Alex unites up with old friends, and not only the ones in the village.
Chapter 6 Start
I stood in between of the leaf ninjas I had saved waiting for one of them to break the silence. The first one to speak is Tenten
"You really look different Alex."
"I know."
"Why did your eyes change so much?" Ino asked
"My guess is, since they were blue to begin with and when I use the beast's power they turn red the two colors might have started to merge."
"Alex?" Sakura said
"Yeah?"
"Why did you not show us who you really were when you arrived at the prison to help us?"
"Two reasons. First because I wanted to keep my identity concealed from my enemies and second I didn't want my allies to know in case I decided I wasn't going to stay in this world."
"Why wouldn't you stay even if it was only for a bit?" Kiba asked
"I didn't come here of my own free will, Tsunade forced me here."
"How did she do that?" Naruto asked
So many questions "The necklace she gave me can open portals near the wearer, so they must have activated it because here I am."
"That's not fair to you Alex." Choji said
"I know, but I picked of my own free will to stay here, anyway can we continue this later I have a mission to go on." They agreed and went their different ways and I went to the gate.
Tsunade said I could visit one friend...I decided I would visit him. I knew where the area was, and where the town was located, at least if they didn't move. I had a bit of trouble getting through the mountainous terrain but finally I managed and as I got higher on the mountain, the town became more visible. I got down off the mountain and followed a path to the town. The path led me right to the town and I walked right through it the gate, people here told little notice of me. I kept walking until I came to four gravestones. I looked at the one furthest to the right and read what it said on it.
R.I.P
Here lies Shin Maki
Killed early in life
Loved by many villagers
Friend of Alex McLean
Will be missed by many.
They actually asked my name after he has killed, guess this is why. I still regretted that I couldn't stop him from dying. I remember it so clearly. Him finishing the bandit boss, Yumi standing with the dagger, The dagger flying into Shin's chest, the way I killed her for that, Shin dying in my arms, the villager's reactions, I remember it all perfectly. I also remembered the words the beast told me before "Ninja don't have the luxury of grief." I said quietly to myself.
"Hey who are you?" I heard a voice from behind, I turned and saw the mayor of the town.
"Not surprising you don't remember me it has been about a year."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Alex Mclean."
"What!"
I had to prove to him that I was the same person that was with Shin, it took a while but he finally accepted that I was the same one.
"Alex, it's been a year, why has it taken you this long to visit?"
I couldn't tell him the truth "Sorry, I've had a lot of work and it's been keeping me busy."
"Well, at least you managed to come visit him even if it is in wartime."
"Yeah, I had some time to spare and decided I could use it to come here."
"I'm sure Shin is glad as well."
I decided to change the subject "How has everything gone since the bandits have been gone?"
He smiled "Perfectly. We have rebuilt everything they had destroyed and now we can try and expand out village."
"That's great."
"Anyway I have to go. Come talk to me before you leave alright?"
"I will." he walked away and I turned back to the gravestone.
"Do you still feel responsible for this kid's death?"
"I am. I was there when it happened, and yet I didn't prevent it."
"Didn't? You COULDN'T, the dagger flew too fast no matter what you did, you wouldn't have been able to stop it."
"But if I killed Yumi right away this wouldn't have happened."
"You can't change what happened."
"I know."
"You have to live on for him.
"I know."
"You have to fight for him."
"Not so sure that one is so much about him then you."
"Well, I'm bored."
"We should get going anyway."
"Yes we should."
I said good-bye to the mayor and left the town.
I had returned to the forested area of the leaf and followed the path leading to the mission area. Border patrol, That's what I thought of it as, but at least I might get to do a bit of fighting. This place looked familiar but then again I hadn't remembered much of the area surrounding the leaf village so who knew if I had been here before. I finally arrived near the area and sat on a boulder and waited to see if I could see or hear anyone around. I stretched across the boulder and enjoyed the sun that was shining down. I sat up when I thought I heard something in the trees, I listened and heard nothing, then another sound. I jumped off the boulder and watched in the direction I thought the sound was coming from. All of a sudden, from the darkness of the trees, two daggers flew out and stabbed right through both my shoulders and also pinning me to the boulder. As I lifted my hand to try and pull one out, two more daggers flew out and stabbed through my hands and also pining them to the boulder as well. I heard footsteps from where the daggers came up and after a few seconds a man walked out. The only way to describe this man is he was fat and ugly. He wore a hand band of the land of earth.
