Hello everyone we meet again, first, I would like to deeply apologize…It took like I don't know how many months for me to update this, but at least I write a long chapter right? So forgive me everyone who read this story. I will update my other story like Namichuu Fest and Shangri-la but I'm on a huge writer's block and I don't know what to write at Shangri-la and I would like to make a one shot comedy in Reborn. And don't forget if you're reading Shangri-la to give me reviews so I will have something inspire me. So everyone, this is the last chapter of the first arc, the next chapter will focus on Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata, well, I still would like to show Naruto and the group, but I will minimalist them, I will get the focus on the Uchiha Massacre and Sakura instead. As you know it would be sasusaku because I love that pairing even if I hate Sasuke from the bottom of my heart. Well, enough blabbering, just enjoy the chapter
I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto-sensei does.
Chapter 3: Leaving or not leaving?
For the past few weeks, Naruto always going to the group's meeting point, either to play with Gaara or train with the other member. He seems to take a liking to a kind of sword play which uses bamboo swords, it's called TenshinRyu by the way, and Wakana taught him that.
"It's an old culture from the Kirigakure and I happen to know it, so make sure you do it well, because the sword play used to be played at the religious ceremony for God to bless their land and hoping that the God will bless them with peace and prosper" said the group leader when Naruto said that the sword play is interesting.
Naruto always said that he want to join the group, but Wakana always said, "You have to think it over again and decided the best for you. We still here for another month, so think about it well, Naruto. There is many who will sad if you go right, like Jiraiya-sama or Kakashi?"
If she said like that, Naruto usually just nod and the he would have this disappointed expression on his face. Right, he maybe hate to live in the village, but Jiraiya and Kakashi won't let him go out either and they will be quite disappointed if he leaves the village. He's confused, he really want to go with the group, but deep down, he's worried about Jiraiya and Kakashi, he don't want to leave them because he likes them very much. Then, he remember his father, 'will he mad if I leave?' he ask himself. But he always thinks that he won't even care or even trying to destroy the group like what the Kazekage did when Gaara left.
After their first show, Naruto realized that Karen always seemed too worried about something and somehow, Naruto think that there will be something big happen later. And the time go really fast, the group will leave in 3 days. Naruto also saw their most popular night show, Wakana performed too that night, she's using fire while dancing which is really stunning and beautiful. He really wants to see that again someday.
He's currently walking alone inside the forest at night. Thinking about his decision, will he leave or will he stay at the village? But then, he heard some ruckus near him, it sounded like people arguing with each other and he hear his father's voice screaming orders to the people around him and they obeyed then, the sound fell silent.
Minato's POV
Okay, a ninja called Mizuki really pissed me off. He made me do extra work with capturing him. He apparently stole a forbidden scroll and ran away with the scroll and the elders forced me to lead the ANBU to catch because I agree; that the scroll is very dangerous. And now, I'm really in an extreme bad mood. I really want to catch him quickly, get the scroll, and get home, even though my son won't be there, he seems to be very close with that circus group and somehow I get this uneasy feeling that something will happen later. I then screaming orders for the ANBU then, they obey my order quietly. I then close my mouth and walking around, deciding to search for that bastard stealer. I think again about my relationship with Naruto, seeing that I've met that little Uchiha girl earlier, she seems really kind and well, shortly a perfect figure for a country's advisor.
Flashback
One of the elder comes in into my office without knocking. I almost snapped and shout to that old bag, but then, I saw that he's bringing someone sitting on a wheelchair. 'The prediction girl' that's what I thought.
"Hokage-sama, Yuki wanted to speak with you privately, she said that this is an emergency, so do you mind to leave your work for a little bit, listening to her?" ask the elder, with his rarely formal tone.
I then nod at him and he leave the two of us alone in my office, I stare at the girl, she looks a lot like her mother and seems to inherit her father's calm nature. I just hope that she won't be an emotionless ice cube like her siblings, except for that little sword playing girl. She then roll her wheelchair, now standing-or sitting- in front of me with her serious eyes, I suddenly feel awkward and decided to start the conversation,
"Well, don't be so serious, Uchiha-san, I won't bite" I said to her. She seemed surprised and giggled at me. She then answer, "It seems you know my name"
I nod at her and introduce myself, "Yeah, I think everyone in the council and the Hokage knows it, you kind of an important person. By the way, I think we haven't met before, I'm the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, nice to meet you, Uchiha-san"
She then giggled again and response at my greetings, "Don't have to be too formal, I'm technically much younger than you, Hokage-sama. Furthermore, I'm even younger than your son. Well, I'm Uchiha Yuki. I'm looking forward to work with you later, Hokage-sama"
"Nice to meet you too, Yuki. Or what should I call you? Yuki-san, Yuki-chan, or maybe you prefer Uchiha-san like before?" I ask her, she somehow make the tense on my office suddenly dropped and I thought that must be one of her ability, being a fortune teller everyday.
"I kind of despise my clan, so I would prefer Yuki or Yuki-san or Yuki-chan, as you want it, but please never mention my clan" she said. I obviously quite surprised when she supposed to be prideful to be an Uchiha like her father, mother, and her siblings, except that rebellious girl.
"By the way, what do you want to talk with me, Yuki-chan?" I ask her. She then come back to her senses and face my eyes, she have to lift her head and then, she answer me, "I've come to give you warning and my first big prediction for this village, I think you must be the first one to know, seeing that I haven't told the elders yet"
"That's an honor, and then what is it?" I ask her half joking
"I'm starting now, please listen carefully" she said, she closed her eyes for a second and opened it again, revealing a red clouded eyes, staring at nothing and she started saying,
"The moon come and disappears
The moon come and save the cursed one
The cursed one will find its light
And meet the other cursed people
Then it will meet his companions
The clan with fiery eyes will eventually burn the leaf
The leaf then order someone to control the fire
But, the kind fire who disappear long ago will fight the bad one and lost
And she will disappear again along with the sunrise
But her precious one will stop the fire
And he will throw dirt to the fire and stopped it from lighting
The leader makes a wrong choice
The moon then will be the choice
The precious one will choose the moon than the leaf
The leader won't get it back
Then, the young herbs will fight the flash and stopped by the wise one
The moon then disappeared from the sky"
She then, finished her sentence while I somehow have it already memorized it inside my head, deciding to think about it later. Her eyes then returned to her normal onyx eyes and she nod at me.
