Authors Note: (A/N): After completing this chapter I decided to make a minor change to the story. Now Evangeline's identity will be known by the Hokage, Dog, Weasel, and Bear. Before I had it that only Naruto knew her identity but know it is different. The mention of this was in chapter 2 during the conversation between Naruto and Hinata in the forest but now I went back and changed some facts and added a sentence or two.
Also publishing speed will be cut down a lot from this point forward. Schools will be starting tomorrow so that will be cutting into my time. Sorry Guys!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto Franchise or Heavens lost property; also the other Anime that I borrowed themes from.
Chapter 7
A Dark Past (Setting the stage)
(Part 3) A Day of Training. A day of Relaxing.
The Orphanage
By this point many of the ninja that were around the area where arriving at the scene. Most of the civilians were a block away and making their way towards the orphanage letting their curiosity guide them.
Appearing in a large swirl of leafs Hiruzen took note of the entire situation his 6 decades worth or experience allowing him to assess the situation in seconds. Three out of his five sense's washed over the entire area allowing Hiruzen to take in every detail with his eyes, ears, and nose.
20 seconds after Hiruzen arrived and assessed the situation Dog finally appeared next to the old Hokage. "Sir!"
"Dog I have a bad feeling about this." Hiruzen said as he and Dog saw the first orphans starting to come out of the building with staff members guiding them. Just then Weasel appeared with 34 armed and ready ANBU black ops members hanging off the side of the roofs, light post's, and other areas.
"We have to put the fire out come on!" Yelled out an unnamed ninja as he sped through hand signs.
"Water Style: Water Stream Jutsu!" Coming out of the ninja's mouth was a jet of pressurized water that sailed through the air heading straight for the fire. What no one but the Hokage, dog and weasel noticed however was the broken electrical wires that were exposed to the water attack. "Wait you fool!" The Hokage yelled out.
But it was too late, the water connected with the exposed wires causing a large explosion that shook the area. After regaining their footing the shinobi could only stare in shock at the large fire that erupted from the water attack. Hiruzen by this point who was already worried for the safety of the children was now furious at the careless display by one of his subordinates and he wasted no time in letting everyone know that.
"YOU FOOL! How could you make such a careless mistake? Did you not see the wires?!" Hiruzen yelled. The shinobi that launched the water style ninjutsu could do nothing but look down in shame. "You boy, get out of here this instant! Because of your mistake you could have harmed the children!" The ninja that Hiruzen was tearing into could not meet anyone's gaze as he pulled back from the crowd.
"Dog!" Hiruzen bellowed. "Sir!"
"You know what to do. This area is now a crime scene. Initiate all proper protocols. Meanwhile I'll suppress the fire. You have your order's now go!" Hiruzen commanded with all the authority his 6 decades in office afforded him.
Dog to his credit showed why he was selected as an ANBU Captain and got straight to work giving out orders to his ANBU Squad's. "Team 1 Defensive formation around the Hokage! Team 2 lock down the area this is now a crime scene! Team 3 Get those orphans and staff members out of there! Team 4 Prepare to do a sweep of the building after the fire is neutralized! Weasel and Bear you're with me! Now let's move!"
All 4 ANBU Squads snapped to attention at hearing their captain giving out orders and when they received them they all disappeared in fast Body Flickers to do their jobs. Team 1 alongside Dog, weasel, and bear appeared around the Hokage and walked with him over to the blaze that was raging out of control. Team 2 and its members speeded out of the location to surround the area forming a perimeter around the Orphanage trapping the shinobi that were already at the location and stopping the late night civilians that were coming to investigate the explosion in their tracks. Team 3 quickly moved to the front of the building were they grabbed any orphan that were running out of the building and bringing them far away to safety before repeating the process. Also team 4 alongside the medical ninja that were now just arriving on the scene went to the front of the building were they assisted team three with taking care of the scared civilians.
With the Hokage
Walking up to stand a few yards away from the burning building Hiruzen looked up at it with solemn eyes before they hardened and he set to work putting out the fire. Holding up the ram hand sign Hiruzen flexed his chakra and it came pouring out of him in waves pressing against the backs of the ANBU Escorting him.
"Fire Style: Heat Conduction Bodily Transfer Jutsu!" (1) Holding up the hand that was doing the ram hand sign Hiruzen pointed it at the raging flames and like magic the flames started to head straight for his outstretched hand. "Stand Back!" Hiruzen yelled out. Quickly moving out of their leader's way the ANBU team were shocked at what happened next. Right before the flames touched the old Hokage's hand they fizzled out of existence leaving the heat vapors to get sucked up into Hiruzen's fingers. Quickly raising his other hand and putting it into the ram hand sign Hiruzen pointed those figures towards the sky were out of them came a large steam cloud that had the same heat as the original fire itself.