"Well that wasn't too hard."
"So you're the one sneaking into our land." I said struggling to get the blades out of me.
He most have noticed my intent because he said "Don't bother, those blades suck the strength and charka from my opponent, leaving them helpless."
I ignored him and kept pulling.
He pulled out a huge black club covered in spikes "No matter what you do, you're going to end up dead."
"Any ideas?"
"No, the blades have weakened me as well."
"So this could very well be the end?"
"This is war, we knew we were risking our lives and also our opponents will not show mercy to anyone."
"I have no idea what I can do at this moment."
"Well you only have about another few seconds before you die."
"Any last words, kid?"
"Fuck You."
A flash of anger appeared on his face but then it quickly disappeared "That's what I would expect from someone that has no chance to win." He rose the club up "So long kid." He swung it down and I looked down to the ground. I hoped it would be over quickly.
I felt the club hit me, but not on my head where I expected and with much less force then needed to kill me, it hit my shoulder and even though it wasn't strong enough to kill me it didn't stop one of the spikes from stabbing into me and drawing blood. "Ouch." I looked up and saw the man was held in place by the branches of a near by tree.
"What the hell is this?" He shouted fighting against the wood. One wrapped around his neck cutting off his voice.
I heard two voices from far to my left I looked but didn't see anyone "Break!" the branch tightened around the man's neck, he grabbed it and tried pulling it off but the branch tightened more and more and he couldn't rip it off. Eventually he stops pulling and his arms fall to his side and his body goes limp. I was in trouble if it was another enemy, but if it was it was likely they would have left the man alive to kill me first, then again I was useless at the moment. Two people walked out from behind a tree and walked over to where I was. I turned my head to the ground and waited. I felt the two daggers leave my hands and a second later the ones in my shoulders. I fell to the ground because of the energy that was drained from me. I saw one kneel to my left and one to my right, then I feel their hands on the wounds in my shoulders, I flinched then I feel the pain quickly subsiding, medical ninjutsu.
"Who are you two."
"Allies." the one to my left said, the voice was female and familiar.
"Thanks for helping me there."
"No problem." the one to my right, also female and familiar, said.
After they finished with the wounds in my shoulders they moved to my hands. Those wounds didn't take as long and were finished quickly. Once the wounds were healed they moved back a little and I struggled to my feet. I was still feeling weak, and I placed my hand on the boulder to steady myself. I looked at the two who saved me and saw they were two kids. They both had pale eyes and one of them had the same colored hair and the other one was wearing a wool cap. They were both about two feet shorter then me, most likely around 4-4 1/2 feet. They seemed familiar but I couldn't quite figure it out.
"Are you all right." one of them asked
"Yeah, thanks."
"You don't recognize us do you?"
"...honestly, no."
The one without a hat looked to the other one "Maybe he'll remember if you take the hat off."
"Alright." She took the hat of and revealed the same colored hair as the other girl. Memories suddenly flashed through my mind and I instantly remembered who they were!
I smiled "Sorry that I forgot you two, Kuna and Kiko." The two twins that I helped a year ago, now they saved me, Ironic isn't it?
I thought they would be happy that they could see me again but they looked the slightest bit angry, even worst is I couldn't tell them apart now. One of them walked towards me, I had a feeling I knew what she was going to do, she stopped when I was in arm's length. She looked up at me then swung her hand and slapped me across the face, this one was without a doubt Kuna and that slap hurt a lot more then the other one she gave me before.
I rubbed the side where she hit "What was that for?"
I saw she and Kiko were on the verge of tears "You're a jerk! You know that Alex?"
"What did I do?"
"Don't act dumb Alex! We went to the leaf village after you didn't visit for almost 5 months!"
I got it now. I was gone when they went.