"Do you hear that clearly? I hope the prediction won't come true seeing that many casualties and suffering it would bring over. Oh, and I hope you will make the right decision" she said, she then roll her wheelchair and exiting the room after bid me farewell.
End flashback
I' m still thinking about it, but this Mizuki case is really make me feel pissed and I'm not in the mood to think about that prediction of hers. After walking for a little while, an ANBU arrive beside me, he want to report something.
"What's wrong?" I ask him. He then answer me, "Sire, your son is in the forest, Mizuki seems to meet him and threat him to keep silent about him, because he seems shocked"
I then panicked; I worried that the bastard Mizuki harms my son. I then run at my full speed, with that ANBU lead my way to my son to found him completely harmless and still looking around blankly.
Naruto's POV
Ninjas!
Why are they here?
Why my father is here?
I still look around blankly, someone called Mizuki did meet me earlier, but he then grab my shoulders roughly and order me to shut my mouth up. Well, he don't know that everyone believe that I'm a selective mute while I just stared blankly at the ANBU who apparently have their worried look. I then think, 'just why you look so worried? If I die you obviously are the happiest one?'
My father rushed to my side, seeking for any injuries and very assured when he don't find one.
He then sighed and look at me, "Naruto, did you meet someone named Mizuki earlier?" he ask
I then just ignored him and stared blankly; don't realize his raging emotions hidden behind his always smiling face.
Minato's POV
Okay, here he goes again with 'I ignore you for the rest of my life'
I feel furious inside, he could talk and laugh with the members of that circus group and he don't even talk with me.
I know that I distant myself from him all this time, but he could talk and laugh with someone who just meet him for one day, this make me even furious than before, and the ANBU beside me just stood there.
I don't care how he even meet them because I never watch him all day, I don't care how he could even talk with them within an hour or even a minute, I don't care who the hell is this Wakana who could make him very comfortable and happy. I don't know how the hell he could talk and smile with them I just want something simple, for him to talk a bit and to smile a bit at me, for him to acknowledge me as his father even though I ignore him for these past years.
Please, just don't look at me with those blank eyes
Please, just speak a bit to me
Please, acknowledge my presence here
Even though I'm the Hokage, I still want my own son, who Kushina sacrificed her life for to live happily with me in the village.
Even now, in the middle of this ruckus
I just want you to speak a bit, please answer me.
Naruto!
"Naruto, where did he go?" I ask him again, raising my voice. He don't even react and just stare blankly at me, he just keep his silent mode and don't even staring at me.
I then remembered, his smile with that red haired boy, how he come home from that forest a few days ago, after meeting the circus group's leader. How they managed to make him speak. How he was able to speak with them if he's like this with me?
I'm raging inside, for the first time in my life I'm jealous of someone who could make my son speak and talk. Jealous of them who could smile and laugh happily with my son, scared of them…for taking my son away soon. Then I feel that I can't hold it anymore, I want to ask Naruto, and why he could show emotional expression while he doesn't even acknowledge my presence and just ignore me for a whole day?
Normal POV
The ANBU and Naruto just stood there silently when the Hokae seems to have an inner debate and his face slightly showing that he's raging inside.
"Naruto, where did he go? He's a criminal" ask the Fourth to his son while Naruto just stare blankly at his eyes, and stayed silent.
He then raising his voice a bit, "Naruto, just tell me already where did he go?"
Naruto just ignore him again and not answering him, still stare at him blankly while the Fourth just feeling angry, depressed, sad, frustration, mixing into one. He then snapped, couldn't control his emotion anymore.
"NARUTO! JUST SPEAK AND TELL ME WHERE THE HELL DID THAT BASTARD MIZUKI WENT!" he screamed at him, a sentence with all his emotion in it, he then came to his sense while Naruto who surprised at his words just shiver and raised his hand, pointing to a direction where Mizuki went and then immediately run to the deeper side of the forest when the Fourth just surprised by his own doing and tilled his head downward, feeling guilty, noticing the fear from his son, he decided to let him go and screaming order for ANBU to search for Mizuki and the scroll, after a while of running the ANBU managed to catch him and get the scroll back, meaning that he could go home at last even though he have a feeling that he couldn't sleep tonight.
Meanwhile with Naruto…
He run, continued to run even though he don't even know where the hell is he, he just feel tears coming down from his face, he used to his father cold attitude toward him, but he never see him scream angrily at him like that, he then finally stopped and stood like a statue in the middle of nowhere, tears coming down from his face, after a while he then turns back, running to the direction of the group's camping site, telling the purple haired woman that he's staying there tonight and hoping to have her calming him down.
He then run and reaches the camping site, everyone still awake, chatting, Gaara is playing with tigers and Karen still sharpening her two precious blades, and Wakana is talking with Roshi and Han regarding their uptight schedule. Then, Fu who was chatting with Yagura realized his presence and coming right to his side while Yagura continue to cleaning their bike.