Seeing such an advanced Fire Style jutsu had the ANBU team minus Dog, Weasel, and Bear whispering towards themselves in awe. Once the fire was put out Hiruzen put his hands behind his back and turned towards his ANBU entourage and addressed them. "The fire has been neutralized team one secure the area and stand guard at the sight of the fire. Dog, weasel, bear you're with me come".
Calmly walking back to the front of the building Hiruzen came across the sight of three of the staff members being attended to by some of the medical ninja. The last of the orphans were finally being escorted out of the building and Hiruzen witness team 4 darting inside the building to follow theirs orders.
Seeing those three staff members irritated and upset as the medical ninja dotted all over Hiruzen decided to walk up to them and see what was wrong. "What seems to be the problem?" Hiruzen asked as he looked down at the tree matrons sitting on a bench. "Nothing Lord Hokage we are just shaken up is all. Besides these medical ninja insist that we go to the hospital to get a full checkup and examination". Said the man with the ever present clipboard in his hands. Seeing the man doing everything he could to avoid his gaze Hiruzen grew curious and so asked him his name. "I see; young man what is your name?" Looking up to meet the much older man's gaze the matron responded quickly "Terumoto Noguchi Lord Hokage". Shaking his head Hiruzen dragged his gaze towards the other two sitting next to the now named Terumoto Noguchi.
Quickly catching his questioning stare the other two gave out their names as well. "My name is Tomiji Oshita sir". The man that had just lit up a cigarette said stiffly though it was soon snatched up in the blink of an eye by one of the medical Ninja that gave the man a disapproving look while the others gave him a (are you serious look). Even Hiruzen gave the man a certain look as he would not be seen smoking his pipe at a time like this. The woman of the group gave her name next. "Nui Sumida Lord Hokage".
Looking over the three with a critical eye Hiruzen quickly came to the decision that something was a little 'off' with them as when he looked to the other staff members he could clearly see them terribly shaking up and even some of them were cry just like the children, but when he looks at the three before him they didn't seem to scared or frightened. It was because of this reason that Hiruzen was trusting his instincts that he has honed over the years instead of dismissing it as nothing.
"Be that as it may I am ordering all of the occupants of the building to be brought to the hospital where they will stay the night". Hiruzen declared. Seeing the three reluctantly agree Hiruzen gave a satisfied grunt before walking off towards the front of the building. "Dog I don't like this I want a back ground check done on all of the staff members that have worked here for the last for years, especially those three". Hiruzen said calmly. "Yes sir!"
"Lord Hokage excuse me but do you really think that those three deserve to be under your scrutiny and notice". Bear asked as he spoke up. Merely glancing at the ANBU Agent that had the bear mask on Hiruzen replied while walking into the lobby of the Orphanage. "Bear you're one of my more outstanding agents, don't second guess yourself or begin to have doubt. That is far beneath you especially with you former occupation. We live in a Shinobi village, don't think it is outside the realm of possibility that we may have spies or even sleeper agents. I would not doubt that for even a second".
Hiruzen said as he lightly patronized his ANBU agent for doubting his judgment call. "Sorry sir I won't make that mistake again". Bear said humbly. "That is fine Bear but enough of that; Dog… Naruto was not with the group of Orphans that you team extracted and the explosion originated in his room, now I believe that I have put off the attention that his missing status deserves". Hiruzen said his voice laced with an undertone of hidden worry as he began climbing the stairs to the third floor but if you look closely enough you could see he is walking at a brisk pace.
Suddenly before Hiruzen could get to the second floor one of the ANBU agents from team 4 appeared at the top of the stairs and in a monotone voice said "Lord Hokage there is one casualty. A body is located at the sight of the explosion."
After hearing the word casualty Hiruzen disappeared in a lightning fast Body Flicker and appeared at the entrance (What was left of it anyways) to Naruto's room. Upon looking in Hiruzen saw that all for walls to the room were blown off and that even the ceiling looked like it was going to come down any second. However when he looked down into the room below on the second floor his heart skipped a beat upon seeing the charred remains of a small child's body. Despite seeing such scene's many, many times throughout his long career Hiruzen could not help the tear that fell from his eye at seeing such a young live snuffed out so early.
Appearing behind the aged Hokage Dog took in the scene around him and if you looked closely enough you could see that he had his hands clenched tightly and they were shaking. Composing himself as best he could Hiruzen turned to one of the ANBU agents that was there with them. "Do you know if the victim is the boy named Naruto Uzumaki?" He asked.
"No sir we cannot determine the identity of the body at this time." The agent said in monotone. Biting his lip Hiruzen began asking questions to the team about what forensic evidence they could gather and they gave him the answers that they knew. Behind Dog stood bear and weasel and they appeared fine on the outside but on the inside they were just as shaken up as the Hokage and there captain.