"When we arrived we asked the Hokage where you were. She said that you went to a far off location and no one around here may ever see you again!" Tears were streaming down her face now.
"I know it must have been hard but let me explain."
She ignored me. I looked over at Kiko and saw she was looking at the ground. This wasn't going to be easy. I realized this place looked familiar as well because I came this way to their village and it was close by.
"Let's go to your village and talk about this okay?"
Kuna stayed silent but started walking towards the village and Kiko followed behind her, I followed after them.
The village seemed the same as it did before, except for the fact that no one had to live in fear anymore. The girls kept walking through the village and I had no choice but to follow them if I wanted to talk to them. I had decided I was going to tell them the truth about where I had gone.
"Are you two going to listen to me?"
No answer. I kept walking with them, when I felt a hand touch my shoulder, I instantly turned getting ready in case it was an enemy and I saw Rud.
"Just making sure you are, Alex right?" I nod "It's good to see you again kid, I just didn't want to mistake someone else for you, you look really different from the last time I saw you."
I noticed the twins stopped walking when Rud started talking to me "Yeah, well a year can change a person a lot."
"That is true. Where are you headed by the way?"
"To be honest I have no idea."
"We'll going to our house." Kuna said talking mostly to Rud.
Well I've decided I'll tell them and I'm sure I can trust him too. "Rud can you come along I have something I have to tell all of you."
"Yeah I guess I could come."
He started following us to the twins house.
When we finally arrived at their house we all walked in
"Mom! We're home and we brought someone with us." Kuna shouted through the house.
"Kuna what are you talking abo-" Masami stopped talking as soon as she saw me "Is that who I think it is?"
"It depends. Who do you think I am?" I asked
"I think you're an amazing man who rescued my children and released this village from rouge ninja."
"Then yes that is who I am."
"It's good to see you again Alex."
"Same to you Masami. Also do you have anywhere where we can sit I have something to tell you all."
Masami, and the twins sat on the couch, Rud sat on a recliner and I sat on a wooden chair.
"I'm warning you now, this can not leave this room and you all must promise you will never reveal this to anyone. Okay?" They all agreed "Also what I am about to say will sound a little insane but everything I am telling you is the truth." I pause for a second and take a deep breath "I am not from this world I am from an entirely different world." I go on and explain what is different between the two worlds, what happened to me there and more. Once I finished they were silent.
"This is really the truth?" Masami asked breaking the silence
"Yes. This is the reason I wasn't here for a whole year."
"Sounds a little hard to believe." Rud said.
"I know, it sounds almost impossible but it really happened."
Kuna and Kiko still hadn't said anything to my tale.
"I only realized my mistake when it was to late to come back and I have regretted it everyday I was away and I am sorry about it."
"Alex...I'm sorry for hitting you again and calling you a jerk...again." Kuna said not looking me in the eyes.
"You did what, Kuna?"
"Masami, don't worry about what she did to me, I'm perfectly fine."
"I-I'm sorry too Alex, for not listening first." Kiko said quietly
"Don't worry about it. I just wanted you all to know why I was gone."
"We know now and we don't hold it against you." Masami said.
I had been in the village for about an hour now. I was lying down in some grass and watching the clouds, not much else to do after completing my mission, and it seemed kinda unfair for the twins if I left right after thy got to see me again..
"Hey, Alex!" I sat up and saw the twins coming towards me.
"Hey!"
"Alex we challenge you-" Kuna started
"to a fight." Kiko finished.
"I don't think you would be able to do much. Citizens don't have much of a chance to hurt a ninja."
They smiled at each other and then they both took something from their pants pocket. They both had a piece of blue cloth with a metal plate in the middle, it took me a second to realize they were head bands, and another one to realize they were leaf hand bands!
"You two became ninja?"
They smiled with pride "Don't you remember how we asked you before if you thought we could become ninja?" Kiko asked
I thought back and I remembered they asked me that when the celebration was coming to an end. I told them I think they could.
"I do, but you're both only...ten now?"
"Yes, we'll ten now. And age has nothing to do with the talent you have as a ninja."
