Chapter 7 is here, kind of short, but I need a weeks break from all this, it's getting to my head. So remember comment, your feedback helps, and favorite if you liked it. See you guys in a week.

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Chapter 7: Day 2 1/3

' For midnight, this village is busy.' Naruto thought to himself as he walked through the village gates. The village looked exactly like Konoha except that everyone was wearing a mask covering their mouth. ' I got a feeling Kakashi has something to do with this.' Naruto continued down the street looking for a inn to stay at. But as he walked, people around him stared. Naruto was feeling nervous, it seemed that anyone at any minute would jump out and attack him. He kept walking, relying on his senses to help him in case of an attack. After walking 10 minutes, Naruto finally found a inn. He walked in to see a mid-aged man behind a counter not wearing a mask. The man was too busy reading a newspaper to notice Naruto approaching the counter.

" Hello? " Naruto asked.

" Oh yes sir can I help you? " The man asked setting the newspaper down.

" Yes, I would like a room please."

" Ok, well one room will co-"

Naruto was confused as the man was staring at his robes. ' Is everyone in this village out to get me.'

" Um..is everything ok? " Naruto asked.

" I've seen robes similar to yours, worn by an hokage of Konoha at least 20 years ago. You wouldn't happen to be one would you? "

Naruto smiled," Um yes I am and the one you described was my father."

" I knew it, runs in the family huh? "

" It's a long story."

" Well, I can't have a hokage pay for a room, you can have it for free."

" Oh, thank you."

" It's my pleasure, let me just get the key."

The man turned his back to grab the key leaving Naruto curious of why everyone was staring at him and why they were wearing masks.

" Hey, why is everyone wearing a mask? " Naruto asked.

" It's a tradition, everyone wears a mask by choice at midnight. " replied the man still looking for the key.

" Why? "

" 50 years ago, this village was attacked by an army of bandits, they killed all our soldiers and the civilians were ready to throw in the towel, but our leader had different things in mind. He faced the army by himself and killed every single one of them, but died in the process. He wore a mask covering his mouth with a design of a werewolf mouth, some say his mouth was the equivalent of a werewolf. but the council thought it would be best to leave the mask on when they buried him. Also, if I may ask, were people out there staring at you? "

" Yeah, made me feel uneasy."

" Well don't worry, no one's out to get you, it's just we haven't had a visitor in a while." the man stated.

" What do you mean by that? " Naruto asked filling out the room registry.

" This village, when our leader died, his body released an energy that covered the entire village, people with a pure heart can see the village and the ones that aren't can't see it and will walk through the village, seeing just miles of land. You are the first we've seen 2 months, the last being this ninja heading from your direction, um you wouldn't know a Uchiha would you? "

Naruto immediately stopped writing. Anger started to fill his mind, thinking Sasuke had a pure heart wasn't relevantly funny to him. ' After all the things he's done to Sakura and I, he's considered pure hearted, this has to be a fucking joke! '

" Sir, are you ok? " the man asked.

Naruto looked up at the man, realizing he spaced out and he had yet to answer his question.

" Um...no I don't know anyone that goes by the name of Uchiha." Naruto answered finishing his registry

" Um..ok well here's your key, have a good night or morning. "

" Heh heh, you too." Naruto replied heading up a pair of stairs leading to a hallway of rooms.

Naruto looked at the room number on the key, room 20. Naruto looked up at the hall, the rooms were side by side and one room at the very end of the hall. Naruto guessed his was the last one, so he proceeded forward. As he walked down the hall, thoughts of Hinata came to his mind. He missed her, at least around her he could be himself and not be criticized about it. Yet he kept feeling like she was keeping from him. Why hasn't he met this "Keio" or heard about him until now? Why was Hinata just bringing him up a month after their wedding? Could she be cheating? All these questions swirled in his head, but he was sure Hinata would never cheat on him, but there was always a possibility. Naruto made it to the room, sure enough, it was room 20. He opened the door to see a floor bed, a small kitchen, and a window. Naruto went straight to the bed, tired from traveling. He took off his robe and changed into his PJ's. He looked at his picture of Hinata and kissed it before going to sleep, dreaming of being home.

Sasuke sat on the edge of his bed, thinking about Sakura, her pink hair, her green eyes, he missed her,but he had to run to keep her safe. In his mind, they could never be together, too many people were after him, she would never be safe. Even if he went back to Konoha, he would spend years in prison, he couldn't bear for her to wait. Suddenly the door opened, Shinigami walked in.

" Follow me." Shinigami ordered.

Sasuke did so, upon exiting the room, there was a hallway with cells left to right. Sasuke followed Shinigami down the hallway which led to a pair of stairs. They walked up the stairs to a giant room full of deformed human beings and creatures. Sasuke continued to look at Shinigami, worried if he looked at them and one of them thought he had gave them a look, especially since he didn't have his sword. They continued into another room, 3 others were in it, surrounding a table with maps on it. They approached them, Sasuke feeling nervous for once.

" Sasuke, this is Yuxisto, my wife Qai, and Red." Shinigami said pointing out each of them.

Sasuke looked at Yuxisto, not sure whether to call them male or female, they wore a mask and a hood concealing their whole body, the mask was plain black, blending in with their Sasuke looked at Qai, an orange haired lady wearing black robes, but one half of her face was painted white and the other was painting red while her lips were black, Sasuke felt a feeling of depression and sadness when looking at her, he turned away feeling that if he kept looking, he would eventually feel the same way as her. Finally Sasuke looked at Red, the name summed it up. His skin was red, he had sharp teeth, black robes on, his hair spiked out his head like stalagmites and he had two large blades on his back, Sasuke noticed the blades looked similar to Zabuza's.

" So Sasuke, I brought you here to tell you our plan for tomorrow, Naruto will arrive at the cave where we meet by noon, we'll send two of our soldiers out to fight him to test how strong he is so we can know how strong you must be to face and win him if necessary." Shinigami stated.

" Wait, how do you know Naruto's going to be there? " Sasuke asked.

" Our master sees and knows all. " Shinigami replied grinning at Sasuke, creeping him out.

" Umm ok, so what will we do in meanwhile? "

" We'll watch from the trees, it's essential that we find out what he's capable of."

" You want to control him yet you don't know shit about him."

" Well this is the perfect time since we've got his frienemy don't we? "

Shinigami left the room, leaving Sasuke along with the other 3, all of them being silent.