Turning to Bear Hiruzen asked him a question. "Bear can you tell me if Naruto was in the room when the bomb went off?" Taking this as his time to move Bear jumped down into the wreckage below and put his hands on one of the many pieces of wood that were piled up in the room. After a few seconds Bear looked up at his leader and spoke.
"Sir there were two occupants in the room when the bomb went off. Based on the chakra signatures that I am detecting from the wood as well as my familiarity with one of them I would say that one of the occupants was definitely Naruto Uzumaki… but the other one I am not familiar with." Bear said.
Hiruzen let out a tired sigh as a million thoughts were going around in his mind. "Can you tell where Naruto was standing when the bomb went off?" Hiruzen asked. Taking a few more seconds Bear replied. "He was standing by the window when the bomb exploded. If I had to guess he was climbing on what I could only guess was a dresser when he was ejected from the building by the explosion." Bear explained.
"Then there is a chance that he is still alive. Dog, weasel, Bear I want you three to find Naruto immediately." Hiruzen said acting quickly. "What will you do lord Hokage?" Dog asked. Hiruzen sighed at this. "There is no doubt in my mind that there will be and emergency council meeting pertaining to this incident and I wouldn't be surprised if by the time I got back to the tower they would have already convened. I will have to stall them, if word of him being either dead or missing got out there is no telling what will happen. Dog when you find him contact me immediately". Hiruzen said as he turned away from looking at the burnt body on the ground.
'Naruto please be alright my boy.' Hiruzen thought before he disappeared in a Leaf Body Flicker back to the Hokage Tower to deal with the council.
Seeing that their Hokage was gone the three ANBU Agents went out into the hallway were they would begin their search. "Captain how do you want to do this?" Weasel asked. "By smell." Was Dogs reply. Turing away from his team Dog moved his mask to the side before he removed his gloves then he bit his finger hard enough to draw blood. Speeding through a set of hand signs that even some of his fellow ANBU could not see Dog slammed his hand on the floor and out from underneath his palm a Seal array lit up the floor followed by a plume of smoke.
Out of the smoke you could hear a deep voice say "What now? I was just about to get my paws licked by this cute poodle!"
When the smoke cleared sitting at dog's feet was ironically enough a dog. But this dog is a small, pug-like dog with brown fur and a dark brown snout and ears. He has pink-colored paws. He is also wearing a blue vest with the heno-heno-moheji seal and a Leaf Head Band, but his is worn on top of his head. He also wears a bandage on his right front leg.
Looking around and seeing the place he was summoned to was in shambles the dog looked up to its Summoner and upon seeing him in his full ANBU attire immediately straightened up and assumed a more serious look. "Right so I guess we'll be skipping the formalities this time. What's the job, tracking or currier?" The Dog asked professionally as he could see quite clearly that the building he was in had been hit by a bomb. "Tracking. Do you remember the scent of a boy named Naruto Uzumaki?" Dog asked gravely.
"Hummm? Uzumaki eh? Wait you mean the little tyke that you summoned me too two years ago! The little monster nearly bit my paw off when I tried to get him to touch it! The dog exclaimed as he remembered meeting a little blonde bundle of energy two years earlier. He tried to get the toddler to rub his paw but instead of that happening the blonde latched onto the little pug and attempted to bite his hand off.
Upon hearing that some of the other ANBU agents from squad 4 had sweat drops forming behind their heads as they could not believe what they were hearing. "Ahem, be that as it may we need you to track down his scent. Can you do it?" Dog asked his partner. "Hum? I believe so but it will be tough. From what was obviously an explosion erased most of his scent and couple that with all the ash and soot in the air and you have the perfect conditions for his scent to be masked." The pug said.
"Alright but can you still track him despite the setback?" Dog asked. "Yeah I can do it just give me a moment." The pug said as it began sniffing around the area.
With Naruto
'Why does it hurt so much?' Naruto asked in his mind as he stumbled around in the dark with a bad limp. After landing far into the alleyway Naruto blacked out only to return to consciousness a few minutes later at the sound of another explosion. Stumbling to his feet Naruto began to walk in the direction he thought the explosion was but in reality he was going the wrong way. Having enough sense to stick to the shadows that the alley ways provide Naruto slowly and painfully made his way through the back streets of the village trying to find his way to either the explosion or the Hokage tower in the hopes of getting to the Hokage for help. But unknown to him was that his sense of direction was completely thrown off and he was heading further and further away from the orphanage and the location of the old man he was trying to reach.
Stumbling to the corner of an alleyway Naruto looked up through his burry eyes and saw a huge wall that was missing a large section of itself. 'Is that were the explosion was?' Naruto asked himself in his delirious state, his stab wound still leaking blood into the alleyway. All along his body were tiny shards of glass from his window that embedded themselves into his skin when he was knocked back by the explosion. Furthermore two of his ribs were cracked leaving it slightly difficult for Naruto to breath. Also he must have twisted his ankle as he could not walk on his left leg.