"Oi, Naruto, why are you here, its past sleeping hour you know?" he ask casually not realizing Naruto's face still stare downwards and then after a while with no answer of his question, he stared down at the blond boy
"Eeehhhh, Oi, why are you crying I didn't do anything?" asked him to the boy, seems very surprised, when the other just have their what-did-you-do stare on him
"I didn't do anything oiiii" he scream to them while the boy continue to cry silently at his place,
Suddenly, their leader's voice silent all of their talking, "Naruto, come here" she said while the boy immediately rush to her side his eyes still stared downwards, the woman then sighed and members silently going inside to their tents.
"What happen?" ask the leader calmly, he then don't answer her and she continue, "It has something to do with your father isn't it?"
The boy finally raised his head and nod, tears still streaming on his face and he tells her his experience, "I ignore him again today and he scream at me" he answer
Wakana then go brain storming, he heard that Naruto always ignore him on daily basis and they supposed to believe that he was a selective mute. The Hokage supposed to use to his behavior and why did he suddenly snap out? She then remember Naruto came to their first performance and the Hokage did come to that performance, silently cursing herself for giving him the ticket and make him slightly jealous or angry at her group and risking another village without performance. But, she then stared at the blond boy who still has tears on his face,
"Please, let me join you…" said the boy as he cries louder
The leader just sighs and pats his head, deep inside, she would want him to reconsider this, but seeing his current situation and relation with the Fourth, this would be his final.
"Alright" said the woman. "Get your things ready, we will leave in 2 days"
The boy lightens up and asks again, "Can I stay here tonight?"
The woman just nod and smile at him, walk him to Gaara's tent and told him to stay with the red haired boy there.
When Wakana step out of the tent, she saw Roshi and Han, standing in a few feet in front of her as if they are waiting for something.
"We're getting a new member" said the leader.
"Is that so? With Naruto joining, our group will have a complete set of jinchuurikis" said Roshi
"Just hope that no one realized it, which could stand being attacked everyday just because we have their hosts" said Han, sighing
"Just hope that the Yellow Flash will not be angry at us, taking his only son away" said the leader
"Heh, who want to fight him?" said Roshi as he waved his hand and get to his tent
"Wakana, you know this would happen? What do you intend to do, revenging your clan by collecting the hosts?" ask Han, his voice sounded colder
"No, that's in the past, I'm just helping them who suffer in their own village" answer her. "Besides, if I want to kill that bastard excuse of a living creature called Orochimaru, I would have done that long time ago"
Han just nod and get to his tent, followed by the leader who steps to her tent, falling into her slumber.
2 days later…
Naruto's at his room, his backpack already placed beside him, it's raining heavily outside. His father still at his office, working. They haven't talked a bit since that incident and the Fourth is burying himself with his work, exhausting himself, hoping that he will forget this problem.
Naruto just stared at the rain. The group will leave soon and he has to go to the forest for them. Silently he goes downstairs, his bag hanging on his hand. He gets out of the door, turns back once, staring his, no his father house. Remembering his childhood memories in this house, when he was little, his father will read him a story before he goes to sleep. Maybe, just maybe it was the best time in his life. Then, his father distant himself, he feels lonely. Then the villagers, started to beat him up, glaring at him, and almost kill him a few times. That's when he knows Kakashi; he was the one who always saved him. Jiraiya too, comes to the village last year and accidently saw him being beaten up by a chuunin and immediately come to his rescue. Then, the group come, they give him sense of belonging that he thought to be gone when his father distant himself, knowing that there are others like him who suffers the same thing. The boy then clench his fist, determination in his eyes then he dash from the house, decided to talk to someone before his leave.
The Third Hokage sipping his tea, enjoying his old age, without that damn paperwork that he already passed down to that Namikaze boy and he smirked when he imagine the blond ninja rubbing his head in stress with that paperwork. Then, he remembered the 9 tails host, the boy is suffering too much to his dismay, he couldn't stop the villagers or the ninjas to stop beating him up. He's not the monster they thought to be and he knew that all along. He sighed again when he heard from his former student that the blond Hokage has distant himself from his son. He know it too, the boy become more look like Kushina, his mother. Maybe the Fourth is missing his wife too much until he couldn't stand that his son become more looks like her. Then, he heard door knock, wondering who might it be under this heavy rain, he stood up from his chair and open the door, revealing the blond boy, standing while having his gaze on the ground, his clothes completely wet. And his spiky blond hair now is going down.
"Naruto, what are you doing here? You're wet, you could get a cold, come inside I'll get you a cup of tea and we'll go to the Hokage's Tower" said the old Hokage.
"No, I won't meet him again for a while. I come to say good bye" said the boy in one breath. The old man just sighed and pat his head, he know this will come one day, the group's already here for a few months and its time to leave.
"Sorry, please don't tell anyone, I already left a note inside the house for Kakashi, Jiraiya, and my father so please don't tell anyone about this" he said again, his voice is full of determination and he seems to think of it for a long time now.
"Okay, I hope you have a good trip" answer the old man, Naruto raise his head in surprise and found his face smiling at him. He then hugs the old man as if he's his own grandfather, ignoring his wet clothes. He then pull back and said, "I'm going. I will come back here someday"
And off he goes, under the heavy rain of Konohagakure, joining the moon and ready to see the world.
While somewhere near the Hokage tower, the little girl with raven hair just sighed and stared at the rain, looking at the horizon while witnessing the blond boy running away from the Hokage Tower before he glance on it once and turns to go.
"It seems that my prediction will come true after all, when I hope that you will meet my expectations and make the right decision, it seems that I overestimated you, Hokage-sama" said the girl to no one.
"But well, maybe it's not so bad after all, for the upcoming dialogue to come, you must get stronger, Naruto-san, the hosts, Karen nee-sama, Tsukiyagami group, and my brothers. Because the sunshine after heavy rain is the best one isn't it, the one who have the same ability as me, even though we never met, I hope we will meet sometime in the future, Nakitsugi-san" continued the girl as she smiled through the rain.