"I guess. Did you train in the leaf village?"
"No. The hokage sent someone over here to teach us." Kuna said "We learned a lot and really quickly too."
"So you still got to stay in the village at least."
"So do you accept?" Kiko asked
I thought about it for a moment then told them "Alright I accept your challenge!"
They told me to follow them.
They had led me to a circular arena, well more like a circular area of land that was fenced off. I noticed some villagers were watching and I even noticed Rud and Masami were in the crowd too.
"I'm guessing you two told people you were going to challenge me?"
"Maybe a few." Kiko giggled as she and Kuna went to the opposite side of the area.
"What's allowed in this match?"
"Anything is allowed just don't over do it." Kuna told me "Are you ready Alex?"
"Yeah I...no actually I'm not."
"Why?"
"Give me a sec." I said jumping out of the arena.
"I need you do to something."
"You need me to extract from your body so you can fight them on equal terms right?"
"How did you figure that-oh right you can see all my thoughts. So will you?"
"I guess."
I felt the process begin and the energy starting to extract it's self and then the beast was standing beside me. I heard people step back from where I was standing.
"I guess I forgot to mention this."
"What is that thing?" Kiko asked
The elemental beast looked at her "I'm the one that made it possible for Alex to save you, so I should suggest showing a little respect." Kiko took a step back.
"No need to scare her you know. So yes this is the elemental beast that's been inside my body for a while."
"Why did you remove it from your body?" Kuna asked
I jumped back into the arena "I think it would be unfair if I had his power during this fight because even if he is just in my body, my elemental jutsu increase in strength."
"So you're tying to make it more fair for us. We don't need a handicap!"
"It's not a handicap, I am fighting you as me, not the Elemental Ninja." I said.
"All right fine. Ready now?"
"Yes!"
Two against one and I have no idea what they can do. Guess I would find out soon enough. As soon as the battle started they ran to different sides, I caught on to what they were doing.
"Pretty good tactic making it so I can only keep one of you in my sight."
I stayed looking at the spot where they were because by looking there I could still sightly see them both. I notice some movement from both of them, I turned to one of them and saw they were preparing a jutsu.
"Fire Ball Jutsu!" they both used it at the exact same time which also made it harder to avoid. I jumped back right before the fire balls hit each other. Unison attacks, very clever. Smoke rose from the spot the fire balls hit and clouded my vision. I closed my eyes and listened. With my eyes closed I would be able to concentrate on sound more so I would be able to avoid them even with the smoke. I heard something scape the pavement to my right, I whipped my hand in that direction and shot a blast of wind, I heard an exhale of breath of I knew I hit one of them. The blast of my wind also cleared some of the smoke, I saw that I had hit Kuna, it was still a bit tough to tell them apart, and Kiko was beside her kneeling. I saw them whispering to each other, they were making a plan. I waited even though that isn't what would happen in a real battle. They both got up and I got ready. They threw a few Shuriken at me which I easily blocked, but they took the time it took me to block to get to different sides of me again and this time they had kunai in their hands, also running towards me. I don't know how I did it but I managed to grab their wrists then I twisted my body and threw back against the gate, as they flew through the air they dropped their kunai.
"Do you two give up now?" I asked mockingly
"No way!" They both replied in unison.
"All right. Your choice." I started doing hand signs, they must have known my jutsu were strong because as they saw me doing signs they rushed towards me to try and stop me. They didn't reach me in time, I hit the ground with my palm "Electric Field!" The twins stopped running and moved away quickly, too bad this move can't be seen above ground. A moment after they moved back their bodies went rigid and then they fell to their knees.
"I didn't put much force into that one but I could put more in."
They were both breathing heavily now "A-all right Alex I surrender." Kuna said
"Me too." Kiko agreed
"You're both pretty strong."
"We didn't even hit you." Kiko said.
"What did you expect I have had a lot more experience then you two.
"Why can't I get up Alex?" Kuna asked
"Oops...I guess I used enough electricity, it must have numbed your body a bit. It should wear off in about 5 minutes.
