Echo of Spiraling Heart

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Kenshin: This time is the mission in Suna. But first the results:

Yuhi Kurenai: 3
Mitarashi Anko: 4
Yamanaka Ino: 3
Nii Yugito: 1

I'm cancelling the Kin thing because she's dead, thanks to two people who reminded me.
Zeke: Your own damn fault for missing it. But now is time for the Sunagakure thing.
Kenshin: Look, let's just do the damn thing!

Chapter 4: Stay Out of The Sand

The group was hopping along the earth seperating them from Suna on a grumpy frog; Naruto, KAkashi, Sakura, Gai, Neji, TEnten, and Lee. Each one trying to make the most of it during. Sakura was studying the area they hopped by, Lee and Gai were adjusting their weights. Kakashi was reading icha icha paradise and Neji kept thinking about things to do, but was failing. Naruto on the other hand was watching the sky, but had the seventh member latched onto him for some reason.

"Nani? What are you doing?" He asked her, as she looked back at him. The others perked their eyes to the two, thinking it would turn into something enjoyable to watch.

"I just wanted to be near you. I want to make sure you don't do anything stupid. Afterall, Hinata and I would kill you if you die." She said in a smile. Naruto could feel sweat comically dropping down his face, trying to figure out what she meant by that: Would she bring him back to life and kill him again, if that were ever possible, or was it a bluff?

"You're serious about becoming one? I'm gonna have to get to know you two more, and I think there will have to be others." Naruto said as quietly as possible, not trying to get others to figure it out.

"Becoming what?" Kakashi said, walking over to Naruto. The two of them flinched, then turned to face them. "Well? I would like to get into this conversation you two are enjoying."

"Uh...Oh fine. It's about my clan restoration." He said, causing each of them to perk their eyes. KAkashi opened his eye wide, then looked at him closely.

"Hokage-sama told you didn't she?" The jonin said, causing Naruto to gasp. "I guess she couldn't hide it from you anymore. She's told you about Tomo and Minato huh?"

Naruto breathed in deeply when he mentioned them, and sighed. "I guess I can't hide it from you. Everyone, meet the sole heir to the Kazama-Uzumaki clan, only offspring to Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage and Uzumaki Tomoshin: Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto." He said to everyone, causing some 'awe' and 'whoas' to be heard.

'No Way!! But then that would explain his extreme growth and potential, and why he looks so freakin much like him!' Neji thought, thinking and gluing Naruto's past victories together. Lee was hugging his friend and former blonde spar partner as Gai was gaping, actually being quiet for once.

Sakura was deep in thought, then realizes that Naruto could be part of the council since after all he is a clan member, and being the only one he would automatically become one. 'Now that I think about it, he does look like him.'

"So where does that lead us?" He asked. Kakashi smiled, or his eye did. He then points towards the gates of Sunagakure, which was only a few more miles away.

"We'll complete our mission, as comrads, shinobi, and nakama." He said, as the 7 ninjas and Gama Bunta traveled across the sandy desert.

Sunagakure 2 Days Later...

3 ninjas of Team Gai and two members of Team Kakashi were jumping throughout the forest nearby Suna looking for Gaara and his kidnappers. Naruto was fuming after what he heard from his siblings.

Flashback...

"Where's Gaara?!" asked Naruto as they entered the Hokage manor. Himself, Gai, Lee, and Tenten were standing with him before Temari while Sakura, Neji and Kakashi were helping with Kankuro's wounds.

"They took him. Two people in red spotted cloaks fought against him and took him elsewhere. All I can remember is a huge explosion and they never returned afterwards." Gaara's sister told them. Naruto blinked once then sighed, as his face slowely changed into that of an enraged bull. Kakashi walked over to where they were last seen, and uncovered his Sharingan eye, looking around to see if chakra has been used in the area recently. There were faint trails but it still lead somewhere, heading west from there current position. He then heads back to the others.

"I think I found where they went." Kakashi stated, as the others looked at him. Nodding he, Naruto, Tenten, Gai, and Neji left to where they figured. Sakura and Lee stayed behind to finish helping Kankuro.

End Flashback...

Naruto felt like he was moving faster, as his new energy source made him stronger than before. He kept on running as he noticed his speed was putting him in front of the others by only a little. Kakashi moved in closer and grabbed him, forcing him to slow down.

"Now's not the time for you to be using too much. We still need to reach them, and the trail seems to be growing weaker." Kakashi said, as the others were getting a bit worried. Suddenly he stopped, as the others followed.

"What's the matter, Kakashi?" said Gai, realizing that this was something bad likely.

"I've lost track of it. The trail stopped here. Somehow they lowered their chakra levels at this point so we now have no way of finding them. We'll have to come up with a plan." said the Copycat ninja. Naruto was standing on top of a tree, eyes closed and such. His energy was rising slowely but strongly, as tiny slips of energy appeared before him, unseeable to everyone else.

'Gaara...which one is yours?' He thought, concentrating as hard as he could. The others saw what he was doing, but didn't see what it was. Kakashi looked at him closely, and saw the energy around him as well as the slips. Neji activated his Byakugan and saw them too.

SNATCH!!!

