A/N: Sorry for the lateness so, yeah.
Kakashi, Iruka, and Inoichi were pacing outside of the hospital room with every single team from the Konoha 14. Sasuke, Shikamaru, Sakura, Shino, Chouji, Ino, Kaida, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Hinata, Kiba, and the senseis, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma. Also, Zabuza, Haku and Hide were there. Tsunade was outside, trying to get what ever information she could from the people who saw both boys.
"Okay, who knows what happened, even remotely?" She was looking around trying to figure out who knew exactly what happened. Ino and Kaida spoke up, Kaida started.
"I was training at training grounds 10, when I felt a presence behind me. Ever since I found out about, certain subjects, and the attacks, Huyu told me that if I ever felt a presence, I should take defensive or offensive action." She tried choking back a sob. "So when I felt a presence, I whirled around while throwing a Kunai, at the last minute I noticed it was Huyu and relaxed, thinking that he could easily dodge, or block the kunai. The weird thing was that, he just stood there with a horrified look on his face and let it hit him. After that he yelled, 'stay away from me' and ran off." She started crying, Hinata trying to comfort her. Ino spoke up next.
"I was working at my flower shop, writing a reminder to pick up some groceries on my way home. I heard the bell to the shop ring and I saw Naruto when I turned around. When I greeted him," She started sobbing at this part. "He looked at me and started shaking, then yelled the same thing as Huyu did and ran off." Sakura started comforting her crying friend, while Tsunade just started frowning. She asked the one question everybody wanted an answer for.
"What the hell happened?" Suddenly she got her answer from her old teammate, who seemed to pop up out of nowhere.
"They were both hit with a Tsukyomi on our mission. My guess is that Itachi made them see something that only they would be completely afraid of. You know that situation." Tsunade frowned, knowingly at what Jiraiya was getting at. She looked over to Shizune.
"Since their not conscious, I want you to send a messenger bird to Suna, ask for the presence of Sabaku no Gaara and his siblings. If this is what I think it is, then we need them to be here." Shikamaru spoke up.
"Why do they need to be here?" He was a little confused to say the least.
"The only way to cure the Tsukyomi of that level, would be to get closure. No medical jutsu could fix that." Every body was curious as to what she was getting at, but left it at that for now, muttering 'troublesome'. Shizune nodded and went off with Tonton to send the message. Tsunade was rubbing her temples, she hated this with a passion. 'Why me?'
Suddenly Tsunade felt a tug on her shirt as she heard someone say. "Excuse me." Tsunade turned around and instinctively looked down to see the Konohamaru Co. standing there. "Is Naruto-nii-san and Huyu-nii-san alright? Are they going to be alright?" Tsunade put on a saddened face. She didn't know that these two boys had such a relationship with her sensei's grandson. She looked at everyone present and sadly smiled. 'If these people really care about you two, then you'll be fine telling them the truth.' She turned back around and answered Konohamaru.
"They should be fine little one." Konohamaru nodded and sat down against the wall opposite from the door to the room. After awhile Shizune came back and stood by Tsunade's left, while Jiraiya was on her right. Tsunade then remembered she had a question at the beginning of this. "Zabuza, and uh, you," She pointed to Haku who in turn told her his name. "Okay, Zabuza and Haku, where'd you come from? The last I heard, Zabuza was still a missing nin." They both chuckled and Zabuza spoke up.
"Let's just say we had a run in with the future Hokage and his brother the future Ice King." Tsunade couldn't see it, but she could swear that the kenjutsu master was smiling under his mask. The three men stopped their pacing and smiled. Zabuza told a little bit of the story to the group of people that weren't at the 'event'. Suddenly spoke up.
"What youthful boys!" Haku turned to him.
"Aren't you the one who fought Huyu in the Chuunin preliminary exams?" Lee nodded vigorously and said.
"Yes, I did. He showed true honor and a lot of skill in Taijutsu. When we were fighting, I had to take off my weights because of his Taijutsu style was slowing me down. He asked if it was okay for him to try and copy my moves. I agreed and he activated his sharingan. To ask before hand was something I appreciated." Neji spoke up.
