Key:

"Speaking"

'Thought'

"Mystical being speaking"

'Mystical being thought or jutsu'

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XxXxX-One day after the Bright Light

"We where unable to find the impact site Hokage-sama," an ANBU said while bowing to Sasuke inside of his office. The night before while Itachi and himself where on the roof their home looking into the peaceful sky that they witnessed meteor hit the surface of their planet. The impact made a bright flash the distance that was clearly in Iwa's borders. A joint team of ANBU from both Iwa and Kohona was sent to investigate the area but came up with nothing.

"I see. Thank you Rat-san," Sasuke said as the ANBU with the bird mask disappeared from the room. Sasuke sighed and turned in his chair to look out over the village of Kohona. The village has grown of the years and was growing close to the village that was in Sound territory.

"What do you need, brother?" Itachi asked from the front of the desk. Sasuke turned to look his brother in the eye. Itachi has the raven mask on to hide his identity, but was still the head of Leaf's ANBU Corps.

"Thank you for coming. Will you check out the crash site? I know you will be able to find it if you tried," Sasuke said with a smile.

"Sure, but why is everybody so worked up about this?" Itachi asked in curiosity.

"Well, some of the people thought it was a UFO that crashed into the area high in the mountains. Where they got that idea I don't know, but to silence these crazy people we are going to find this crash site and prove that it just a meteorite," Sasuke said, informing his older brother of the situation at hand.

"The mission will be done, Hokage-sama," Itachi said and disappeared from the room.

'Hmm, this has been the first public out cry since the Great War. What could this mean?' Itachi thought as he ran out the gates of Kohona and towards the borders of Iwa.

XxXxX-Night of the Bright Light

"Shit, why does the atmosphere have to be so condensed!" Naruto shouted as his fighter went crashing down into what was clearly Iwa's mountains. Naruto knew this because when he was at war with every country in the world he had to study every geological area in every country. So yes, he knew his way around.

Naruto's ship smashed into what seemed like a small cave. Naruto ejected just before the small fighter went crashing into the cave and it didn't help that Naruto had fuel to last him a trip there and back to Pantora five times.

Naruto immediately jumped behind a rock that was large enough shield himself from the blast that was sure to happen. Sure enough, the blast erupted that almost blinded Naruto but he was saved due to the straw hat that was swiftly pulled in front of his face.

Once the blast died down, Naruto stood up and looked all around him. The rocky earth was charred beyond belief because of the blast and Naruto was sure that the light from the blast was seen from all around the area.

'Well this is bad. ANBU are going to be all over my ass in a matter of hours' Naruto thought as he turned to the dark mountain behind him. The spot the he crashed was truly beautiful. Naruto could see the entire valley that made up the breadbasket of Iwa with the capital that Deidara massacred on the opposite side of the valley. There was a full moon that lit up the entire area that just added to the tranquility of the scene. Naruto wore his pure white uniform and cloak while he had on his gas mask and straw hat that covered up his face completely.

'This was quite the time to land, but I need to cover this up before the obvious ANBU show up' Naruto thought as he did a few earth jutsu that covered up the entrance to the cave while also clearing the area of any charred markings of his crash.

'Damnit! Forgot to cover my chakra! This might be a problem if someone with the Sharingan or Byakugan shows up. They can easily track me down!' Naruto thought to himself. Since he used to be around people that never used chakra, Naruto never needed to mask his chakra until now. It has been awhile since then.

'Now back to my mission. Now we agreed to meet on an island near the capital of Water. Great… I was blown off course big time' Naruto thought as he began to walk towards the island that he told his men to land.

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It was the middle of the day when Itachi arrived at the mountains that the believed UFO crashed. Itachi swiftly activated his normal Sharingan and made about twenty shadow clones and started to scout the mountain. As to this day, Itachi and Naruto where the only ones believed to have mastered this technique. About one hour later nineteen of the clones where gone while the last one was still searching.

'What is taking that clone so long? Maybe-,' Itachi was stopped from his musings when a rush of useful information rushed into his head. It seems that his last clone near the top of the mountain has found something. Itachi quickly dashed to the site where his clone found the evidence.

