Title: Kingdom light
Disclaimer: owning Kingdom hearts and Naruto is one of my lifetime goals, unfortunately I haven't as of yet accomplished it…
Gold: hi! Thanks for the reviews! Thank you thank you thank you! I didn't think anyone would actually like this story when I first posted it but it makes me very happy that some people do. I made this chapter extra long (my chapters seem to be getting longer but I couldn't find a better place to stop, plus I got some great ideas, the chapter after this one is going to be really good!) okay, here's the chapter. Remember any questions and I'll ask my sister about them.
Chapter 10 (what! Ten! Yes! I made it to chapter ten!): Naruto
"Found you!" Everyone looked over and two figures were standing on top of the remains of the building (may they rest in piece) and were both giving Naruto glares that made the guards glare look like a happy smile.
The one who had yelled out jumped down next to Iruka and punched Naruto on the head, "you're in a lot of trouble, not even Kakashi could get you out of this one!"
"Kotetsu?" Iruka questioned as Naruto nursed the lump on his head, "Izumo? What's going on?"
"Iruka sorry about this," the other figure stated walking down the rock pile so he was standing next to Kotetsu. He was tall, in his early twenties, and lean. He wore a blue bandana with a headband on it. Brown hair fell out from under it covering one eye. His eye they could see was a small narrow dark colored eye. He had tan skin and wore a longed sleeved blue shirt that was bound in the middle by a belt. His pants were blue as well, he was graceful as he walked and handsome.
Kotetsu was also tall and handsome but he had a wilder and hot tempered look about him. His personality seemed to contradict Izumo's. His hair was spiked up and black, sticking out on all sides and resting lightly on the side of his face. A white strip of cloth was bound across his nose. He had even narrower dark colored eyes than Izumo and wore the same outfit. His bandana held up his hair.
"We've been chasing Naruto all over Konoha!" Kotetsu exclaimed, "all around the gardens, through the bar, past the market, I'm going to kill him!"
"Let's just take him to see Lord Hokage," Izumo suggested.
Kotetsu glared at him, "but it would be so much more fun to hang him from his feet on the chimney of the school."
"That seems a little harsh," Sora told him.
Kotetsu looked over surprised, "who are you? And where did you get those clothes?"
Sora looked down at his outfit surprised, "what's wrong with my clothes?"
Everyone turned to look at Sora and friends. Naruto seemed to just be aware of their presence in the room, "they're not from Konoha, are they spies?"
"Why does everyone think we're spies?" Keshia asked annoyed, "none of us are even adults."
Naruto slipped out of his jacket and stood in front of Keshia defiantly, "what does being an adult have to do with being a good spy?"
"Well I'm just saying that kids don't usually go off and spy on people like that," Keshia barked back. They were right in each others faces glaring.
"We'll explain everything," Iruka said while he threw Naruto's jacket back at him. Naruto's shirt was a black t-shirt underneath. He slipped his jacket back on but didn't zip it, still shooting glares sideways at the fuming Keshia.
"We have to take Naruto to see Lord Hokage," Izumo reminded him, "he set smoke bombs off all over town and caused a lot of damage."
Naruto turned on him, "I was running away from someone, the smoke bombs were to hide me!"
"Who were you running away from?" Iruka asked sounding concerned.
Naruto's face reddened and he turned away from him, "never mind, it doesn't matter anyway."
Iruka looked taken aback. Kotetsu whacked him across the head again, "you're such a punk sometimes!"
"We have to go see Lord Hokage now," Marrissa told them.
"Why don't we walk there together," Goofy suggested.
Everyone stared at one another a moment. Kotetsu and Izumo exchanged glances and shrugged. They walked up the wall, Kotetsu dragging Naruto by his wrist. Iruka followed quickly behind and the others raced after. The guard stared at the wall a moment, his eyes not blinking and emotionless, "I need a vacation."
Tami maneuvered her way up to the front where the two men and Naruto were marching. They passed along the stalls heading straight for the center. Several people were giving Naruto rude glares while others were just plain ignoring him. Tami felt dislike for these people, no one had a right to treat others that way. She had to understand that Naruto had just set bombs off throughout the town but she hated when other people were cold to someone just because they had different views or expressed them selves uniquely.
"Hi," she said shyly, walking up beside them. Kotetsu let go of Naruto's wrist and started whispering to Izumo, who at first sighed and shook his head rigorously then his eye lit up and he smiled slightly.
Naruto's eyes widened, "hello?"
"My name's Tami," she volunteered.
He stared at her strangely, "you're new here, aren't you?"