Naruto made them all jump back as he grabbed a slip leading in front of him. It led in front of them, as the rest of the slip went down the forest. Opening his eyes everyone saw that they were different, Tenten realizing this was his second Kekkei Genkai. He then smirked. "It's this way."

Naruto rushed off in that direction, as the others retaliated and followed him, not understanding what was going on. 'I saw it. That must have been the ninjutsu she put in the scroll: Senro Seirei. I saw his chakra and Shukaku's chakra within the slip. Gaara, I won't let you die!'

'What's with him? This can't be the right way, can it?' Neji thought, not really sure if what he's following was Gaara's energy, and wondering how he learned how to track him.

Outside of Suna Tomorrow...

Naruto and the others were standing before a large boulder blocking the entrance to a cave of some sort. The ribbon Naruto was holding led through the boulder, and he let it go. "The trail ends here, and continues in there. Neji, can you look through there?" He points to the boulder.

"Fine, I'll do it." Neji activates his powers, and looks through the wall, only to find 9 figures standing on nine of ten fingers on two hands. They were above someone floating in midair with a red aura around him, it going inside a statue in front of them with nine eyes. One of the figures standing looked outside, and Neji looked at him, and suddenly he saw what seems to be the Sharingan, but he then is blinded by something, and covers his eyes and falls to the ground.

"Neji! What happened?!" Gai said, leaning down to help up his Byakugan student. Neji turned his head left and right twice, then looked up and removed his eyes. "He's in there alright, and nine others. 7 seem to be astral projection, but two seem real. His chakra seems to be leaking into the statue for some reason, and one of them had a Sharingan, that canceled out my Doujutsu."

'I don't remember the Mangekyou doing that, so it can't be Itachi, but who?' Kakashi thought, knowing fropm experience that he couldn't, so this must be some stronger sort of Mangekyou. Sakura walks towards the rock, and cracks her knuckles. She then reeled her fist back then slammed the boulder with all her might. It began to crack up a bit, then finally shattering to pieces. Every single one of them were surprised to see this happen, even Neji who never gets surprised.

'What the hell did she do!' They all thought, but Tenten was the first to realize that she used the same technique Tsunade uses to fight, and becomes angered even more. As they all looked inside the cave, they saw two figures standing before the floating Gaara. One of them had blonde hair and looked like a girl. The other was a bit more dark like.

"I see you've made it. Which one of you is the Jinchuuriki?" Asked the blonde. Naruto walked over to them, cracking his knuckles. "I'll give you a hint, he's about to smash your balls into the rocks surrounding us."

The others behind him sighed at him but the younger ones were trying to figure out what they meant by 'Jinchuuriki'. Of course Sakura knew. She spent most of her time with helping Tsunade and Shizune with scrolls, and came upon the one with his decree on it.

"Then that means you're the one we're looking for...Deidara, kill the others. I'll take him out." The big guy said, then the blonde one flew out the cave and kicked Naruto in, as tiny little birds came out of his hands, and attacked the surroundings, caving it in from the outside. Naruto held his hand back to the others, as they tried to get in, but only one got inside in time, Tenten. She walked over to Naruto, and saw that the big guy was just about ready to fight.

"Before we scrape, I would like to know your name: So I can know what to write on your grave, and maybe give your parents one of those 'Sorry I killed your weak little seed without mercy' letters." Naruto said, smirking with confidence. Tenten felt like she could laugh all day. Even the Akatsuki man snickered.

"Deidara would love your sense of humor. I, find your little rant offensive. But to answer your question: Sasori no Akasuna. And I'm afraid your tombstone will adorn rocks!" He said, as a scorpion-like tail sprouts from the back of him and shoots towards them.

Naruto dodges past it, pushing Tenten out of the way, and runs up to him, fist held back about to knock his lights out. "Bring it on, bitch!!"

Elsewhere...

SLASH!!!

A person falls to the ground into bloody pieces, behind another with the Sound atire on. He had black spiky hair, and red eyes with three comas in each. He also had three swords: two in his hand, and one in his mouth. The left handed one was a dark blue hilted sword with a snow pattern on the blade, a star guard and a blue number 2 hanging from the end on a chain.

The right handed one was a dark red hilted blade with a fire design on the blade, a crescent moon as the guard and the number 1 in red hanging at the end of the hilt on a chain.

The last one in his mouth was the shortest, as the other two were the longest and equal. It was a beautiful dark yellow hilted katana, with a pattern on the blade like the others, but only this time as lightning. There was also a circular guard on it, and the number 3 in yellow hanging down from the hilt by a chain too.

The man sheathed each of his swords, the red and blue on the right side and the yellow on the left side of his back. He then looked to his side as he heard clapping coming from there. He walked over to it and saw a pale man wearing the same clothes.

"Well down. You keep this up and you'll be able to finally kill your brother." He said, as the swordsman walked off. 'Itachi is not my problem now. I won't challenge him until I know I can beat him: and the only person I know to survive an attack from that bastard, is him.' He thought, thinking about a ninja who was clad in orange.

End Chapter...

Kenshin: You say it, but don't scare them.
Zeke: REad and Review punks.