Upon entering the site where his clone found the information to find one of the most beautiful sites in his life. Looking out over the lush green valley that made up Iwa's breadbasket and at the end of the valley the jewel that made up Iwa's new Iwakage Tower. It was built into the side of the mountain as to give it support from another attack. Itachi was quickly shot from his musings when another chakra signature seemed to be directly above him. An ANBU from Iwa was standing in front in blink on an eye.

"Hello Raven-san. State your business inside the borders of Iwa please," the Iwa ANBU with a rhino mask on asked.

"I'm currently looking for the crash site from the bright light," Itachi returned with a grin. Iwa and Leaf have been getting along great ever since the Great War ended. They where two largest powers after they took Rain and Sound from the top. The people of Iwa still a little ill intensions toward Sound as does the countries of Swamp and Star because the treatment the Sound ninja gave to the population of the three countries.

"I see. Any luck? Can I be of any assistance?" the Rhino ANBU asked as two other Iwa ANBU jumped into view. Itachi, of course, knew that they where there the entire time.

"If you wish to stay then so be it, but you do not need to if you don't want to," Itachi said emotionlessly as he continued to look around area with his Sharingan. The three other ANBU started to search the area as well. It was about another fifteen minutes until Itachi finally found something. There seemed to be the use of chakra in the side of the cliff as to make sure know one get into the area. There was also a trap set up so know one could mess with the area or the entire area would simply blow up.

"What did you find?" an ANBU with a Bull mask on asked.

"I found the use of chakra in the side of this cliff," Itachi explained to the three Iwa ANBU.

"It's imbedded into the side of the mountain?" Bull asked.

"Yes," Itachi replied while looking at the chakra that was used. Itachi truly wished that he brought a Hyuuga with him so he could see what was on the inside.

"But this could mean anything. Is there someone here to cover up the crash and take away what ever fell from the sky? Anything is possible!" an ANBU with a monkey mask on said to the group.

"True, but I think I found out where this ninja that stole the meteorite went," Itachi said as he looked towards the path where the unknown ninja traveled. The ninja seems to be simply walking so the thief was only a half a days away.

"Are we going to catch him?" Bull asked.

"Well no shit," Rhino said as he slapped Bull over the head. Monkey and Itachi simply sweat dropped at this as the two started on their way down the path at high speeds.

XxXxX-12 hours later

"Shh, we are approaching the target," Itachi whispered to the group behind him as they approached the ninja who simply stood in the center of a clearing. The ninja left the mountains a while ago and was now in the foothills of the border near the Iwa-Swamp countries.

"Maybe he isn't hostile?" Monkey asked.

"True, lets approach as if we are friends," Rhino suggested. Itachi and everyone seemed to agree with this as all four ANBU entered the clearing. In the center of the clearing was a man about Itachi's height wearing a pure white cloak that went from his heels to his nose area. He was also wearing a straw hat that shaded his face, making it impossible to see underneath. The breeze fluttered the bottom of his cloak as they entered the clearing.

"What do you wish of me?" the figure asked in a very static voice. It seems that a mask of some sort was muffling his voice.

"We traced you back to the crash site of the Bright Light. What are you covering up and what did you take?" Monkey asked with authority in his voice. The figure turned around to face them but they could still not see past the darkness that made up his face.

'I've felt this chakra signature before but from where?' Itachi thought as the white-cloaked figure stared at the three ANBU in front of him.

"I'm not covering anything up Monkey-san, as well as take anything," the white-cloaked man said in his static voice.

"That's a lie! We traced you back to the crash site! Now what did you take!" Rhino shouted.

"Sorry, but you must have me mistaken for someone else," the static voice of the white-cloaked ninja stated. This static voice was beginning to piss off the Iwa hot heads that was Bull and Rhino. Monkey was beginning to get angry himself while Itachi was as calm as ever.

"If you don't tell us then we will have to get the information by force," Bull said angrily as the three Iwa ANBU began to pull their weapons.

"Then I am not responsible for your deaths," the white-cloaked man said as he continued to stand in his relaxed position.