Meanwhile at the Hokage tower
Minato's POV
My work for today is finished, maybe even for tomorrow. I'm exhausting myself to forget about that incident with Naruto and I haven't talked to him ever since then. I'm now on my way to my house, ignoring the rain on my way.
I opened the door with determination on my face, I already decide to talk to my son, no matter how emotionless he is and how angry he was at me, I was determined to fix my relationship with my son soon.
I stepped to his room, he's not here and I started to worry where the hell he is under this heavy rain when I found a piece of paper on his bed, I then realized that his room is now empty, just bed and other furniture, the doll and his clothes are gone, I then immediately picked it and read his notes, it just 2 words
Goodbye
I then come to my senses, he's not here anymore, he's not going to occupy this room and ignore everyone on his way, he won't use this room, and I won't meet him again for a very long time. Tears then appear on my face, it haven't appear since the day Kushina died, when I lost her, I promise to make my son happy, then he disappear, with that circus group
Why is it everything precious to me always disappear at the end? I lost 2 of my students, Obito, Rin. I lost my precious wife, Kushina. And now, I lost my one and only son, Naruto, because of that circus group.
That time, I don't know what I was thinking, I just want to get him back and that time, I was very angry, furious, at the group, especially that purple haired leader. That time, I did think that my decision to let them perform at the village is a wrong one; I shouldn't let them like Fugaku said. That time, I still don't know anything, when I always said to Kakashi not to let emotions clouded your decision, I let my rage to take over my head, immediately going to the Hokage tower and searching for ninjas record for my generation.
I then started searching for a kunoichi named Wakana and found it at a forbidden section, for the ninjas who went on a very long mission, for exiled ninja, for missing-nin, and for shinobi who stopped being one because of their personal reason and their information kept here to forbid anyone else than the Hokage or the council to get information about them. I found her page and opened it immediately.
'Nakitsugi Wakana, Born: XX/YY/OOOO, Last rank: ANBU Captain, Taijutsu level: S, Genjutsu level: A, Ninjutsu level: S, Specialty: Seals, Herbs, Advanced Medical Knowledge, Short time Apprentice of Tsunade, Head of Nakitsugi Clan. 2 years of service in ANBU before leaving. 70 S-rank missions in which 25 are solo. 178 A-rank mission. 50 B-rank missions. 78 C-rank missions. And 47 D-rank mission. Reason for leaving: Personal Problem.
I then feel rage inside, I did assumed that she's a missing-nin and need to be captured, but it seems that she's leaving with the council's consent and somehow make me confused a little. 'How could the council let her go with this kind of excellent career record?' He then searched for clan's record in Konoha. He did hear Nara, Hyuuga, Uchiha, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and some other small clan, but why he never heard of Nakitsugi? He searched for many scrolls and finally found a very old scroll hidden in the deepest part of the shelf. The scroll clearly said that it's forbidden and despite that I opened it anyway.
"Nakitsugi clan specialized in medical herbs and seals. Their head is always woman and they are known because of their purple hair and their specialty to make new kind of antidote, medicines, or something like that with herbs. They have special kind of green house which have almost any kind of medical plants scattered around the 5 great countries and guarded by a type of blood just that only enable the clan member to open the place. Other kind of information is confidential and couldn't be found in another place"
I then sighed at the document. Like this is enough to tell me what could she do? But then memories started to pouring over my head, I then remember the time, when I met Kushina at the ramen stall; she was with a purple haired girl in ANBU uniform.
Flashback
Normal POV
Minato was walking to his favorite ramen stall, the newly build Ichiraku Ramen and he somehow immediately befriend the owner who has a small little girl.
He then saw his little girlfriend, talking happily to someone with ANBU uniform while eating a bowl of ramen. He smirked at his lucky day and come to her side, intent to surprise her when she turns back
"Minato! What are you doing here?" ask the red haired woman
"Going to eat some ramen, and who is this friend of yours?" he asked his girlfriend while seeing the purple haired woman with ANBU uniform. Her eyes sparkling with ocean blue color and she smiled at him.
"Oh my God, Minato you don't remember our classmate who managed to defeat your written test 5 times?" ask Kushina with her always happy face. The blond ninja then remember and point at the purple haired ANBU.
"WAKANA! Your hair is longer" he said is completely priceless.
DUAGH! He's being hit by Kushina
"Is that what you said when you never met her for I don't know how many years?" she said angrily while the ANBU girl laughed at him
"Ahahah, that's funny, well don't mind it, really we're not that close you know" answer the woman. "Well, I have mission, so treat me this time ne, Kushina-chan?"
"EH, OI, Wait… Wakana-chan that's cheating….." said Kushina while her friend already poofed away.
"Don't worry, I'll pay them for you," said Minato and Kushina immediately crush him into a bear hug and muttering thank you sooo muchhh.
Times skip…
2 years later
Minato is now a proud ANBU Captain, assigned to guard the leader of Nakitsugi clan because the Iwagakure ninjas are rumored to target her for their clan's herbs. He comes to their insanely huge mansion and the guards are glaring on him as though they don't believe him a bit with their leader's protection. He just sighed, 'the clan really is strict" he thought.
He then continued to walk through the hall and the female maids opened the huge door for him revealing a room kind of a throne room with a girl with purple hair sitting at the highest place with her formal long kimono. She then stopped reading her scroll and stopped her gaze on him while he kneels down in respect.
"Greetings, Leader of Nakitsugi Clan. I'm Namikaze Minato, ANBU from the Hidden Village of Konohagakure. Here to guard you" said the man as he bow his head down
What's his first impression of this woman who he should have met 2 years ago and he apparently has forgotten it already. She has an aura that makes her look like a noble and for everyone to respect her and well, something likes that.