If he was in the right state of mind Naruto would have realized that what he was looking at was actually the Great Wall that surrounded the village and the large chunk missing was actually from a certain incident. (2) But seeing as how he was not in his right state of mind Naruto went ahead and walked through the wall and found himself on the outside of the village in a clearing that looked like a large trench. Slowly moving along Naruto walked through the forest tripping and further hurting himself on numerous occasions until it hurt just too even move.
Propping himself up on a tree Naruto held his hands shakily up to his broken ribs and began to sob silently. 'Why did this have to happen? Why? Why did they make Kenichi do that? He was innocent. Why?'
Sitting there for a few minutes Naruto's ears picked up on the sound of water nearby. 'Water, maybe I can go there?' Naruto thought and he shakily got to his feet and using the many trees as support just like in the alleyways Naruto slowly made his way along a small path until he found himself in a large clearing with a wooden cottage and a small lake next to it.
'What is this place?' He thought as he made his way across the field in pain. Coming up to the door on the cottage Naruto weakly raised his hand up to the door and pounded on it once before he felt that he was losing his balance. Quickly reaching out Naruto grabbed the door handle to steady himself. "H-Hel-lo." Naruto called out weakly as he had his face held down staring at the wooden porch. What Naruto didn't see however that was when he placed his hand that was covered in his blood on the door knob a Seal array lit up briefly before disappearing and a soft click could be heard. Naruto who was using the door to support his body weight heard the click and after that he fell forward as the door slid open from him pressing on it.
Hitting the floor with a thud Naruto yelled out in pain as he further hurt his already broken ribs. 'It hurts so badly, please can this pain just go away, someone help me make this pain go away.' Naruto thought desperately as he crawled on all fours into the cabin. Pain was coursing through every fiber in his being as the tiny glass shards that littered his body stung every time he moved a muscle. "H-Hel-lo." Naruto called out weakly again. Hearing no reply Naruto looked up and across the room he saw a plain bed with a single pillow on it. 'If I can make it to the bed then I can finally stop moving and get some rest.' Naruto thought out desperately.
So with his mind made up he began crossing the large space in the middle of the room when he started to feel like he was choking. Coming to a stop in his little journey Naruto started to cough violently before out of his mouth he coughed up copious amounts of blood onto the floor. His coughing fit was jostling his already sore muscles and broken ribs causing the pain he was felling to increase if that was possible at this point. Feeling his vision start to blur Naruto tried desperately to make it to the bed but he was struggling too much.
With the last of his strength he made a final last ditch effort to make it to the bed and in doing so he subconsciously applied chakra to his feet that activated the large sealing array that he failed to notice since entering the house that was spread out across the wide opened space in the house. The last thing Naruto saw before blacking out was a large plume of smoke.
With Dog
Dog, weasel, and Bear waited patiently for the little pug to find the scent of their missing blond and when he did he let them know. "I found his scent follow me". The pug said as he jump across the room and out into the outside world where he landed at the entrance to the alleyway. Coming up behind him Dog and his subordinates follow the little dog far into the alleyway were the dog suddenly stops at a small puddle of blood and an overturned garbage can.
"There is a puddle of blood here." The pug said. Bending down and putting his gloved hand on the ground weasel commented. "The ground has been disturbed here, so this is where he landed after the explosion."
"Yes this is consistent with the trajectory come on let's move on". Dog said. "Sir!"
With that the team took off following the tiny blood trail left behind by their missing charge.
With Naruto
'Where am I? Why is it so hard to move and why am I so cold?' Naruto thought warily as he slowly regained consciousness. Opening his baby blue eyes Naruto realized that his body was very stiff and cold and so for the time being he decided to just move his eyes. Looking around in every direction that he could Naruto took in his surroundings. Noticing the place he was in Naruto first looked down and realized that he was in a bed. Moving his eyes again Naruto looked around and saw many desk around the room that he was in. He also saw that a long counter stretched around the room from what he could see.
On the desks and counters he saw hundreds of scrolls and many paintbrush cups filled with paintbrushes inside. Moving his eyes some more Naruto saw a few bookshelf's of to the side almost out of his line of sight. Looking straight in front of him Naruto saw a wide open space separating the area that looked like an art class room and the section that he was in. Looking down to the open space on the floor Naruto saw that on the floor there was a large intricate sealing array drawn on the floor.
'What is that for it looks so complicated?' Naruto thought confused before his line of sight was blocked by a tiny figure standing right in front of his eye. "You're awake!" The tiny mystery figure yelled out cheerfully as it moved further out from his eyes and Naruto got a good look at what he was talking to.
Standing in front of his face was a tiny and he meant really tiny girl that had extremely long blonde hair that reached down pass her feet and pure blue tiny eyes. Pointed elf ears on the side of her head and a cute button nose finished of her small round face. She was wearing a pure white buttoned up dress that flared out around were her hips would be and two large bows on the side of her dress. On her feet she had on a pair of white socks. Taking all of this in Naruto thought that she was really cute but what really caught his attention about the mysterious girl in front of him other than her height was the four beautiful wings coming out of her back.
