A/N: While this story has been on hiatus, it has finally come off! And I'll give a summary of what's been happening to clear up the confusion that some people have been having.
Summary: In short, Naruto was attacked underwater. All of his powers were stolen from him and put into a small baby, which was created by his self. The culprits are a organization known as The Shadows. What can he do now? You'll find out in chapter 10, which is now!
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Naruto was slowly drowning: he couldn't even move now. The sphere had cracks in several spots, and water was streaming out of it. Just as the water was about to kill him, Guren burst through the sphere, and scooped him up. She could only look at him with pity and rage. She had to get him to the leaf village.
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By the time Guren had made it to the leaf village, she was ready to collapse. But she made that last little squeeze to take Naruto to the hokages office. She crystallized the guards at the first sign of resistance. She kicked open the door a gently sat Naruto right in front of a shocked Tsunade. Then she promptly fainted.
Tsunade ran an exam over Naruto, and didn't like the results. It was as if his chakra network was stripped of all the properties the even made it a chakra network. His connection to nature energy and his nine-tails reserves were cut off from him. He was helpless. "Oh Naruto, there's no way to fix this. It's over. Your ninja career. I'm so sorry."
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Naruto was in complete darkness. He felt as if his entire body was cut off from the world. He couldn't live like this, he'd die of it! In his wallowing despair, his mind was breaking down. And just as he was about to die, he saw a shining light. He wanted to go to it, to be warm, but he couldn't. So the light simply moved to him. It engulfed him, and he regained his person: all his memories flooded him, he knew he was himself. Then the voice spoke to him. 'Naruto,youaredestinedtobethistimeperiodssavior.Whenyouareingoodenoughshape,Iwillsendforyou.Icanhelpyougetnewstrengths,andmaybeevenyouroldpowers,it'salluptoyou.Nowwake,youaremissed.' And with that closing sentence, Naruto opened his eyes.
He was immediately slammed with hugs. They came from all of his generation, and the sensei's and every other ninja present. Sakura was crying her eyes out, Shikamaru gave the "everything is always trouble with you look. Naruto started stammering out apologies for making them worryabout his own problems. After everyone had cleared out, he looked at Shikamaru, who had remained behind.
"So what's really gonna happen when you recover?" Shikamaru was leaning on the table across from Naruto. Naruto just chuckled. "I knew you'd sense something, you always were too smart for your own good!" "Talk, Naruto. And if I don't like what I'm hearing, I'll stop you." "I'm sure you won't, Shika. But my strength was stolen from me. I plan on getting new strength so I can stop the people who stole my power. Do you plan on stopping me?" By now Naruto was sitting up on his bed, ready to restrain Shikamaru, because Naruto would never attack him, Naruto would kill him.
"I agree that you should stop them, The Shadows, that is. But only on one condition: take me with you. And that Samui girl will do nicely too." "Shika, no way! I couldn't ask you to get involved in my mess!" "Naruto, you forget some things. Firstly, you have to travelto wherever. You need some one to watch your back, considering you don't have any strength. And Samui has some purpose. And I think you like her."
"I. Hate. Your. Guts! And I refuse to say I like that…that, specimen! But looks like I don't have any choice but to go along with it. We'll leave tonight, if I can find out where to go. You should start packing now."
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Naruto was at his house, lying on his bed. He closed his eyes, and thought, 'I'mready.Tellmewheretofindyou,Idon'tlikesittingaround,powerless.WherewillIfindyou?' 'Iamhere,Naruto.' An image flashed in Naruto's head. He was flying through the air, past Kumo, past the sea and he landed on an uncharted island…in the sky. He was 300,000 feet in the air. And on a cloud, there was a small mansion sitting atop it. The rest was pure white cloud. 'You'llfindmehere.I'llbewaitingforyoutocometome.' Naruto opened his eyes, I do need Shikamaru…and Samui, he thought.
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Shikamaru was almost done packing. He had his chakra blades from Asuma, some food rations, and changes of clothes. Shikamaru was normally extremelyandexponentiallylazy, but now he decided he needed to be stronger, if only to protect the ones he loves. He started to set out, when he felt a familiar presence. His dad just stared, not surprised by his son's leaving at the middle of the night. "Make me proud, Shikamaru." Shikamaru smirked, and then nodded. And with that, he was headed towards Naruto's house.
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Naruto and Shikamaru had been hoping through the trees for some time now. They passed through what used to be Otogakure, and were headed for the sea. The high afternoon sun burned in Shikamaru's face, as he had to carry Naruto all the way there. As soon as Shikamaru was about to stop, he didn't need to any longer. They were at the ocean, on the beach. And then, they just dropped unconscious, knowing they were safe, as the beach has been abandoned for many years. It was full of dead bodies and looked as if war hit it. It was The Beach of Eternal Sleep.
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I apologize for the long hiatus. All I can say is, I'm back now so review and let me know what you think.