She was startled. He acted like he wasn't used to people being nice to him, "yeah, we're from… not around here."
"I'm Naruto," he shrugged, "I guess I got in a bit of trouble today. I haven't had to go to Lord Hokage in a long time… not since before I became a ninja I think."
"Why would you do that to your town?" She questioned.
He crossed his arms, "I didn't do anything. I just needed people to move out of the way so I could get away from him."
"Get away from who?"
"… No one, it doesn't matter," he turned away from her and looked to his left.
Meanwhile Donald, Sora, and Marrissa were in a conversation. Marrissa was angry about the lack of progress they were making and Sora was trying to convince her of what they were doing.
"We aren't accomplishing anything here," Marrissa argued, "I didn't see a heartless in the whole town, the most dangerous thing I've seen here is Naruto."
"Marrissa," Sora said patiently, "I've never been here before, that means I've never sealed the keyhole. Once we seal it we'll leave."
"It doesn't matter if we seal the keyhole here or not! They're not in danger," she growled back.
"They will be if we don't seal it, it's the only way to keep the heartless away," Donald said.
She made a frustrated noise and stamped her foot on the ground, "your friend Axel isn't hanging out with a bunch of ninja."
"Axel's not my friend," Sora responded automatically, "look I want to find my friends and restore your world as soon as possible but I have responsibilities as the keyblade master. Besides I want to help everyone, it would be selfish of me to pick and choose who gets saved and who doesn't."
Marrissa sighed defeated. She kicked a can and hit Keshia in the back of the head on purpose. Keshia had been staring at Kotetsu and Izumo intently, "hey that hurt!"
Marrissa hissed, "stop gawking like a school girl!"
"I wasn't," she insisted.
She sent her a disbelieving look. Keshia sighed and whispered in her ear, "I'm listening to what they're saying so quit bugging me."
Marrissa just rolled her eyes and ran up to Iruka and started talking to him about the ninja academy where the younger villagers learn how to become ninja, no longer interested in what Keshia was doing. Tami moved back and started talking to Sora about the functions of the keyhole.
After arriving at the large building where they would meet the Lord Hokage everyone split ways. Iruka led Sora and his group up the stairs to the front entrance while Kotetsu, Izumo, and Naruto made their way around back.
Anko was waiting inside, leaning up against a wall. Her eyes didn't leave them for a moment as they walked up to her. The hall was large with four pillars on either side. A large door straight ahead was adorned with intricate patterns. Two doors were situated to the right and left in between the middle of each group of pillars. A staircase rose out of view off to the right of the large double doors.
"Hi," Goofy smiled, "it's nice to see you again."
Keshia and Donald exchanged confused glances and shrugged. Anko stared at him astonished, "um… hi?"
"I'm going to go check on Naruto now, I'll see you later I hope," Iruka bowed slightly and left after waving to Anko. His footsteps resonated on the solid ground.
Marrissa shifted her weight impatiently, "can we see the Lord Hokage now?"
Anko's figure blurred and before anyone could move Marrissa was pinned up against a wall. Anko's eyes flashed dangerously, she had her hands pressed against the wall on either side of Marrissa's head, "you won't talk to me like that! I'm no servant that will jump at your command! I'm a Chuunin level ninja!"
"Sorry…" Marrissa muttered, "I didn't mean…"
Anko's eyes flashed again and she backed up surprised, "what?"
Everyone had moved and surrounded Anko, she was holding her head and glaring at them all, "why are you all staring at me?"
Keshia felt cold seep through her sweater, "why are we staring at you!"
"What are you a parrot?" She retorted, "I thought you were going to go see Lord Hokage."
Everyone exchanged confused glances. Marrissa clutched her spear to her side. She'd been using it as a walking stick this whole time. Anko looked confused and disoriented, kind of like how everyone else was feeling. Finally she turned and stormed out of their circle and walked straight through the door to the right, disappearing behind the pillars.
"Have you ever felt like you just missed something really important?" Tami asked.
They followed her inside. Tami turned to Donald and Sora, "what just happened? Why did Anko suddenly snap like that at Marrissa? She didn't do anything. And then she acted like nothing happened."
"No idea," Sora admitted, "maybe she's bipolar."
Keshia walked up along side Marrissa, "are you alright?"
"Yeah, what set her off? Was it something I said?" She asked, "maybe I should apologize."
"Who are you and what have you done with Marrissa?" Keshia asked glaring.
"Huh?"
"Marrissa never apologizes to anyone… ow!" Keshia received a swift blow to the back of her head, "that's sensitive back there! Ow… maybe I just shouldn't talk anymore."