They were bathed in a golden hue and had swirl like patterns on them in a lighter shade of gold. The wings were oval shaped but still small. At the tip of each wing the wing thinned out and curled itself into a swirl just like the patterns on the wings itself. On a side note Naruto noticed that the top wings that were facing up over her shoulders were bigger than the ones pointing down.
Trying to speak proved difficult for Naruto as he desperately wanted to know what she was. Trying to speak all that came out of Naruto's mouth were moans and grunts and even that caused his throat to burn and squeezing his eyes shut in the sudden pain that took him he missed the worried look on the girl in front of him.
"Are you ok?!" The girl asked but seeing as how Naruto wasn't answering her she put two and two together and figured out the problem. "Here open your mouth let me help you." The girl said. First opening his eyes Naruto saw the worried look on her face then opening his mouth next he was not prepared for what he was about to witness. Stepping closer to Naruto the girl closed her eyes in what looked like concentration. Then suddenly she opened them.
"Demonic Art: Winter Fairy Hydrokinetic Magic!"
Opening his eyes wide Naruto watched on speechless as the tiny girl in front of him began to literally pull the water molecules out of the air and formed a water ball in front of his face. After the ball was formed the little girl than began to shake her body. Out of her wings came golden dust particles that then mixed in with the water ball to give the water a golden color.
'What?! How is that possible? What is she?
'Wait what is she doing with that water and what's with the gold powdery stuff?'
These were the thoughts of Naruto as he gazed at what the little girl was doing. Without warning the girl shoved the liquid ball into his mouth and down to his throat.
"Demonic Art: Winter Fairy Gold Dust Spirit Water Healing!"
With that said Naruto felt the effects immediately. Were as just a few short seconds ago his throat was burning him and causing him pain, now he felt a cool soothing felling in his throat that he had never felt before. On the outside the girl looked on at what she did and looking at Naruto neck where his throat was you could see an ethereal light blue hue that had traces of gold in it shining through his skin to the outside world.
In a matter of moments his throat felt as good as new. As soon as that happened Naruto felt the soothing feeling of the water in his throat leave and then he felt the water flow down his throat into his stomach like regular water that you drink.
"H-how did you…?" Naruto asked as he could finally use his voice. Huffing and puffing a little in obvious strain the little creature looked up at Naruto with a charming smile that caused his cheeks to be dusted with a little pink. "Oh that, well you were in pain so I helped you out." The little girl said bashfully. "Thank you." Naruto said.
Now slightly embarrassed the little girl who was blushing just said you welcome. "May I ask who or what are you?" Naruto asked. Smiling up at the boy in front of her the little mysterious creature formally introduced herself.
"Well my name is Evangeline Chiho-Ali Dapplefrost and I'm a Demon." The now named Evangeline said as she watched the boy's eyes widen at hearing she's a demon. "Do you not like Demons?" Evangeline asked uncertainly. "No, no, no, well I can't say that I hate demons since you're the first demon that I have ever seen." Naruto said as he tried to reassure the little girl that he did not hate her. 'Besides I would be just like the villagers if I said I hated demons since they call me a demon all the time.' Naruto thought in his head. "Oh well that's great then. I'm happy that you don't hate me!" Evangeline said happily.
With a lot of questions swirling around in his head Naruto decided to ask some of them. "Hey uhm E-Evan-geline was it?" Hearing the boy try to say her name the little girl nodded her head when he got it right. "Right well I wanted to ask you are there other types of demons out there?" Hearing the question Evangeline nodded her head again. "Yes just like with all the different types of animals in the world there are also many different types of demons." She explained.
"Then what are you?" Naruto asked innocently with curiosity lacing his every word. Smiling at his enthusiasm and apparent interest in her Eva got into a little bit of a lecturing mode. "Well I'm glad you asked you see my species is what is called a season fairy. We are beings that control the seasons and weather." She said.
"Seasons and weather?"
"Yes there are four seasons so there are four different types of fairies." Evangeline explained. "So what type are you?" Naruto asked. Smiling proudly Evangeline puffed out her tiny chest in pride and boasted. "Me I'm a winter fairy so that means that I control the element of water and all the forms it comes in which includes ice, snow, steam, vapor and even the clouds themselves." Evangeline boasted proudly.
"Hehehe! You must be really proud of your type then Evangeline". Naruto commented while laughing softly. "You bet I'm awesome!" Evangeline cheered with a happy grin on her face as she thumped her chest in pride. Seeing her smile like that unconsciously brought a smile to Naruto's lips as just being in her presence was making him feel better.