"My fight with Naruto, and his words, showed me that my destiny was never set in stone. No, it is only set in stone if I allow it to be, but after that fight, I decided to look at life differently. I have great respect for Naruto." Tenten, Lee and Gai smiled. They were glad that Neji wasn't so distant and cold anymore.
"They showed me that I don't have to kill people to prove my existence. Also, they are my first real friends." Tsunade whirled around to see the red-headed, Shukaku container, Gaara and shouted.
"How in the hell did you get here so fast!?" Jiraiya chuckled.
"I sent Gamabunta over to Suna to pick them up." Gaara went over to Kaida. He just stared at her for a second and she stared right back.
"I don't know how normal people go about this, but, I'm going to try." Suddenly, Gaara bowed slightly and said. "Please forgive my actions from the before. I was foolish until, as the Uzumakis so politely put it, I got my ass handed to me." Some chuckles were heard, but Gaara ignored them and continued. "I'm sorry." Kaida stood up, Gaara straightened up and patiently waited for his answer.
Kaida was looking into his eyes, as if she was searching for something, and then smiled. "Do you have the same burden as them?" She said as quietly as she could. Gaara was able to hear though, he wasn't really shocked by the fact that she knew.
"Yes I do." She nodded and came to a conclusion.
"I forgive you Gaara. Huyu told me about you, and how you guys were sort of alike. So, I'll be your friend also if you want." Gaara nodded and said thanks.
Suddenly they heard a cry from the room and heard a laugh. They all rushed in to the room to see Naruto, holding his sides, laughing like the maniac, while Huyu seemed to be searching for something. "Where is it?! I'm so bored where is it?" he was flinging things everywhere. Tsunade spoke up.
"What the hell are you looking for? And what the hell is so funny Naruto?" Naruto didn't answer and Huyu was still looking, while answering.
"I can't find my copy of Icha, Icha Paradise and I need something to keep me from being bored." Tsunade frowned as she reached into her shirt and pulled out the orange little book.
"You mean this?" Huyu turned around, seemed to be ignoring everyone else, and launched himself at Tsunade to get the book. She knocked him on the ground and put the book in her shirt. "Try and get it now little man." Huyu stood up as he laughed.
With such speed, he reached into Tsunade's shirt and grabbed the book. Jiraiya was impressed with the boy for actually getting the book with out getting killed. Everybody else was either stunned or laughing a little. Of course, Naruto started laughing harder. Huyu plopped down on the bed and started reading. Tsunade was a little ticked off, but considering recent events, she was going to let this one slip. Naruto spoke up.
"I can't believe you let him do that, Tsunade-baa-chan." She was going to let that one slide as well.
Everybody pulled up a seat and just stared at the boys. Huyu was, or he seemed to be, reading his book. Naruto was looking out the window, smiling. Kakashi looked between the two and came to a sad realization. 'Naruto constantly wear's a mask and Huyu hides behind his book. Hopefully this isn't an all too often thing. Hopefully, they do have some joy in their lives.' He then turned to Huyu. "Huyu. If you ever want or need a copy of Icha, Icha," He started his eye smile as Huyu looked up with an excited expression. "I will provide you with one. Whether it be one of my own, or, one I had to buy." Huyu shouted.
"Sweet! Thanks Kaka-sensei." He went back to reading his book as his mood instantly changed. Naruto turned to Tsunade.
"So, can we leave the hospital now?" Tsunade, along with everyone else in the room frowned. They didn't understand why they were acting like nothing happened.
"No." Tsunade looked at both boys with authority. "We need to know what happened to you two in the Tsukyomi. It caused you to try and commit seppuku."
Hide spoke up. "If you tell us what happened, and we some how give you closure, the effects will leave you instantly." Everybody seemed to lean in, waiting for their response.
Naruto spoke up. "I don't thin-"
"Good don't." Ino interrupted. "Just tell us what happened." Naruto looked down and continued.
"Fine." He took a deep breath and waited a few minutes. "What I saw was… you guys, all of you, were attacking me, and you were yelling demon and monster at me." Naruto looked over at Huyu with tears in his eyes. "You were even doing it." Naruto was trying desperately to hold back the sobs.
