Rebirth Arch, Chapter Four

The incident with Kite was soon forgotten but Shino still glared at Ovan from time to time. She had informed Zelkova of Kite's actions at the hospital and it made him very concerned. Kite was one of the three most powerful warriors Twilight had in its vast armies; he was also the most dangerous. He had been cursed with an ancient bracelet that was said to be worn by Aura, the mysterious goddess that founded the Twilight Nation.

He was loose cannon along with Balmung and Orca, his teammates. They were known as the Azure Knights and were the highest ranked group in the nation. They only took on the most dangerous missions and were at the front lines in time of war. They also had a problem with authority and treated Ovan like a joke most of the time.

Zelkova had informed Taihaku and Yata of the incident and the three explained to Alkaid and Haseo that Naruto had lost all memory of the events he had done because of head trauma, an obvious lie. They also explained about Naruto being a demon vessel and how he had been thrown away from Konoha. At the end Alkaid was crying and Haseo vowed to grow powerful to protect his friend from such corrupt bastards.

As for Naruto he moved on with a little trouble. Weeks after being attacked by Kite he claimed he kept having nasty headaches but then they would disappear in seconds. Aina, Ovan's sister had also experienced this before falling into a coma. But after three months of waiting Naruto never showed any of the other symptoms and was deemed alright. Shino was relieved when Naruto was cleared to leave the tower again.

During those three months much had happened outside of Twilight Nation.

Konoha was still searching for Naruto even though they were only using Jiraiya and his spy network to do it. Sarutobi still could not find any trace of Danzo and the civilians were continuing to cause trouble for the shinobi. When Sarutobi had been forced to reveal Naruto's lineage to the village all the civilians rioted, claiming he was a liar and was being controlled by the demon. Over fifty civilians had been killed that day. With the Uchiha clan gone the civilians went out of their way to pamper and suck up to Sasuke who had turned into a snobbish bastard. He treated everyone like shit, including his own mother who had also been spared.

It got to the point where Mikoto kicked Sasuke out of the main house and told him to live somewhere in the Uchiha district, that he was no longer welcome in her house. The prick didn't care, claiming she was an Uchiha by marriage and her weak blood wasn't worthy of living in the main house. Too bad Sasuke never found out that his own mother was a former Anbu Captain and could have trained him to defeat his brother. Civilians did everything possible to inflate his ego from giving him gifts to opening praising him whenever he accomplished something. He was ranked number one in the class, with Hinata Hyuga trailing behind him.

A lot had changed for the seven year old Hinata Hyuga as well. With Naruto gone and her mother gravely ill after childbirth she had gone into a deep depression. But that sadness soon turned to anger. Hinata snapped during the weekly academy evaluation where she nearly killed both Sakura and Ino in a taijutsu match where they had both teamed up to fight her. They wanted to beat her down to keep her away from Sasuke. Claiming she was only second in the class to get close to him. Hinata went crazy and violently attacked them both; leaving chakra burns over forty percent of their bodies and breaking both of Sakura's arms.

Hiashi openly praised Hinata for her transformation. Hitomai was also very happy with her, claiming that once she regained her strength she would begin Hinata's advanced lessons in gentle fist. Hanabi, her little sister would always watch her while she trained in the family dojo with her older cousin Neji Hyuga. Her cousin was very protective of both the heiresses and would keep a constant watch over both of them, something that got him into trouble with Sasuke when he tried to make advancement on Hinata behind the academy.

After revealing Naruto's linage he chose to give the Namikaze Estate to Mikoto Uchiha and Hitomai Hyuga to protect it. They had both been Kushina's closest friends and deemed them trustworthy to protect Naruto's inheritance for when he returned. The civilians grew angry at Sarutobi, demanding that they should seize the Namikaze clan assets to increase the village's wealth. The Hokage blew them off, stating that if they tried anything they would be executed.

Outside the village Jiraiya kept trying to find Naruto. He had finally heard from his spies in Twilight that besides the increased border security not much had changed. The only interesting news was the head medic of Moon Tree Shino had adopted a child, a child with blond hair and blue eyes. The spies didn't find a name or an age or anymore to add to the description but somehow Jiraiya knew it was Naruto.

He wondered what Ovan was planning to do with the boy, he wondered if Ovan knew of Naruto's burden and what he would do with the vast power of the Kyuubi. One thing for sure was he needed to get into Twilight and rescue the boy back to the Leaf where he belonged.

Unknown Location…

Nine figures stood in a dark cave, the body of a young girl from the Hidden Waterfall village lay on the ground in front of them dead.

"The Seven Tails had been sealed. Only six more to go" a figure with spiky hair and ripple like eyes spoke. "Three whole days, this jutsu is such a pain in the ass" a silver haired man spoke. "It makes your ritual seem like a walk in the park though Hidan" a masked figure smirked. "Shut up Kakuzu, bashing Jashin-sama's ritual is against the word of god!" Hidan shouted.

"Enough don't make me put you in your place boys" a blue haired female spoke. The two shuttered, not wanting to be on the receiving end of Konan's wrath. "What of the Kyuubi vessel that went missing months ago?" A blond haired man asked. "My spies believe he has taken up residence in Twilight Nation. Twilight had increased border patrol since the vessel went missing" a figure that was half black and half white spoke.

The one with ripple like eyes glared. "This could be a problem, Hanzo was defeated rather easily by the Twikage and I am hard pressed to attack Twilight was so many powerful shinobi present in their vast armies" he spoke. "Let me and Itachi go, I've been itching for a rematch with Sakakai" a blue haired figure spoke. "Quiet Kisame, even I am concerned with encounter shinobi from their, especially the Azure Knights" Itachi spoke.

Yes the knights were a big problem. All attempt to get them to join Akatsuki ended in failure. They nearly lost Sasori, Deidara and Kisame against them, Hanzo had also been defeated by their leader, Kite.

"We will avoid Twilight for now. The vessel is young and maybe unstable. We shall wait until we can acquire more information before we proceed" the leader spoke. All the figure vanished expect for the leader and Konan. "I have a task for you" Pein spoke.

Twilight Nation, Mac Anu…

"Ok Naruto I hope you have a wonderful time at the Academy" Shino smiled as her son tied the black headband around his forehead. "I will, just you wait and see I'll be a shinobi in no time" Naruto smiled brightly at his mother. They were standing outside the academy; the other children were already heading inside. "Bye mom, see you later" Naruto waved as Shino headed off and he turned to enter the building when he slammed into someone.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention" Naruto apologized as he held out his hand. "That's alright, I wasn't paying attention either" the person responded taking his hand. "What class do you have?" Naruto asked suddenly. "Mr. Salibus's" she replied. "Hey that's my class too, wanna go together?" Naruto asked. "Sure" she smiled.

Naruto headed into the building, his hand still linked with the girl. "Oh by the way I never got your name, mine's Naruto Uzumaki" he smiled.

"Nice to meet you Naruto-kun, my names Konan" she smiled.