The crowd had now separated and everyone went their own way. I was still in the arena waiting for the numbness to wear off, The beast also re-entered my body. After another 15 minutes they could finally move again.
"That was more then 5 minutes Alex!" Kuna said glaring at me
"Sorry, guess I put to much power into that move."
"It hurt you know." Kiko said
"Sorry but you have to put up with pain if your going to be a ninja, trust me I know. Does it still hurt?"
"My arm does."
"Let me see." I take her arm and use medical ninjutsu. "Is that better?"
She looked at me surprised "You can use medical ninjutsu too?"
"Yeah...I used it when I helped you two return here."
"Did you? I don't remember that. "
"I'm sure you two would have noticed."
"Hey Alex?" Kuna cut in
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to see something?"
"What is it?"
"It's a secret, come with me." She started walking away, guess I might as well see what she wanted.
I followed her to a huge building and she lead me inside. I saw shelves full of books and scrolls. A library.
"So Alex, what do you think?" Kuna asked
"Well it wasn't here when I was here last time."
"You haven't seen the best part yet Alex." She said walking towards a shelf.
"Oh, that's why you bought him here Kuna!" What reason could she have for bringing me here?
She stopped in front of a shelf over filled with scrolls "This is it!"
"What's so special about these scrolls?"
"Take one and see, Alex."
I take one off the shelf and open it. It didn't have a title. I look through it and see that it says how to use different types of ninjutsu and tells you how to use it!
"Is this really true?"
"Yeah we managed to learn some from them." Kiko said
I took another one and saw it had a list of some Taijutsu abilities.
"Where did you get all of these?"
"The villagers donated them to the library."
People have stuff like this lying around? That's not a very good use for them. I take out a piece of paper and a pen and start writing.
"Alex what are you doing?"
"Writing a message to the hokage."
"Why?"
"I'm going to see if she will allow me to stay here for a while to read some of these scrolls."
"You're gonna stay here for a bit?" they both asked excited
"Yeah I'm going to ask her for a week."
"Should we go and ask our mom if you can stay with us if you can stay here?" Kuna asked
"I'm at least going to be here for tonight I won't be getting a message back until at least tomorrow."
"So we should?" Kiko asked
"You don't have to trouble yourself and your mother."
"We'll going to ask." and before I could say anything else they had already left. They seem pretty excited.
I sent a shadow clone with the message to the leaf and the twins told me their mother said I could stay there until I go back to the leaf. I also took a scroll with me too the twins house when we went back. I was talking to the twins most of the night and around midnight their mother came and told them it was time for bed. I took the scroll and went and sat on the porch to read it, I also bought a lantern from inside so I could see. I was in the middle of reading when a sudden thought hit me. The twins seem like they could be very talented ninja, could stuff like that be passed on from parents? I pushed the thought from my mind and continued reading.
After about half an hour of reading, Masami came out.
"Alex what are you doing out here?"
"I'm just finishing up this scroll now why?"
"I mean why are you out here reading?"
"I figured if I was inside I might have distracted Kuna and Kiko from bed. Plus I like the cool night air." I said as I rolled up the scroll. "Also...this might be a little impolite of me but I've been wondering...who are the twins father?" I instantly saw the look at her face and quickly added "If you don't want to tell me you don't have to."
"Alex...I can trust you...but don't say anything to them alright?"
"I promise I won't."
"Their father is still alive." I was actually a little surprised about that "He left a month before they were born and I hadn't heard from him since then, until about a week ago." I had an idea of where this was going "He's using the war as an excuse he's telling me he wants to become a good father to them and that they will be safer with him where he lives."
"Sounds to me like a bunch of lies." I said
"I know. I told him they were safe with me but he didn't agree with me and he started threatening me. So I have one request Alex. I'm sorry for troubling you."
"It's fine but what is the request?" Here it comes
"If you come across him when your travelling I want you to kill him." Exactly what I thought.
"So you don't think the twins should ever get to meet their father?"
"He left before they were even born, and all of a sudden he wants them. He's hiding something he wants them for a completely differently reason other then their safety. Rud was been more of a father to those too. He left before they were even born he lost the right to be their father!" She said that last line very angrily.