"No way." Huyu couldn't believe it. He dropped his book the instant Naruto said those words. He was just staring at his hands, trying to block out what he saw. "No. Y-you know that I- I wouldn't do that. Right? I wouldn't, I swear." He took a kunai, hidden under his pillow and stabbed himself in the hand. Nobody could believe that he had a kunai the whole time. He was supposed to be kept away from any weapons. "I swear I wouldn't hurt any of you, unless it was to protect you." He proceeded to take the kunai out of his hand and put it on his lap. He cut instantly sealing up.
Asuma smiled at the boy. 'No wonder the old man looked at them with high regards. They are something, especially from what I saw in the Chuunin exams.'
Naruto muttered a thank you and looked back out the window. Huyu spoke up. "I basically saw the same thing, except, before you guys were stabbing and injecting me with drugs and poison, you killed Naruto. Yelling and screaming at him the whole time." Everybody was really saddened to hear all of this and started giving them comfort, saying they wouldn't, no, they couldn't do that to him. Every single female, even the older, battle hardened ones, were crying for both boys. Both Naruto and Huyu decided to leave out the parts about Ino and Kaida, and Huyu wasn't going to tell Naruto about the other thing either.
An hour had passed and both boys were getting up. Tsunade put her two cents in. "And where do you think your going?" Huyu and Naruto looked up at her.
Both boys couldn't believe she didn't know how they were by now. "To where else other then Ichiraku's. Then, down to the training grounds." She shook her head.
"You guys shou-.." Both boys put serious looks on their faces and Naruto spoke up.
"We don't care. We need to be ready for the next attack, and we need to be able to prevent another Tsukyomi possibility." Tsunade was about to speak up, but Kakashi interrupted.
"Okay. Since I know you two aren't going to stay in here, despite what Tsunade says, meet me and Sasuke at The Forest of Death. We need to train our sharingans, so that Tsukyomi won't be so effective next time."
Gaara spoke up. "May I join you? I could use some training myself, and I could catch up with both boys." Kakashi nodded and Temari and Kankuro spoke up.
"Can we come too?" Kakashi nodded and before anyone else could speak he put up his hands.
"That will be it though. You guys could help them immensely. Sakura, I want you to train with Kurenai's team, I've asked her to help you with genjutsu." With that Kakashi left. Sasuke got up and said he would meet them at Ichiraku's. The sand trio got up and said their goodbyes, then left. Everyone else left along with Huyu and Naruto.
"Okay, we're doing some training right now with team 8 and Sakura." Asuma announced to his team. He looked over at Gai. "Want to join?" The green beast looked at his students and received a series of nods.
Neji looked over at Hinata. "I can help you with your Juken and Byakugan." She smiled and muttered a thank you. They all departed, leaving Zabuza, Haku, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Shizune there on the streets. Inoichi, Aoi, and Hide decided to go to the shop and have a chat.
"Well I need to do some research." Jiraiya left quickly, as to not get knocked around by Tsunade, who said her goodbyes to the demon brothers of Konoha and left with Shizune. Haku and Zabuza looked at each other.
"Training with team seven." They chorused and went off to find their friends.
A week flew by like nothing. All of Huyu's and Naruto's friends were still a little worried for them, but they knew they would pull through. In truth, they were doing way better, but sometimes they would get nightmares, and or flashbacks about the events that they didn't get the closure for. All of the kids improved greatly, but I won't bore you with the details. You'll see most of what their training did for them later.
Anyway, Huyu and Naruto were currently walking down the street and looking for Sasuke. They noticed he became a bit weirder with each passing day, ever since the Invasion incident. They didn't know why, but he seemed more distant then ever. They had asked Hide where her son was and she said that he just left to go train. Suddenly an Anbu dropped in front of both boys. "The Hokage requests your presence." Then he left with out getting a response. Naruto jumped for joy.
"Yatta! A mission! I was starting to get really bored. I hope it's a tough one." Huyu just laughed at Naruto's antics. He spoke up.