"Hey Eva I have to ask you something." Naruto said getting the fairy's attention. "When I got here I was really hurt and I still feel it but not as badly as before… did… did you fix my wounds?" Naruto asked as he could still feel the pain all over his body but he also knew that it didn't hurt as much as before and he still felt really cold.
Blushing bashfully Evangeline responded. "Yay that was me, when I saw you, you were in terrible condition and you were bleeding out so much that I thought that you were going to die. I didn't have much time so I froze all of your wounds to stop the bleeding." The little fairy admitted. That's when it hit Naruto. 'So that's why I am cold and stiff.' Naruto thought.
"You know I never got your name…" Evangeline's soft voice brought Naruto out of his inner thoughts and that was when he realized that they were having a full blown conversation and yet she still didn't even know his name. "Oh, my bad the names Naruto Uzumaki nice to meet ya!" Naruto said.
Smiling warmly at the boy Evangeline said "That's a really cool name Naruto Uzumaki your name means Maelstrom Whirlpool; that sounds like a really powerful name!" Evangeline said enthusiastically with a blinding white smile on her face. Hearing her compliment his name like that and also getting the correct meaning of his name on her first try gave rise to a warm feeling in his heart and stomach that felt similar to when he thought he made his first friend but at the same time he realized that it was much different. Also the smile she had on her face had something to do with it he was absolutely sure.
Naruto's happy moment didn't last forever though because Evangeline asked a particular question that brought back some unpleasant recent memories. "Hey Naruto can I ask how did you get like this you almost died?"
Immediately Naruto's mind replayed all of the events that happened to him all the way up until the explosion and his late friend last words. Reliving these scenes in his head caused tears to fall out of his eyes. Seeing this the little Fairy got worried. "What's wrong?"
"He's dead!" Naruto cried out as tears fell rapidly down his face. "Who's dead?" Evangeline asked worriedly. Sobbing uncontrollably Naruto choked out "My friend".
Hearing her gasp at this he continued even though he didn't even know why. "I killed him! I killed him! Someone was threatening him to kill me or they would send him back to a bad place he didn't want to ever see again and when he tried to kill me I ended up killing him! I'm a murderer I killed my very first friend!" Naruto screamed out as he was starting to go hysterical at this point.
Little tears started to fall from the fairy's eyes as she could not believe how cruel the situation the boy in front of her was in. Pressing herself against Naruto's cheek Evangeline began saying soothing words to try and comfort the boy in front of her. While it helped only a little it wasn't enough as Naruto refused to listen to reason and insistently called himself a murderer.
Not even aware of it herself Evangeline began to sing to herself. Minutes ticked by with the little fairy still singing and Naruto's sobs slowly came to an end. After calming the blue eyed boy down Eva spent the next five minutes talking Naruto out of the notion of him being a murderer and she even went as far as to ask him if Kenichi in his final moments was angry at him. When Naruto told her that Kenichi wasn't mad at him and that he was sorry for what happened Evangeline just smiled at Naruto and told him that he wasn't a murderer and that he should forgive himself.
Though he didn't think of himself as a murderer anymore Naruto still felt heavy remorse for what he did.
"Hey Evangeline what was that song you sang to me?" Naruto asked. "Oh that… it was a song that my mother use to sing to me." Evangeline said softly. Picking up on the meaning Naruto said "Use to… Evangeline may I ask what happened?"
Nodding slowly Evangeline said. "Well it just happened. You see us fairies are kinda near the bottom of the food chain when it comes to us demons and since we ae so small we have a lot of predators that would like to kill us. I was out with my family just a little while ago. It was me and my sisters and mother we were doing are usual rounds in the underworld when a larger demon ambushed us. I and my sisters were really scared but my mom was so brave she took on that larger demon all by herself despite not being much taller than me. She told me and my sisters to run away and we did but I got separated from them and I could hear their screams and when I looked back the dog demon I think it was, was right behind me. I thought that I was going to die but then I felt a tug like feeling and before I knew it I was in the middle of this room covered in your blood and I saw you bleeding out in front of me." Evangeline said sadly.
"I'm sorry that your family was taken from you Evangeline especially since you didn't get a chance to morn them since you started taken care of me right after. I feel awful I'm truly sorry." Naruto said remorsefully for the little girl in front of him.
"It's ok Naruto it's just the way of things. I knew that something like this would happen eventually my mother always told us that at any given moment we could be attacked because of our small size and that's why not many fairies live to see adulthood because of all the predators that we have." Evangeline said. "I don't know maybe I just except that this could happen or maybe it really hasn't hit me yet that I may never see my family again but don't worry about it you had nothing to do with this." Evangeline said sadly.
Naruto could do nothing but look on sadly at the little fairy that just potentially lost her entire family just a little while ago and she wasn't even crying. "But enough of the sad thoughts Naruto I have something to tell you that is really important." Evangeline said seriously. Giving her his attention Naruto listened in carefully. "Naruto when I got here I had a few bruises and cuts on my body and so when I was summoned here I landed directly into the pool of blood that you coughed up…" Evangeline said as she trailed off.