"Greetings to you too, honorary ANBU of the Leaf, I'm Nakitsugi Wakana, head of Nakitsugi Clan. It's an honor to have you at my service" said the woman back.
He just nods his head and…
End Flashback
Minato's POV
I remember it now, she is once an ANBU and the leader of Nakitsugi clan, one of the prestigious clan in the Leaf, now the question. Why I've never heard of the clan since that mission. I acknowledge that I tend to forget people who I just met for the first time, but their clan is freaking huge. Then I remember an event from a long time ago, before Naruto was born and at my first month being a Hokage
Flashback again…
Normal POV
"Hokage-sama, its emergency, there's an intruder inside the village a-a-an-and…" said a Chuunin with purple hair.
"Calm your self, what's wrong?" said the Hokage from behind his desk.
"IT'S OROCHIMARU!" answer the Chuunin, when the Hokage realized it, his clothes was full of blood, injuries everywhere and his face was pale
The Hokage immediately call a squad of ANBU and order them to go search for Orochimaru inside the village, but before he could finished his sentence, the Chuunin said again,
"Hokage-sama please, save my clan, he's been slaughtering everyone, the kids, the clan's council, and many of them. Please, Hokage-sama, save our leader, she's fighting him right now, please, Hokage…-sama"
Then the Chuunin passed out, the Hokage ordered more squad of ANBU to give the leader back up and he himself was going there, but when he finally arrived at the clan's house, he was stunned by the view.
Blood every where and corpses. Kids, ninjas, old, young, everyone with purple hair is killed here. He then goes further inside the house and heard metal clashing at the backyard. He comes there and saw the female leader and a snake-like man fighting each other. Then the snake Sannin realized their presence, and he smirked
"Oh my, we have guest here, then Nakitsugi-sama I should bid you good bye for now on" he said as he disappears
The female leader clenches her teeth and screams at him, "Coward! Come back here and fight me you snake freak!"
As the snake man disappears, the leader keep screaming at him with kunai in her hand, the ANBU then come beside her and she turn her head, staring at the blond Hokage
"We deeply apologize, for our lateness, Nakitsugi-sama" said one of the ANBU. "It's a huge loss for Konoha to lose this huge clan in one night"
"Shut your mouth" said the woman coldly and the ANBU flinched and step back when the Hokage step forward.
"Nakitsugi-sama, if you would tell us what happened here?" ask him
"Orochimaru killed my clan, satisfied?" she answer and then she disappear with a wind of leaves
1 week later…
The Hokage still have his head full of that event, many has give their condolences to the female leader. He is now walking through a hall inside the Hokage tower when he heard someone talking at the council's room
"You sure you want to go?" ask the person, he recognized this voice as one of the leader
"Of course, revenge for my clan and to live freely in this world" answer a woman's voice.
"Is that so? You've become like that blood stained Uchiha clan you know" said the council's old woman
"I don't care, but never compare me to the Uchiha, I don't like it. Just tell me already, do you approve me leaving or not?" ask the woman again
"Alright, you win, just go and get your revenge with that snake freak done and do what you want" answer the council with a sigh.
The Hokage could really feel that she's smirking and when the door opened, he immediately run to his office in a flash speed.
End Flashback
Minato's POV
So that's it, she's in her way for revenge; she has been collecting everyone with exceptional power to join her so she could have her revenge.
Like I'll let that happen!
Nakitsugi…
I then rushed into my office furiously to see the elders standing like statue; they are practically glaring at me.
"Hokage-sama, do you know what happen?" ask one of them
I ignored him and they seems pretty pissed
"The host run away with that group, you know what to do, right?" said one of them again
"Maybe we should really kill him back them" said another one
"If the enemy village knows about this…"
"It's dangerous to keep that monster"
"We should kill him on spot"
I accidentally snapped and scream at them, "JUST SHUT UP AND STOP TALKING ABOUT KILLING MY SON!"
"Hokage-sama, you know that he's a monster, he should be kept inside the village" said the elder
"He's a monster because all of you treated him like that; just shut your mouth up. I will personally handle this problem" I said to them. "And I won't let you do anything with this case. Just get your hands off and drink your pleasure tea somewhere"
They just stayed silent as I called for some ANBU squad, Kakashi instantly come to my side. I could see his worried eyes behind that mask and I ordered him to find the group. I then keep ignoring the elders while I remembered something.
"The leader makes a wrong choice
The moon then will be the choice
The precious one will choose the moon than the leaf
The leader won't get it back
Then, the young herbs will fight the flash and stopped by the wise one
The moon then disappeared from the sky"
The prophecy, the leader is obviously me, the moon is the group, the precious one is Naruto and the young herbs is… Wakana!
The name Wakana literally means young herbs. I then rushed to the mansion near the Tower to find the girl watching the rain silently. I calm myself and called her.
"Yuki, you know this would happen, right?" I ask her with my cold tone
She still have her eyes on the rain, but she still answer me, "Of course, I'm a fortune teller. I know this would happen and you seem to ignore my warning isn't it, Hokage-sama?"
"The prophecy is all about this, the wrong decision is when I decided to scream at him that time. I snap and let my emotion get in the way"
"Is that so? Then, what would you do now?" she asked me
"I'll get him back, no matter what it cost" I said clearly
She just sighed and answer me, "Do you remember the last part of the prophecy?"
"The leader won't get it back. Then, the young herbs will fight the flash and stopped by the wise one. The moon then disappeared from the sky" I answer her. It then comes to my mind. I won't get him back, no matter what I do. I stand there, raging inside when I rushed outside and find Kakashi and his ANBU squad waiting there for my command.
"All of you search for the group; don't hurt anyone except they asked for a fight. Get Naruto back and get the leader here" I order them and the nod and disappear while I and Kakashi run, following them.