"I don't want to crush your spirits, and I do want it to be a mission, but the guy never said anything about a mission. So, it might just be some other boring thing she wants us to do. If it is a mission, then she better not give us a D-rank, especially not Tora, because I'll kill the damn thing if I get my hands on it." Huyu started making strangling gestures with his hands. Naruto laughed and they just started walking towards the tower.
"What do you mean the seal won't work on the demon brats!? IT has to!" Currently Orochimaru was yelling at one of his top research and development scientists in his lab. Ever since the Chuunin exams, the snake sannin wanted to perfect the curse seal so that he wouldn't be to affected by what ever demon that he ended up hosting. The scientist he was yelling at had his back against the wall, even though he showed no emotion on his face.
"I'm sorry, Orochimaru-sama, but the seal still won't allow you to take them over perfectly. We need more time." Orochimaru just shouted.
"I only have three months until my body starts decaying again! IF it's not done on time, I will have to take Sasuke's body. Of course that wouldn't be a problem, but the extra power I could get from one of the two boys would be great." Orochimaru turned around and started leaving the lab. "Kabuto, I want you to watch over and help out the research team. I want this to be done as soon as possible." Kabuto nodded and went straight to work. 'Soon, Sasuke, Naruto or Huyu shall be mine.' Maniacal cackling was heard through the whole base.
The three boys got over their sneezing fits and listened up to Tsunade again. They all had similar thoughts.
'Damn I must be popular now.' Naruto mused.
'Damn fan girls talking about me.' Sasuke was pretty annoyed.
'Damn, I have a bad feeling all of the sudden.' Suddenly his stomach growled, not loudly though. 'Oh.'
"Alright! Team seven, you have a mission that involves an…" She was cut off by Kakashi.
"Uh, pardon me Tsunade-sama. You filled me in before, so I think we should do this differently." He turned to his students after Tsunade nodded. He gave them each a movie ticket. "Go to the movie theatre in the village next to us and watch this movie. After it's over meet me outside the theatre, this will let you see who we're protecting." Tsunade banged her head against the desk.
'He's just doing that so he can sit around and read his book some more. Lazy-ass, scarecrow.' Suddenly all four members of team seven went off to the neighboring village.
It was mid after-noon when Zabuza woke up from a horrifying dream. He looked left and right and found that he was still in his apartment. "Shit, that felt so real. I could feel the pain from his attack, I could feel the tears as he killed me." He got up and walked to his sink. 'Is he really going to kill me.' He sighed and shook those thoughts out of his head. 'Nah, it was just a dream, more like nightmare. Anyway, I should go see if I have a mission.' With that said, Zabuza went about his routine and left.
Huyu was sitting on the ground outside the movie theatre with his team. "I can't believe we were kicked out of the theatre. We had tickets, we weren't causing a problem." Naruto nodded his agreement.
"Yeah! We missed the ending because of that bastard." Sakura bellowed. She wasn't to happy they missed the ending. Sasuke just grunted.
"Who, cares? What I want to know is, how this has anything to do with our mission?" Everybody turned their attention to Sasuke and started thinking the same thing. Suddenly they heard, a noise on the other side of the gate they were sitting by. Every body stood up.
"Is that… galloping?" Naruto asked. His question was answered by a horse that jumped over the gate. There was a woman in a green dress riding the horse. Naruto spoke up. "That's the woman who plays the role of the princess in the movie we just watched!" Suddenly the gate burst open, nailing Naruto and Huyu, sending them to the ground they looked up to see that the woman was being chased by, what seemed to be, Samurai on horses. They stood up, fuming. "You BASTARDS!" They yelled simultaneously, as they stood up and started charging at them.
They were currently jumping from building to building, chasing after the people on the streets. Huyu looked at the whole situation. 'What the hell!? Those guys look like that bad guys from the movie as well. This is just getting weird. Wait, are we supposed to protect the actress?' Suddenly Huyu looked over to Naruto. "Hey! We need to get these guys off her trail! Don't kill them though!" 'I'm guessing, but who cares? We'll find out who they are.' The Uzumakis launched them selves into the fray and created kage bunshins to land on them. They knocked down a fair amount of the Samurai, but some got through.