"I guess...if you really want me too I could but I have no idea what he looks like."
"I don't have a recent picture, but here." She placed a black and white picture of a tall, bearded man, on the table. This was him 10 years ago, who knows how he looks now."
"Alright, I'll keep my eyes open for someone that looks like him." The twins mother just asked me to kill their father...that seems a little extreme "Also do you know if he is a ninja?"
"It's been ten years who knows what he's done with himself in that time."
"If he has become a ninja it will be harder for me to defeat him."
"I know if anyone could can do it, it's you."
"Thanks."
"Also I have another thing I wanna talk to you about."
She wanted to talk to me about how my return had affected the twins and what it is going to cause.
"Alex you know they hold you in high respect right?" I nodded "Even if they seemed mad when you first returned, they really are happy you have returned and they still trust you unconditionally, This is just a guess but since they trust you so much and like you as well they, are probably going to ask if they can go with you to the leaf village."
"I can't let them do that. The leaf village could become a war zone at any time and they could get really hurt.
"I know what you're saying, I feel the same way. They're ninja but that doesn't change the fact that they are still only 10. Which means they can only be as strong as one and that they still act like 10 year old's."
"They're still only kids. Being a ninja can't change someone's personality and the way they act overnight. I only started acting different after I almost died a few times."
"I hope they never have to go through that. I hope you know they won't let you go peacefully and they will most likely convince me to let them go with you."
"If it comes to that and they do happen to come with me I'll protect them with my life."
"Thank you Alex." She said smiling.
"No problem."
"The other thing is I noticed the twins were treating you differently when you first arrived why was that?"
"The reason is because they were mad I had left without saying anything to them."
"That makes sense. I don't think they would like me telling you this but, when they found out you were gone they were very upset and I'm almost sure I heard them crying that night."
"...So even when I'm not here I hurt them...it might have been better if they never even met me."
"Don't talk like that! Even when you were gone they still remembered you and believed you would come back one day. They never hated you."
"I just wish I didn't hurt them so much."
"Don't worry so much about it. Anyway it's getting late I'm going to get to bed and you might want to do the same soon. Good night Alex." She said walking inside
"Good Night."
I sat there for another 45 minutes and reviewed everything I was just told. The hardest thing to believe was that I had to kill their father and that their mother asked me too. If they follow me to the leaf village what do I do if he approaches me then? There is no doubt he'll tell them he is their father and then they might try to stop me from killing him. That could be very bad. This was worst case scenario, chances are it won't happen. After reviewing everything I went inside stretched out on the couch and went to sleep.
"Alex? Come on wake up Alex." Someone was shaking my arm.
Not opening my eyes I said "What time is it?"
I heard the person shaking me fall down "Ah! Were you already awake?"
I opened my eyes and sat up and saw Kuna on the ground "No, you just woke me up now. Are you okay?"
She got up "I'm fine. I came to tell you breakfast is almost ready so get up."
Breakfast? That would mean Masami was up and seeing as how Kuna was also awake might mean Kiko is also awake.
"What time is it?"
"It's about 9:30. Why?"
9:30...That's later then when I usually wake up...I guess I stayed up a little late last night.
"Just wondering."
I got up and went to the kitchen. Kiko and Masami were just finishing the cooking.
"You know you don't need to trouble yourself more just because I'm here, right?"
Masami looked over to me "You're a guest, we can't just pretend you're not here."
"I guess that makes sense but still-"
"Just accept the hospitality." she said turning back towards the stove.
"All right." I said giving up
We had just finished breakfast when someone knocked on the door.
"I'll get it." Kuna said leaving the table. A few seconds later she came back in the room with Rud behind her.
"So you are here Alex." He said when he saw me.
"Yeah, I'm here."
"I have something for you." He took out a letter.
"From the Hokage?" I asked, taking the letter.
"Yes."
I opened the letter and read it.
To Alex
When I sent you on this mission I didn't expect you would want to stay there for a while.
I don't like doing this but I can grant you a bit of time there, a week at max.