Meanwhile, somewhere at the forest…
Normal POV
Naruto still cuddling like a ball inside the carriage, Gaara has tried to make him speak but he still stayed silent in the corner. The other bijuu already pursue the Kyuubi to come out, but it seems futile. Karen who is inside and sharpening her blades (again) then suddenly changed her eyes to the sharingan mode. She then stand up and told Roshi to stop the carriage, all of them.
"Roshi, stop the carriage" she said while the driver, Roshi just stare at her, seems confused but then the girl smirk. "We have company"
Roshi then nod in understanding while he scream to stop all the carriage, their leader then comes out, she then screaming order for them.
"Karen, Fu, Yagura, Roshi, Han, Kabuto, Yamato, Yugito, Killer-bee, Utakata, take care of the ANBU!" she screams and the addressed people then disappear. Except for Karen, she stayed still and asked her, "What are you going to do, Wakana-san?"
"I have a minor problem with the Hokage" answer the leader as she turns and leave.
Then, with the Hokage and his ANBU squad…
"Sire, we found them, a few of them is heading this way, including the Uchiha girl" said one of the ANBU.
The Hokage nod his head and signaled for them to go further.
After a while he could see the group's member. They are running ahead to them and when all of them stopped in the middle of the forest, the little girl started to talk,
"Good afternoon, I'm Karen from the group. I will say it once, just back off and come back to your village. Naruto don't want to be there and we're keeping him safe" said the girl.
The ANBU then turns their head to the Hokage, asking for order.
"If I said no?" asked the blond Hokage
"Then, we will eliminate all of you, here and now" answer the girl as her eyes turn red and unsheathed her swords. The ANBU also get into their fighting stance as Roshi then said to the Hokage,
"The leader wants to see you, she's waiting straight from here, just run for a 5 minute, and you will find her"
The Hokage and nod at him and started to go forward when one of the ANBU grab his shoulder,
"Hokage-sama, it's not wise to go there alone, let one of us accompany you she might want to kill you there"
The Hokage snorted at him, "I'm not that weak, who do you think I am?"
The ANBU then release his grip and the Hokage runs from the location.
"Then, shall we begin?" ask the little girl.
Kakashi then stepped forward to whisper something to the ANBU,
"Let me handle the Uchiha girl, her sharingan is more than dangerous" said the masked man. The other just nod at him and leaving him at the center to engage a one-on-one battle with the Uchiha girl
"Kakashi-senpai, you want to fight me now, it's not the right time" said the girl, smirking
"Well, well, Karen, you've gotten quite a foul mouth" he said back, getting his kunai on hand and revealing his sharingan
"Sharingan from the start, eh?" ask the little girl again.
"Well, facing someone like you without this equal to death" answer the ANBU.
"Unfortunately, I'm having problem fighting Killer-Bee and He don't have any sharingan or bloodline limit" said the girl mockingly.
"Hey, I have 8 tailed beasts inside, little girl!" shout Killer-Bee.
"Whatever it is, Bee. Let us handle the other ANBU, Karen, you handle the copy ninja" said Yugito.
The girl nod at her and both her and Kakashi already in a silent glaring contest sharingan versus sharingan.
"Ha! The two of them will have a good fighting, don't you think so, Yagura?" ask Fu, cheerfully.
"Fu, it's not the right time to watch their fight, we're surrounded by ANBU everywhere" said Yagura, coldly.
"Wow, the Hokage seems pretty pissed, don't you think so" said Kabuto, preparing his chakra scalpel.
"Nah, he's just a little stupid" said Roshi.
"Well, let's just start should we, ANBU-san?" said Yugito, releasing her one tailed form.
The ANBU just stood there in shock, not expecting the 2 tailed host to be here plus being able to control her bijuu freely.
When they just stood there, Fu already have his kunai on his hands, attacking all of them and Killer-Bee also release his 1 tailed, rampaging at the forest, killing a few ANBU and well, destroying the Forest of Konoha.
Kakashi just stood like a statue on his place, stunned by the view. Even though they are the elite ANBU, it's impossible to fight 2 jinchuurikis at once and they have the little Uchiha prodigy with them. He tried to run away, giving back up to his comrades, but the little girl stop him, swords on each of her hands and eyes swirling.
"Don't try to run away, senpai, you're my opponent" said the girl
Kakashi then tried to attack her, but then he stopped, the world suddenly changed, and its red everywhere and what he sees really want him to get out of there.
It was when he saw Obito dying, trying to save him and die in the process, giving his left sharingan eye to him as his last gift. His WORST regret of life.
"So this is your worst memories?" ask the little girl beside him.
He just stood there, he really wanted to attack her, but he couldn't move his body.
"You shouldn't do that, this is my world, I just show you your worst memory" answer the girl beside him.
Kakashi couldn't speak or move his body, he just stared at the view, he doesn't want to see it again, and he doesn't want to see it anymore.
"Don't want to see it?" ask the girl behind him
"Is this the power of your eyes?" ask the white haired ANBU
"Sort of, different from my brother, isn't it?" answer the girl, flying around at the red world.
Kakashi just stayed silent, trying to close his eyes, but the girl then close his eyes with her hands from behind.
"I really don't want to use this, but you're my enemy, senpai. How about you just forfeit and get back to the village?" ask the girl, whispering to his ear
"You know, I don't want to let Naruto go" answer him
"He's suffering in this village, and so are our other members" said Karen, still closing his eyes.
"Are you too?" ask the ANBU again
The girl then flinched and the two of them stay silent for 5 minutes or so.
"I just want to free myself from my father" answer the girl.