The actress started running down the steps when the Samurai threw some oil in front of her. She tried to stop, but it was no use. Seconds later she found herself dog piled by the Samurai. A man with a pony tail, glasses, and a goatee, spoke up. "Don't let her escape. We need to br-.." Suddenly a puff a smoke appeared. When it cleared, he found himself looking at a pink haired girl pounding on some of the Samurai. He heard a noise come from behind him, he turned around and got a glimpse of Sasuke before he knocked him out. A few minutes later they found them selves tied up. Kakashi appeared.
"Uh, what are you guys doing?" He scratched the back of his head and flashed next to the guy with glasses. "I'm sorry about all of this." He turned to his team. "This is the man that hired us for our mission." He looked around and noticed he was missing two students. "Hey, where's Naruto and Huyu?" Both Sakura and Sasuke shrugged their shoulders.
Somewhere by a lake, Huyu and Naruto were watching over the actress. She wouldn't tell them anything about why those men were chasing her, and insisted that she be left alone. Of course, both Uzumakis, not wanting to leave a girl who was just chased by horse back, weren't having any of it, instead, they just followed her. After awhile Naruto went over to her. "Excuse me if I'm mistaken, but aren't you that actress, fro-…"
"Yes I am." Naruto was cut off. Naruto raised an eyebrow and muttered 'whatever' as he continued to look out over the water. Huyu was currently meditating on top of a rock. He covered his eyes with his hiate-ite and was sitting Indian style. Currently he was trying to figure out what this actress, who he has yet to know the name of, has to do with his mission. He didn't know if he was supposed to protect her, or keep her from doing something. Who knew? Maybe he was supposed to hunt her. 'ARGH! I highly doubt that possibility though. Besides, if it was that, then our mission is uselessly boring and easy.' Suddenly he felt a disturbance in the force,(Hahhaa! Just kidding.) he moved his hiate-ite up onto his forehead and saw Naruto and fall into the water. Apparently, the woman in green knocked him into the lake. She started running off on her horse and Huyu and Naruto started chasing right after her.
Ten minutes later, they ended up looking all over for her. They finally found her in a bar and walked up to her. "Hey!" Naruto started. "What the hell is your problem lady?! Why do you keep running away and stuff?" She turned around.
"What does it matter to you?" Naruto growled, about to speak up when suddenly Huyu interrupted.
"We have no choice." She turned around and looked at him with a questioning gaze when suddenly she noticed that Huyu activated his sharingan and all three tomoes were spinning rapidly until she went unconscious, he caught her and looked at the door when he heard it open. Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke and some other dude with glasses walked in. He looked over at the man and raised his eyebrow. "Who are you?" The man bowed.
"My name is Shisui. (Don't care if it's his actual name.) What did you do to Princess Yukie?" Kakashi seemed to freeze up as he looked at said woman. 'Wow. I never thought I would see you again. Ten years since that mission.' Huyu raised his other eyebrow. "What the hell are you talking about?" He reposition Yukie to make sure she was riding him piggy back style. Shisui spoke again. "I'll tell you the rest later. For now, follow me to our boat and tell me what happened."
"All I did was knock her out so she wouldn't run again. She'll be fine, she'll wake up tomorrow. Now, let's get going." With that said they all left.
Huyu was annoyed. So far, all that happened that was surprising was that they ended up on a frozen island. Snow was everywhere and Yukie was ready to act. All of the sudden, Kakashi revealed his sharingan and through an exploding note, attached to a kunai, at a mountain, behind an actor. The director looked over at him. "What the hell are you doing?!" Huyu spoke up.
"Shut the hell up and get back to the boat! We'll take care of these freaks!" Sasuke, Naruto, and Huyu also had their sharingans activated. Suddenly four people popped out of nowhere. The one with the long gray hair spoke up.
"Hatake Kakashi! It's been ten years hasn't it?!"
A/N: Sorry for the lateness and shortness of this chapter. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!
Yeah, that's right, I'm writing the movie, not the whole thing. Anyway, I hope you don't mind.
-Raziel Sotd Ja ne!