"You? Kill us? Do you really think-," the Rhino started but was interrupted when all three of the Iwa ANBU simply fell to the ground with their heads sliding off.

Itachi was in awe. It was like in a half of a blink of an eye the three Iwa ANBU that where with him died. How can someone move that quickly? It was simply impossible! The only ones capable of moving that fast was the Yondomie and Naruto, both of which are dead. So, how can this man move this fast that even the legendary Sharingan can't keep up with it?

"Hello, Itachi," the white-cloaked man said, interrupting Itachi from his musings.

"Who are and how do you know my name with my mask on?" Itachi asked as he slipped off his mask and sealed it away. The white-cloaked man sighed and shook his head.

"You're getting rusty, sensei," the white-cloaked man said in his static/emotionless voice. Itachi's eyes widened. There was only one person to have ever called him sensei and that was…

"Take off your head gear," Itachi demanded. The white-cloaked man complied and took off his hat. Underneath the hat was a gasmask that made it impossible to see his face. The man slowly pulled off his gasmask, so slow that it hurt Itachi in the heart.

Once the mask was off, Itachi couldn't believe what was happening. There, in front of him was the man that united the world threw pain and suffering. Naruto sealed his mask and hat away in his sleeves and looked at Itachi with his normal Golden Sharingan activated. Naruto did not pull up his pure white scarf.

"But, what, how," Itachi stammered out. Naruto simply stared at stuttering form of his old time friend. Itachi stopped his stuttering and simply looked into Naruto's eyes. Itachi began to walk towards Naruto slowly. Naruto raised an eyebrow in confusion. What was he doing?

Itachi broke out into a run and smashed Naruto into the ground with one of the largest hugs that anybody would have known. Then Naruto saw Itachi do something he would have never thought he would see him do. Itachi began to cry. Itachi cried into Naruto pure white scarf and was beginning to make it very wet but Naruto never cared. He simply hugged his friend back. Itachi's crying finally subsided and Itachi looked deep into Naruto's.

"I thought you where dead," Itachi said. Naruto smiled a true smile. One that he hasn't had since the beginning of the Great War.

"So does everybody else, but I thought I would let at least you know what is going on," Naruto said as Itachi hugged Naruto again. Two men finally stood up and began to converse.

"What happened to you? Where did you go?" Itachi began to ask.

"Hush hush. It all happened in the middle of the war when met a man that could help me…," Naruto said as he told Itachi all that happened to him over the years. Most people would throw Naruto's story out the window, but Itachi had one hundred percent trust in him so Itachi believed every word that came out of Naruto's mouth. On the other hand, Itachi told Naruto everything that has happened to the countries over the years that he was gone.

"So, these Separatists are going to attack our planet? Why would the droids attack us? We did nothing wrong," Itachi asked.

"They want more area so they could make more factories and produce more droids for the war against the Republic," Naruto said.

"Ahh, now I get it, but why are you here?" Itachi asked.

"Now I can't let my favorite planet die out after what I did to bring peace," Naruto said with a grin. Itachi smiled at this. So Naruto still liked this planet after everything that has happened.

"I also take it you brought men along with you?" Itachi asked.

"Bright as ever I see. Yes, I brought a little men, but not enough to take on an entire droid armada. These men might be good, but not good enough," Naruto said grimly.

"Then how do you plan on defending this planet?" Itachi pushed.

"We are going to have to utilize what little ninja are left after the war and push them off. If we can successfully defend them once then they won't try it again."

"Why?"

"Because if they see us as a resistant planet than holding it will be even more troublesome for them and won't waist the resources on trying to put the planet under check."

"I see."

"Well it was nice to see you again, my blood brother," Naruto said with a smile as he held out his hand for Itachi to shake, but Itachi enveloped Naruto in a massive bear hug instead.

"When will I see you again and who can I tell about your survival?" Itachi whispered into Narutos ear.

"Soon and anyone you deem worthy. I trust your judgment," Naruto said as he backed up from the hug.

"Goodbye," Itachi said as Naruto walked off into the forest.

"Goodbye," Naruto replied as he simply disappeared into the forest.

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