"Aren't you just running away, the group is your place to run away then?" ask Kakashi again
"I despise my clan; I still want to be with my brothers and sisters, but that time, I felt very angry at my father and my clan, I don't know what to do, leaving all of my problems seems to be the best answer and the group came, I went to the outside world with them, end of story, senpai" answer her
"Your sister, she is the little girl living at the mansion near the Hokage Tower, isn't she? The council's golden child" ask him again
"I've been away for too long, I don't know what happened here anymore, just come back to our problem, please just stop this meaningless fight and come back to your village, Naruto want to go with us" said the girl, releasing his eyes and her illusion, the two of them now are in the middle of the battle, bijuu everywhere and the ANBU seems to face difficulty facing many bijuu at once.
"That…was up to our Hokage to answer" answer Kakashi as he take his kunai
"I really don't want to fight you, but it seems you're stubborn, senpai" said the girl, taking her swords
"How about you hand Naruto to us and you could go away with your circus group?"
"I refused then" answer the girl
And the two of them strike each other, one with kunai and one with swords.
Meanwhile, with Minato…
He's running in his full speed until he found the purple haired woman standing like a statue under the heavy rain, she doesn't seem to hold any weapon, but the Hokage still cautious about her, after all, kunoichi are famous to have hidden weapons everywhere.
The leader turns her had and facing the Hokage.
"We meet again, Hokage-sama" said the woman
"Return my son" he said, it's like instructions not request
"He is the one who decided to go with us, please give him a little more freedom, he already suffer much in this village" said the woman
"And how could you prove to me that you are not using him for your revenge, Nakitsugi?" ask the blond leader, glaring at the woman
The woman then has her surprised face and he just smirk at her
"Cat got your tongue, Nakitsugi?"
"One question, how could you find out about my clan?" ask her
"My friends seems to know you and it's obvious that you're also a ninja in my generation, I'm just doing a little research and I got your record" answer him
"Is that so… and if I refused, what will you do?" ask the woman
The Hokage then pull out his strange shaped kunai and charge at her with his super speed he managed to wound her on the cheek and slash her arm. But, the woman just stood there and heals her wound.
"I don't intent to fight, but you're forcing me to" said the woman, pull out her needles and start attacking.
"At last you show your true face, Nakitsugi" said the Hokage, deflecting all of the needles
Wakana then just shut her mouth and started doing hand signs.
"Ninpou: 100 needles" said the woman as she spread her chakra, surrounding the blond Hokage with 1000 needles
"I heard you learned under that Elder Chiyo, I just don't expect you to could do chakra strings" said Minato
She just keeps quiet and waved her hands, commanding the needles to attack the blond Hokage.
Minato then easily dodged that and the woman suddenly disappeared.
"Where are you, Nakitsugi?" he screamed
It stayed silent for a moment until he could feel the all of the trees before him has her chakra
"You know what?" said the voice behind him, but when he just turns his head, no one's there, just a whirlwind of leaves and flower petals
"The Nakitsugi Clan are the only human being closest to nature and plants, we could communicate, and we worshipped the plants, and this forest…" said the voice again from somewhere in the forest, he could feel he's surrounded by thousands of her clones but couldn't see her anywhere
"Give us the best advantage in fighting" said the voice as she appeared behind him from just a whirlwind of flower petals and she is holding katana formed from flower.
The Hokage surprised at this and jumped behind, trying to get away from the woman who immediately disappears again. Minato then left to his last resorts, the rasengan, but if he doesn't know where the woman is he couldn't do it,
But suddenly, he could feel her chakra suddenly disappear from the entire forest and he could see her kneeling just behind a huge tree with blood on her mouth he come to her, intend to use the rasengan but he saw blood from he don't know where and one thing he know that he didn't cause this
"Time to tell you the truth is it?" said the woman, wiping her blood and trying to stand, but she could barely hold herself
"I didn't cause that" he said seeing the blood
"Of course, it's not you, it's me" said the woman, staring him right in the eyes
The Hokage seems surprised, he want to ask the side effects of her jutsu, but then it come to his sense
"You're sick?" he asked
"At first, I went on a journey to find a way to defeat the one who slaughtered my clan, but then the disease started to eat me from inside, and I know that I don't have long time to live" said the woman
"I'm not satisfied, why you didn't use your clan's herbs, it should be enough to cure your sickness" said him
The woman then stared at her clan symbol, a white lily with purple petals surround it
"Because I promised myself not to" she said. "My clan is famous for secrecy and pureness, no one with tainted mind has the right to use our herbs, even if it's their clan leader"
"But, you're not a jerk like that Orochimaru, even if I acknowledge I kind of despise you" said the blond Hokage
"I'm falling to my own desire for revenge and when I realized about this, I swear to not use my clan herbs and feeling that I don't even have the right to" she answer
"I don't understand" he said. "I feel that it's not the only thing keeping you from using your clan's herbs"
She then smirked at him, "As I thought, you're sharp. You're right, it's not the only reason, it's not just that I refused to use the herbs, but this sickness is caused by some of my internal organs are missing and if I use my chakra more than usual, you know what happened"
"The internal organs, you…did you have a pact with something to lose that, is your revenge is more important that living?" ask him angrily
"No, when I noticed about this, I could feel new power inside me, it's the same as that raven haired girl who lives near the mansion, my power is not as strong as her, but at least I could know what would happen" she answer
"Yuki, you have the power of predictions?" ask him
She just nod and continued her story, "When I realized that, I came to Iwagakure, meeting their hosts, Roshi and Han. That's when I saw how their own village treats them I realized that I have forsake everything just for revenge and I can't go back no matter what I did. Then, I stayed there, thinking about my clan and my life goal, to kill Orochimaru, but I then realized, it's meaningless. Just killing him won't make my clan come back to life"
"Then, you formed the group?" ask him
"Yeah, I asked Roshi and Han if they wanted to join me and they agreed, it's just the three of us and we traveled around the world, searching for new members, the two of them knew about my disease and I decided to leave it alone, I don't know when will I die, but I did think that I could use the power I get from this, the power of predictions to help people who's suffering, whether it's the one who just want to run away, the one suffering in their own village, or the one who just want to live freely" she said
It's just silent for a moment until he then formed rasengan on his hands and the woman formed her strongest jutsu, it could make the forest obey her command
"Even so, I still want to protect the one I love" said the blond Hokage
"I understand that, but when you realized that they're already gone, I feel lonely, not realizing that there are others who would still care for me, inside that village or somewhere else in this worlds" said the woman,
Minato charge with his rasengan and Wakana has tendrils surrounded her and charging at him, when they just about to hit each other with their strongest, someone with long white hair and holding scroll, stopped them
"Jiraiya-sama" said Wakana
"Sensei, what are you doing here?" he asked him
"Humph, what am I doing here? I'm here to prevent the two of you doing stupid things" he said to them
"Is this a stupid act?" ask Wakana, smiling at the frog sannin
"Well it is, you stupid Nakitsugi!" scream him to her face. "And you," he pointed to the Hokage, "I did think that it's time for him to see the world, he could grow to hate the village if you keep this on"
The Hokage just stayed silent, he don't want to acknowledge it but, deep down he know that it's true, Naruto has to see the world himself, if he could do that maybe his perception for the village will change somehow. He wanted to be with him, but he realized that he will have to sacrifice many things just for that.