Seeing her all of a sudden get quiet Naruto asked. "Ok so you landed in my blood what does that mean… is it something bad?" Looking up at Naruto with uncertain eyes Evangeline continued. "Well you see when I landed in it our blood mixed together and I ended up absorbing almost all of the blood that was coming out of you into my body and you yourself took in some of my blood as well. So you see if I'm right about what I think just happened then that means we by accident formed a blood contract." The fairy said. "What is a blood contract?" Naruto asked hesitantly.
"It's the second strongest binding contract in existence. It means that we are now bonded together and I am now your servant and you are my master." Evangeline said.
"What?!"
"Yay that's not all you see because of this contract it also strengthens the possession I have on you." The fairy added.
"Wait what hold on we are going to fast now. What do you mean possession?" Naruto asked hurriedly as he was getting overwhelmed by all that was being said. "Well you see when a weak demon like me comes to the mortal world we actually run the risk of being killed by nature itself."
"Wait! Getting killed what do you mean?" Naruto asked. "You see Naruto demons are actually created by nature itself. It's a little hard to explain but you see Nature is constantly giving off energy and when some of that energy clumps together it can get absorbed by something and that something then becomes a demon. Like that dog demon that attacked me it must have come in contact with a large amount of natural energy and it was turned into a demon. But if a weak demon like me was to walk around too much and be exposed to nature it might try to absorb me." Eva explained.
"So let me get this straight if a weak demon was to expose itself to nature for too long then it can get absorbed back into nature." Naruto said. "Yes! Wow you're really smart Naruto." Evangeline praised. Naruto could do nothing but blush from her compliment. "So you see now because of that fact weak demons like me need to possess someone or something so that we can become immune to the effects of nature and that is why I possessed you so that I wouldn't run the risk of getting absorbed back into nature… that and because you were really hurt and I wanted to help you." Evangeline said.
"Well I think I get it so I guess I'm ok with this. But one other thing why am I your master and you are the servant? Naruto asked.
"Well because you summoned me and we made a contract." The little girl said simply. "Oh, well ok then but I'm not really comfortable with being anyone's or anything's master." Naruto said uncertainly. "That's ok it's just a title and fact you don't have to treat me that way if you don't want to." Evangeline said.
"If anything I would actually like to be friends with you… that is if you want to?" Evangeline asked timidly at the end. Naruto looked away at this as he suddenly looked very uncomfortable. Seeing this Evangeline asked him if he was ok. "Evangeline I – I don't think we can be friends. Bad things always happen to me and if you stay with me you'll get hurt." Naruto said sadly. "So." Was the blunt reply.
"What?" Naruto said stunned. "So. Naruto I was born and raised out in the wild in the underworld, the underworld man! All the wild demons that live their live by one rule and one rule only and that is kill or be killed. I'm no stranger to danger or violence. So what you've had a pretty tough live, so have I and I say we can take on anything that comes our way but only if we stick together." Evangeline said courageously.
Naruto just laid there stunned beyond believe at what the little Fairy had just told him. A tear left his eye at this. Then another, then another until he was steadily crying but no sound came out until Evangeline heard it. Laughter. It started out soft until it got louder and then Naruto was fully laughing with tears coming out of his eyes. Seeing this for reasons that Evangeline could not figure out she started laughing as well. They stayed laughing for a few minutes until they both calmed down.
"So friends?" Evangeline asked. "And partners." Naruto responded which brought a heart melting smile to the little winter fairy's face and a genuine smile to Naruto's.
"Since I've been summoned it's been about thirty to forty minutes… well at least that's what that clock says." Evangeline said as she suddenly started talking. "And in that time we have managed to become friends, cool huh?" Naruto finished. "Yeah."
"I just realized this but this is the first time I've been outside of my village. Maybe I could stay here for a little while and make this little place a home. It's really dusty so that means that no one's been living in it for a long time. Also it's the place that I've met you at so that's a bonus." Naruto said causing Evangeline to blush at because of what he said at the end.
"I'm not really like in my village so maybe I could stay here for a while ya know." Naruto said. "Or you could just leave and go somewhere else if you're not like there." Evangeline added.
Naruto thought about it for a little bit and then said. "Well ya maybe I should just go I only have one person that actually cares about me but it would be a weight off his shoulders if I was to go away. So ya let just go…"
"Really you would just up and decide to leave without saying goodbye to me Naruto?" A voice said intruding in on the conversation. But it was a voice that Naruto knew all too well. Looking up to the door on the other end of the room Naruto saw it open up and standing there in the door way was the Hokage.
"Gramps?!"
