naruto was fed and kept hydrated." said Chizuru with a loving look at her husband.

"He should be fine. Why didn't we move him to a safe location away from the road?"

"Because we are close to where we need to go after Naruto has been healed."

"Do I want to know?"

"Probably, but I don't think you knowing would be a good idea."

"Okay. He should be fine now. When he wakes up he should be fine."

"Thats good. We'll set up camp just inside the woods."

"We have to get going Chizuru. Tell AC he owes me one."

"Sure." At this Tsunade and Shizune left walking off down the road away from the village as they did so the sun started to set. Chizuru placed Naruto back on Arnuf's back then walked off the road then jumped up to her husband, "AC wake up! You can sleep when we've set up camp. Come on love."

"Okay, but I'm only helping with the tent and getting Naruto settled in. You cool with that?"

"Okay. I know how much you need sleep dear."

"Thanks Hime." AC kissed his wife then started setting up the tent he had pulled out of the storage scroll in his bag. Then he walked into the tent then stopped turned around and walked back out and took Naruto off Arnuf's back, "You can go back to the pack old friend." Arnuf nodded then vanished in a poof of smoke. AC carried Naruto intothe tent and layed him in one of the three sleeping bags. "Hime are you going to join us?"

"In a bit I want to see the whole sunset."

"Okay. Love you and I'll see you in the morning." Chizuru smiled at this and started walking back to the road. She stopped next to a tree and looked up, "Hello Linda. We haven't seen you since the wedding."

"Hello Chizu." said a girl jumping down from the tree Chizuru was standing under. The girl was slightly shorter than Chizuru, but seemed to radiate power that heated the very air around them.

"Why are you here Linda?"

"I haven't seen him since he vanished and you know it. When I met you he had just left on a job. I have to make sure it's actually him. I still have something of his that I need to return to him and only him." As she said this she pulled out a metal handle from the inside pocket of her long coat. The handle had a black grip on the one end and a golden metal on the other end. The device seemed to give off an aura that Chizuru couldn't place.

"What is that?"

"AC's Zanpakto. His true Zanpakto."

"What about all the blades he's been using up till now?"

"They weren't his original Zanpakto. All of them were given to him by dying Shinigami. He alway's liked to say he was adopting orphans of battle when he talked about them. Before he forgot and went missing."

"He never did tell me why he went missing or why when we met he kept double taking. Like he had met me before and had recurring Deja vu. When we started dating he kept saying he ffelt guilty, but had no idea why."

"I can explain that. We were engaged before he went missing."

"You must hate me." Linda shook her head.

"I moved on. I was forced to, we all thought that he was dead until Marcus found him. Then I only heard about it when Eren and Rick found me. Anyway where are you going now?"

"To see an old friend of AC's."

"Hashirama?"

"Yes."

"I'll have to come back later I can't stay here long. I promised a friend of mine that I would help her with something important."

"When are you going to come back?"

"As soon as I possibly can. Tell Matt I say hi. Good bye Chizuru." At this Linda walked into thmiddle of the road then melted into magma and vanished.

Chizuru walked back to the tent and walked in. She smiled at her husband and Naruto then joined AC in his bed.

The next morning

AC and Chizuru were woken up by Naruto waking up and freaking out. He tried to run, but Chizuru caught him.

"Don't run Naruto." said Chizuru in a soft kind voice, "We are here to help you."

Naruto looked up at Chizuru with big sad eyes that contained a heartbreakingly small amount of hope. "Really? You don't want to hurt me?"

"No we want to help you. We are taking you somewhere safe." It was at that point that AC properly woke up and walked up to Naruto and his wife.

"We are taking you to see an old friend of mine."

"Who?"

"Someone you'll like." As AC said this her re-sealed the tent back into the scroll he carried with him. Then he walked up to Naruto who was released by Chizuru. AC picked Naruto up and put him on his back, "Hold on tight we're gonna be moving extremely fast. Can you do that for me?"

"Yes."

"Good. Chizuru lets get moving I want to get to Hashirama before dark." Chizuru nodded and took off AC and Naruto following close behind. However the two were moving fast enough that to Naruto the world blured green and brown. Then as fast as the three had taken off they stopped, "Finally we've reached the Barrier. Naruto we are going to have to walk the rest of the way." As AC said this he set Naruto down. Then he walked up to a seemingly random bolder and performed a few handsigns before placing one hand on the bolder and muttering something. Straight after he did a strange door appeared in the air next to the bolder. "Go through I'll follow after you two."

"Okay see you on the other side. Go on Naruto." Naruto just looked up at Chizuru and looked slightly scared. When Chizuru saw this she smiled kindly and asked Naruto, "Would you like to hold my hand?"

"Yes please." said Naruto grabbing Chizuru's left hand. Then the two walked through the door. To anyone esle it appeared like they had vanished into thin air. AC grinned then spun himself like a ballerina then swaggered through the rapidly closing door. On the other side the first thing he saw was a giant wooden mansion that seemed the grow out of the montain and sitting on the top of the building was Hashirama with snow white hair.

"OI Hashi! Came say hello would you?"

"AC?" The aged man jumped off the house and landed prectically on top of Naruto and Chizuru. He grinned at the pair. "Hello I'm Hashirama Senju nice to meet you."

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I'm going to become Hokage one day!" Naruto practically shouted with a grin.

"Nice to know such a happy looking kid wants to take my place.

"Hashi he has your Kekke Genkai. The same way you have it. Not just a copy and I think he has more than one, but I'm not sure."

"You want me to train him?"

"Yes."

This chapter was pretty fun to write. It's finally got the actual plot moving. There is going to be a time skip from Naruto Starting his training to heading back to the village. However I would like some opinions from you readers who are enjoying this story, on what you think Naruto should wear after the time skip. Currently I was thinking of giving him the cannon uniform, but if you guys have any cool ideas I'm open to any suggestions. I'll hold a poll if enoug ideas come in or I can't outright decide on an idea.

ACSkywalker out!