"Okay, just promise me one thing Nakitsugi" said the blond Hokage, turning back. "Promise me to take care of him and one day when he comes back, I want to see him surpass me"
The purple haired woman then nods her head while the sannin smiled at them.
"By the way, Naruto still love you" she said and managed to get the Hokage's attention. "When I asked him what his dream is, you know what he said"
"No" answer him truthfully
"He said that he wanted to be stronger, to surpass his father and to be the strongest shinobi" said the woman, finally smiling at him and staring to the sky when the rain finally stops and the ray of sunshine shone upon them
The Hokage smiled secretly and said, "Tell him that I'll be looking forward to it" and then he jumped and disappear from the sight and Wakana ordered the flowers to give the member who are fighting to retreated
"The sun after rain is really the best one isn't it, Yuki?" said the woman to no one.
After that both the group and the ANBU ceased fire under their leader's command and both of them retreated from the site. While the Hokage then decided to make a visit to the prediction girl, to ask her about what will happen to the village and to thank her. He knocks the door and he could hear she said 'enter' from inside
"It's me, Yuki" he said while the girl turning her body to face him
She smiled at him and said, "You seem happier"
"It's like something heavy is being lifted from my shoulder" he answer the girl
"Isn't it good, you've made the right decision, I changed my mind, you're worth to have my high expectation" said the girl
The Hokage then sighed at her, she don't seem to talk like a 4 years girl.
"By the way," said the girl as she scroll her wheelchair to the Hokage, holding his hand with hers and continue, "Do you want to hear the continuation of my prediction?"
"Eh? The last one isn't all of them?" ask him confused
The girl smiled at him, "Of course, I think that it's better to tell you the first half"
"You're a little clever kid" said Minato
"Then, could I start now?" ask the girl as she hold his hand, use her chakra and started to speak,
"The leader makes a wrong choice
The moon then will be the choice
The precious one will choose the moon than the leaf
The leader won't get it back
Then, the young herbs will fight the flash and stopped by the wise one
The moon then disappeared from the sky
But, at the upcoming dialogue,
The music and sand wind almost destroy the leaf
The moon this time is an enemy
Then our leader makes a right choice
And the moon started to light the dark night
Saving the leaf from the black wind
But the precious one has its own decision
And it will leave again along with the dawn"
She finished and smile at him, "It seems the future won't be so bad, isn't it, Hokage-sama?"
"The prediction girl always want to have people around them to be happy is it, like that one" he ask her
"Are you referring to Wakana-san?" ask the girl, giggling
"Of course, even if I kind of despise her, I know that she's kind enough" he said
"That's the kind of people we are, the one with prediction power. We lost something and we got this power instead" said the girl
The Hokage nod at her, and started to step out from the door while the girl waved her hand at him when he remembered something
"By the way, Yuki-chan, it seems that my house will be a little lonely from now, and I see that it's not that comfortable for you to live here by yourself, do you want to move to my house, at least we won't be lonely?" ask him
The girl smile wider and said, "I would be glad to"
The Hokage then smiled back and step out of the mansion when his eyes closed for a second because of the sun. He smiled and goes to his office.
Meanwhile the Third Hokage noticed that the rain finally stops and the sun rays appearing from behind the clouds. He smiled and stared at it happily while saying, "Spread your wing, see the world, and get stronger while you're out there, the maybe your vision about this village will change, Naruto?"
Then, the group finally gets a full collection of the jinchuurikis and who knows what will happen in the future, the group who obviously will get ambushed many times, the Uchiha clan, and the Leaf Village. The three big communities as them will each face many difficulties, but as long you're trying to protect something precious and stayed firm in your path, you'll surely find your way, whoever you are.
That's the entire chapter, thank you very much for reading this.
By the way, I would like to apologize to Tithenannisss, he really don't want to have Naruto leaving the village but I make him, don't worry, I'll make him come back later in the story, if I don't you could kill me in that guillotine. (But I don't want to die yet :P)
And as you know at my opening notes, this story is not finished yet and the next chapter will be focused on Sakura and Sasuke, maybe Hinata but I will make it on request and I will finished Namichuu Fest really soon and published another Naruto story and one Reborn and Naruto crossover like I mention at my profile, but I'm currently searching for someone to write with me.
And lastly, I'm searching for a beta reader for this story. As you know, my grammar sucks and I need a beta both for grammar and storyline as you know that I'm still a pathetic beginner. ^A^
Alright, that's all, again, thanks for reading everyone
ForinaReal.