Use the time you have there wisely, do not waste the time I have given you.
If I decide you are dearly needed back at the village I will send another message.
If you stay the week on the day you are due to return I will send 5 Anbu to
escort you back to the village, to make sure you will be in good shape upon returning.
One last thing. On the sixth day send a message telling what time you
plan on leaving there so I can send the Anbu, and they will try meet you before you leave.
From, Tsunade.
"Looks like I might be able to stay here for a week if nothing too big happens at the village."
"So you get to stay for a whole week?" Kiko asked
"It's not for certain, if there is emergency at the village I will be recalled."
"We'll have to see how it plays out then." Rud said
"Looks like it."
I headed back to the library, I couldn't waste my time or Tsunade would be very angry with me. The twins decided to come with me and see if they could learn some new jutsu as well.
"Did you learn something from the scroll you had yesterday?" Kuna asked
"Sadly no. It was mostly about chakra control and a whole bunch of basic stuff."
"That sucks."
"Hopefully you'll learn something today." Kiko chimed in
"Hopefully we'll all learn something."
We arrived at the library and I walked over to the scrolls. I noticed there were different colored strings keeping them wrapped up and they symbolized what knowledge was in the scrolls, whoever write them must have wanted it that way. Red was Genjutsu, blue was Ninjutsu, Green was taijutsu, grey was basic knowledge like the one I had read and white was medical ninjutsu. I took a blue wrapped one and opened it, this one had a title it was, "Fire Element Jutsu." this could be helpful. The twins each took a green one and we sat at the table and began reading them.
The twins got bored after three hours and they said they were going to practice some of the stuff they read about. I decided I had read enough of the fire scroll I was reading so I went and placed it on the shelf. I looked over the scrolls and as I reached for a white one something caught my eye. Something was in the far back, I reached and pulled it out. It was a scroll tied with a black string, it was bigger and heavier then the others, it must have more information in it, but what did a black string symbolize? This might be the only one with a black string. I opened the scroll and almost dropped it as I read the title. The title was "FORBIDDEN JUTSU.". I couldn't believe this was here, this was a dangerous thing to have in an open library, where if any village attacked could find it or where kids might try some of them out and then...I didn't want to think about that. I was tempted to hide it or destroy it, but something about jutsu this powerful lured me towards it. I knew they were dangerous but I still wanted to see them. I opened the scroll a little more and saw a warning.
WARNING: FORBIDDEN JUTSU
THESE JUTSU ARE FORBIDDEN FOR 1 OF 4 REASONS.
THEY DAMAGE THE ENEMY AS WELL AS THE USER
THE USER MIGHT SUFFER A PAINFUL DEATH
THE TARGET OF THE JUTSU WILL SUFFER SOMETHING FAR WORSE THEN DEATH
THEY DISOBEY THE LAWS OF NATURE
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
I stood there holding the scroll not knowing what I should do. Should I destroy it and stop worrying about it? Should I take it and show Tsunade? Should I read it and see if any could help me despite the risk? I couldn't decide.
"You're an idiot!"
"Why?"
"Look at what you have in your hands!"
"I haven't read any jutsu yet!"
"Yet? That means you plan on it!"
"Why does it matter to you anyway?"
"They're forbidden for a reason!"
"So? If you want you can leave my body whenever you want."
"Do whatever you want, just remember I might not be there to save you when you need me."
"All right."
I was about to read more of the scroll when I heard someone shout
"Alex! Are you still here?" It was Kuna
I rolled the scroll up, tied it and slipped it in to my pocket just as she came into sight.
"I'm still here."
"Follow me!" She said running out the library door. I followed her.
She lead me to a forest outside of the village and most of the trees were destroyed and Kiko was waiting in front of them.
"What happened here?" I asked
"We learned how to focus chakra right before we make contact with an enemy...or in this case a tree." Kuna told me.
"You two did all this?"
They both smiled "Yup." they said in unison.
I looked at my watch, 6pm, I didn't realize how long I had been in the library. "We should be getting back now, it's getting late."
They got up and started walking towards the village, and I saw they were breathing heavily, they must have worked hard to destroy that many trees.