"Good idea," she said and briskly walked up to Anko. They were in a long hallway and were headed for a fair sized wooden door, "Anko?"
"What is it?" She asked distracted.
"Um… I'm sorry for upsetting you… I was just anxious," Marrissa explained.
Anko seemed to think a moment, her brow was furrowed and her eyes had a glassy stare about them, "it's alright… just don't do it again."
She opened the door and walked inside, gesturing for them to follow. They shrugged and walked forward. An older man wearing a big white hat and a long white robe was stared back at them from behind a desk. His eyes were dark and held the wisdom that is only gained through experience. His movements were calculated and brisk.
"Uh, is that the Lord Hokage?" Goofy whispered to Sora.
Sora walked forward, "hi, I'm Sora."
The older man cocked his head to the side and smiled, "I am the third Hokage it is nice to meet you."
"We have to see the first Lord Hokage not one of his helpers," Donald snapped.
The old man jerked his head away from the window to his left that he had been gazing out of and looked at Donald for a long moment, than he started laughing. Donald's feathers stood on end, "what's so funny?"
"It would be very hard for you to see the first Hokage since he is dead," he chuckled. They looked at one another confused. He sighed, "let me explain here in Konohagakure our first ruler was called Lord Hokage. After he died the second ruler was called the second Lord Hokage and I am called the third."
"Oh," Donald mumbled.
"I have to say I've never seen anything like you," he went on as if he hadn't heard Donald, "you seem like humanized animals."
He was referring to Donald and Goofy. They looked at one another and shrugged. Sora interjected, "we're from a different world."
The third Hokage's eyes shone with delight, "another world you say? I never thought I'd see the day… but why are you here?"
"All over worlds are being destroyed by creatures called heartless," Sora began. The man never took his eyes off of Sora's, nodding but not interrupting with questions as Sora told of the events that had transpired. Years seemed to be lifted off of him as the impending threat was explained to him. He politely asked for proof of what Sora was saying, he asked to see the keyblade. Anko gasped when the giant key materialized in Sora's hand, the last sprinkle of magic falling lightly to the carpeted floor.
"So you want to lock a key hole in our world?" He asked, "with that key… and that will protect us from the… heartless?"
Sora nodded as the keyblade faded. Lord Hokage stood and went to the window where Keshia was looking down at the city, "I have no problem with that… but let me tell you something now. Your friends here were taken captive in the forest near here correct? My people thought they were spies from the village of sound. We had originally had a truce with these people but something possessed their leader, Lord Jasieme, to break this truce. He's been using strange creatures to battle us. Some of my people are unable to hurt them. They seep from the shadows and have caused a kind of coma like state for a lot of good ninja…"
"The heartless!" Sora cried, "they're here?"
"I believe so," he said grimly looking back at Anko, "you had a close shave with one not to long ago, didn't you?"
She nodded, "yes, it raked at my chest but I was able to get my kunai knife out. It was small with a helmet on and strange red and blue clothing. It swayed from side to side awkwardly."
Donald put his chin in his hand, "that's not a very high level heartless."
Goofy nodded, "you're right, I wonder why they would be helping out the other people."
"Heartless don't help people, someone is controlling them," Sora guessed, "it could be whoever is behind the new keyholes… it could be Zenshire."
Everyone nodded solemnly. The third Lord Hokage just cocked his head to the side confused but he didn't ask what they were talking about out of politeness. Keshia turned from the window, "something's going on out there."
Sora and Anko looked over her shoulder. The entire village seemed to be outside yelling something that couldn't be heard through the window. Lord Hokage stepped past them all and walked out the door, they all ran after in time to see him fling open the wide entrance doors. Immediately shouts of 'the shadow creatures are here!' and 'how can we fight them?' and even a few 'what do they want from us?' could be heard loud and clear. Eventually the noise became inaudible as they started talking louder to be heard over one another. Silently Lord Hokage put up his hand and everyone fell quiet immediately, either he was really respected or the people of this village were well trained… probably a bit of both.
"What is the matter?" He asked.
Ibiki appeared by his side, "my lord."
Sora and the others listened in, they couldn't help it. They were standing right next to him and a cat seemed to have the entire towns' tongues! Ibiki told Lord Hokage that the shadow creatures had entered the main city where the people were.
"How did they get pass the outer region?" He asked surprised.
Ibiki looked at the crowd of his people that were gathered in the central city, they had all fallen into a tense silence. Everyone stood with their hands behind their backs and eyes straight forward, "someone must have led them in through the tunnels beneath the walls."
A shocked gasp resonated throughout the crowd. Lord Hokage's eyes narrowed, "I can't believe that any one of our people would do such a thing."