With Dog
Following the blood trail the team weaved their way through the alleyways until they reached the end and standing in front of them was the great wall of the village in all its glory… well except for the massive hole in it but you can just ignore that. "He must have gone outside the village." Bear stated. "I just got word that a presence was detected heading outside the village approximately 9 minutes ago". Weasel said. "Right let's go!" Dog said as the three ANBU Disappeared from there spot.
Reappearing in the massive artificial clearing the ANBU looked around until they found a blood trail off to one side leading into the forest.
"This way!" Said the little pug. Following the blood trail the ANBU found several spots full of evidence. "It looked like he must have fallen right here as well." Dog said as he found another spot where Naruto fell down. "Let's go!" Dog said.
10 minutes later the ANBU team stumbled upon the exact same blood spot. "Wait everyone something's not right here." Dog said as he and the other two ANBU got on guard. "What is it captain?" Bear asked. "I think we are caught in a Genjutsu." Dog said. "Are you sure Captain, if we were in a Genjutsu don't you think we would have sensed it, especially me?" Weasel asked.
"That may be true but I think we are dealing with something that even you can't detect Weasel." Dog said as he looked around the area until his eyes fell on a particular tree that had a mark on it. Walking up to the tree Dog put his hand on the bark and upon closer inspection he realized that the mark was made by a Kunai impacting the tree. Put something was off about the mark. Instead of only one impact mark there was three. One large mark and two small marks on top and below the large mark and they were perfectly aligned. It was symmetrical and to natural for it to be three different weapons impacting the same tree in the same spot.
That was when it hit him. Dog eyes widened considerably behind his mask as he realized where he was and what exactly type of weapon it would take to make that distinctive mark on a surface. Turning to his two subordinates Dog yelled out urgently. "Weasel Get the Hokage right way I know where Naruto is!"
Doing as told weasel disappeared in a fast Body Flicker and 30 seconds later the Hokage was standing with the three ANBU agents. "Lord Hokage I know where Naruto is look at this mark." Dog said. Taking one look at the mark on the tree Hiruzen immediately knew what his agent was talking about. Before the other two agents could question what was going on Hiruzen took over. "Follow me everyone, we are under an area wide Genjutsu and you will need my help in getting to our destination." Hiruzen said and with that he began walking in a certain direction perpendicular to the tiny blood spatters on the ground.
Following behind him was his three ANBU agents and soon they found themselves in a large clearing with a cabin on the far side along with a small lake. Crossing the distance fast Hiruzen reached the door and saw the blood lead up to the bottom of the door. "Bear did you erase all traces of the blood trail as you moved?" Hiruzen asked. "Yes Lord Hokage but the only ones unaccounted for are the ones in the forest that were under the Genjutsu." Bear replied. "Good, Dog you know this area well go with Bear and destroy all traces of the blood and do it quickly." The Hokage commanded. "Sir!" Disappearing quickly they retraced there steps and began destroying the evidence.
Turing back to the door Hiruzen was about to temporarily disable the seal on the door that kept people out when he heard Naruto's voice on the inside but what's more he heard not just his voice but also the voice of a little girl. Curiosity getting to him He pressed his head up against the door and listened in on what they were saying. What he heard warmed his heart and he felt joy when he heard Naruto laughing without a care in the world. However his joy turned to sorrow and remorse at what he heard next and then he knew that he would have to act soon. Moving to the window to get a peak what he saw shocked him beyond believe.
He saw that Naruto was laying dawn on the bed but what got his attention was the fact that he was covered in a thin layer of frost and in some areas of his body it wasn't frost but full blown ice patches and he could see that the bed was covered in blood. But before he started to jump to conclusions and panic he looked towards Naruto's face and by doing so he saw that Naruto was talking to a little creature. It was so small that he could not see what it was exactly.
Quickly moving back over to the door Hiruzen placed his hand on the door and temporarily took down the seal that was protecting the door. Just then Dog and Bear came back and told him that they were done. Getting ready to open the door Hiruzen with his great hearing heard a sentence that came out of his favorite blondes mouth that made his heart skip a beat (And not in the nice way) and his blood run cold. Now starting to panic Hiruzen tossed caution out the window and opened the door while saying.
"Really you would just up and decide to leave without saying goodbye to me Naruto?"
"Gramps?!"
That's the end of chapter 7 hoped you enjoyed it.
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1.) Fire Style: Heat Conduction Bodily Transfer Jutsu! - This jutsu is unique to the Third Hokage as it allows him to suck the heat out of any fire near him into his outstretched hand; He then transfers it through his body and out his other hand to a safe location.
2.) This event happened during Kurama's attack on the village. When Hiruzen with Monkey King Enma's help (In his Adamantine staff form) pushed Kurama through the wall and all the way outside of the village. [Which in my opinion was totally awesome!]
On a side note: If anyone figured out the Identity of Dog, Weasel, or Bear please PM me. Also it should be obvious where Naruto ended up and who that shack belonged to.
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