After dinner the twins asked me if I could show them what type of jutsu I learned. We went outside and I showed them a jutsu I thought I should be able to use. I aimed it at a nearby tree and did a few signs "Fire Beast Jutsu!" A flame in the shape of a tiger came from my hand and ran directly towards the tree and smashed right through it.
"Whoa! That's awesome Alex!" both twins exclaimed
"It could be a very strong move." I moved to the side and aimed my hand away from anything and said "Fire Beast Jutsu!" I shot one then turned my hand and saw that it followed my hand movements. I lead it into another tree and again it smashed through it.
"That's useful." I tell the twins that I just found out I can control it.
"That can really help." Kiko said
"I know."
That night after the twins go to bed, I took out the forbidden scroll and roll it open. The first jutsu I see, I know. The eight inner gates. Rock Lee used those in his fight against Garra and it is forbidden because it hurts the user. I continued reading it and found out that most of them had at least a chance of killing the user. Well these won't help end the war any quicker, I'll just end up dead. I continued reading for an hour then I decided to get some sleep.
So for the next three days I had the same routine. Being woken up by one of the twins, eat, go study, eat dinner, show learned moves, read forbidden scroll then sleep. On the sixth day I wrote a message to Tsunade telling her I would be heading out of the village by 2 or three. Then on the morning of the seventh day I was just waking up but I didn't open my eyes yet. I heard talking, it was Kuna and Kiko.
"We have to ask mom and hope she says yes." Kuna told Kiko
"But even if she agrees what about Alex? He doesn't want to see us get hurt."
"We're ninja, ninja have to face danger!"
They must be planning to come with me to the leaf village.
"I know but still...Mom and Alex won't accept it easily."
I decided it would be a good time to "Wake Up"
I make a sound to get their attention and then I sat up.
"Oh! Alex did you hear us talking?" Kiko asked
"Huh? No I didn't hear anything, why?"
She stood up "No reason." and she walked out of the room.
I went to the library and read a scroll until noon, then I head back to the twin's and started gathering my stuff up. By 12:30 I was at the gate preparing to depart. Masami, Rud and the twins came over to me.
"Alex...I think you know what the twins want."
"Yeah, I heard them talking this morning."
"You said you didn't hear a thing!" Kuna shouted
"I lied."
"Anyway, Alex" Masami started "I have agreed to let them go to the leaf village on one condition. If you agree."
"So it's up to me..."
"Yes it is so Alex what is your answer?"
"It should be up to a mother to make decisions like that."
"Alex..."
"I guess if they really want to they can come but they have to be careful."
"We will be!" they told me as they ran off to their house to get their bags.
"Masami, Rud I have a request for you two?"
"What is it?" Rud asked
"The library. If it is possible, can you start moving the material in there to a safer location? The books and scrolls in their have valuable information that could really harm the leaf village."
"Really?" Masami asked
"Yeah, plus the ninja scrolls could be stolen and the other villages could use them."
"All right we'll start moving them when we find a safe place." They both agreed.
Within the next 5 minutes Kuna and Kiko returned.
"Alex. Please protect them and do not let their father contact them in anyway. All right?" She whispered to me
"Don't worry about them. I will do everything in my power to protect them."
"Thank you."
"I have something for each of you by the way." Rud said "I got your mother's permission, first before I made these for you." He handed a dagger to each of the girls "You need something to defend yourself. Alex here." He handed me two sliver bracelets. "Put them on." I did as I was told "Now put you hand in a fist and put some chakra into the bracelet." I put my hand in a fist and added some chakra into it, from the bracelets thin sharp iron spikes claws came out from all around forming a circle around my hand!
"Whoa! You made these and the daggers?"
"Yeah well...making weapons is more my hobby then anything, but over the year I have gotten pretty good at it."
"These could be useful. Thanks Rud."
"No problem Alex. Remember you have to protect those two."
"I know. I will."
We said our good byes and then we started our way to the leaf village without the aid of the Anbu.
Chapter 6 End
In my first story I said that chapter 27 was really important. This is why.