"With all do respect no one can be without suspicion," Ibiki said coldly.
He sighed, "you're right Ibiki, gather everyone in the square. I'll investigate immediately."
He swept past him and stood at the doorway, looking over his shoulder he gestured for Sora and his friends to follow. After they had gone inside he turned to his people, "everyone remain calm, and I ask you not to jump to conclusions. We need to stay together as a team, we will do all we can to protect Konohagakure."
He turned and closed the doors. The people in the square began to whisper. They shot off to inform everyone in town about what had transpired. Meanwhile the Lord Hokage led Sora and everyone up to flight of stairs in the main room and into a large conference room. The room was circular with two rows of counters around the outside. At least fifty chairs were placed behind the counters and a large podium stood in the center. It reminded the girls a of a court room. Two large windows were to the left and right. Lord Hokage sat at the podium and took out a crystal ball. He gazed into it with a look of fierce determination. Keshia and Tami raced to the top of the room and sat in the very top row. Sora slid next to Marrissa in the first row while Donald and Goofy climbed to the opposite side of the room from Tami and Keshia and sat in the top row. Anko and Ibiki sat in the first row to the right of Lord Hokage.
"How could someone lead the heartless inside the village?" Sora pondered. He rested his chin in his hands and unconsciously ran his hand though his hair. Then his stomach growled loudly and everyone laughed. He blushed, "hey it's not like you guys aren't hungry too, and we haven't eaten since this morning!"
They knew he was right. Truth was they were all starving. Lord Hokage called for someone and a tall ninja wearing a bandana and small black spectacles appeared. He had pale skin and a superior attitude about him. The third Hokage didn't even look up from his crystal ball, "Ebisu could you fetch us some nourishment? I would appreciate it."
His jaw almost hit the floor, he shook his head and regained his composure, "y… yes sir."
He left out the door, casting a glare at the room's inhabitants as he left. They felt very small in the huge space. Keshia stared after the man, "is something the matter with him?"
Anko scoffed, "he just thinks he's above fetching lunch. If you ask me he has too high of an opinion of his abilities, he's good mind you but he isn't that good."
Donald crossed his arms and leaned forward so he was resting on the counter, "if the heartless are in the city we should go out and fight them. We need to go figure out what is going on."
Sora nodded, "we'll go I just want to see what the people are going to do. This is one of the first worlds besides Traverse Town that I've been to that are really fighting back."
Ebisu reappeared, "here my lord."
He set nine bowls of steaming beef soup in front of Sora and Marrissa, "anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to take Konohamaru and the other younger children to the back of the city until you receive further instructions."
Ebisu's fist clenched, "yes sir." He disappeared again. Everyone dove for the food. Anko and Ibiki jerked their hands back as they all snatched their food up. Everyone sat in the first row and gobbled it down.
"The heartless are roaming around the east side of town," Lord Hokage said through spoonfuls of his soup, "I want to talk to the people about a strategy I have. We'll go to the square and then evacuate the younger children. Some of the ninja from sound have also found their way inside and are making their way through the village. I'll probably be a target so stay on guard."
"Do we have time to go to the square?" Tami pondered.
"Konohagakure is bigger then you think it will take them a while to navigate here."
He stood up and walked to the door, "follow me, we'll go see the people."
"Lord Hokage? What did you see in the crystal ball?" Anko asked.
He gave her a solemn look, "the heartless have breached the inner most walls. Our only defense is to fight them here, in Konohagakure."
She bowed her head. They all filed out of the room. Sora matched his pace with Donald's, "is your arm okay for battle?"
"If you can fight I can fight," he replied stubbornly. He had long since taken off the wrappings and his arm now hung loosely at his side, "I'm fine so forget it."
"Okay fine," Sora shrugged, "but if you die I want your hat."
"What?" He yelled, "if I die I'm taking you with me!"
Sora dodged Donald's staff and jogged up to Tami. They exited the building and began trudging though the snow towards the center of town. Sora cocked his head, "are you guys going to be okay fighting the heartless?"
"Of course, we can handle ourselves," Tami reassured him, "we haven't spent our lives studying how to fight but we can hold our own."
"Good," he smiled. They reached the town square. The entire population of Konohagakure was standing in the large circular area. Some people stood on rooftops, others sat around the fountain.
Lord Hokage stood in front of his people, "our town has been invaded by creatures known as heartless…"
Gold: and that ends chapter ten. I'll update again soon… I think… (gets glares from readers) wait! It's not my fault, I've been loaded down with homework and… um… I'm hungry! (disappears in a cloud of smoke)
