Hey, here is my Wednesday release! I don't know if this one is as good as the others, i guess near the end i was kind of tired "its currently midnight as i type this" so i hope it not as bad as it looks to me right now "then again i may just be to tired :P"
anyway, here are my awesome reviewers, and yay i had more then 6 ;)
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, hope you enjoy this chapter :)
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, and i don't know yet, i haven't decided who the replacement captains will be, i am going to have to reread Saving old bonds because i forgot who got killed and who survived :P if anyone can remember, i wouldn't mind someone telling me lol, would save me from having to dig threw 50 chapters lol
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, and now i see why, however i have my own plans for her powers, also we will be finding out a bit more about Rei's powers latter on
blackmoon124 - Thanks for the review, and do not worry, i am very much in agreement with you when it comes to miracle that just ruins a good story, and i will have none of that here :)
RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, yes basically, i am trying to say that Masaki is the one who first began wearing the cloak, and basically, the cloak itself was the fact that he use to use a cloak as the 10th Division Captain, tying even more to the night country :P All he did was change the design into what it is today, and his decedents have changed the colors to suite there personalities
naru-ca-titan - Thanks for the review, and yay your back :) I missed those random reviews of yours ;) I shall also miss his white hair, but the good news is, dye wear off :P so his white hair will return ;D
angeredblackman - Thanks for the review, i believe a few chapters ago i had promised that they would get off the boat at around chapter 20...Well read to find out if i kept the promis :P
chickenman00712 - Thanks for the review, hope you enjoy the new chapter :)
xzavx - Thanks for the review, and you think that Masaki will not be making it back? I guess thats a possibility, however perhaps he will also make it back? Read to find out :P
Well that's everyone, i was so happy to see that i had finally had more then 6 reviews :P so thank you so much guys, again, i appologize if this chapter isn't as good as my others, the next chapter should make up for it...i hope, anyway on with the show, i give you chapter 20!
Restating Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto, Bleach, or anything related, if I did, I would be the happiest person on earth, I hope you all enjoy
Historical Bonds
Chapter 20
IN THE PRESENT
Sasuke and Kakashi were staring each other down, both looking for an opening. Kakashi knew that Sasuke was faster, stronger and more powerful than he ever was while he was on team seven, and Sasuke knew that he couldn't underestimate the older more experienced Junin. Even if he felt that he was stronger than Kakashi now, Sasuke had seen Naruto beat opponents that were much stronger then himself countless times
Kakashi quickly took out two Kunais and began running towards Sasuke, he took his blade in hand and got ready to par the attack. He stopped one of the Kunais with his blade and grabbed Kakashi's hand with his other hand, Kakashi then tried to kick Sasuke in the ribs but Sasuke blocked the hit with his own leg. Kakashi then bent down as he held onto Sasuke's hand and forced Sasuke off his feet as he threw Sasuke down but Sasuke was able to recover almost instantly as he landed on his hands and completed the move by landing on his feet. Both men were staring at each other once more
Sasuke began to make hand signs, however Kakashi began making the same exact ones as both men screamed out "Katon Gokakyu no Jutsu" a large fireball shot out from both men and collided creating an explosion. Sasuke quickly began to mass up energy in his hand as the amount of chakra began to emit a chirping sound, Kakashi also began to mass up chakra in his hand as it began to glow, they both ran towards each other as Sasuke screamed out "CHIDORI!" Confident that his Chidori would be stronger then Kakashi's
However, to Sasuke's surprise it wasn't a Chidori that Kakashi had built up his chakra for "RASENGAN!" he screamed out as both their hands collided; the much stronger Rasengan easily overpowered the Chidori and sent Sasuke flying as his body hit a tree with force, causing some internal damage forcing him to cough out some blood. Kakashi had not escaped without damage, parts of his skin and clothing had burnt from the shock wave
Sasuke got back to his feet "The rasengan? How do you know the rasengan!?" Sasuke asked, knowing that there had only been two other people to use that move
"Technically, it's not a rasengan, it's incomplete; however it's enough to get the job done. Naruto was surprised when I showed it to him" Kakashi said with a grin showing under his mask. Also hiding the fact that it used up much more of his chakra since he had not mastered the move, he had to use up more chakra to keep it under control and that one rasengan cost him the same amount of chakra as two Chidoris. Although Kakashi had been able to surprise Sasuke and strike a blow at him he couldn't let his guard down; Sasuke was still very much able to fight
Sasuke held his blade tightly; it began to glow brightly as he fed it chakra "How about we finish this?" Sasuke said with a grin
Kakashi took out a blade that Sasuke had never seen before and swung it around, it had a white glow and it intrigued Sasuke "Yeah, sure" Kakashi answered
Both men began to run towards each other, they both swung their blades as they clashed, Sasuke screamed out "Chidori Sword Strike!" Kakashi screamed out "Hakko Chakura To!" Sasuke's blade is blown out his hand as it flew away from him much to his surprise, however he now had an opportunity. He quickly massed up chakra in his other hand and without hesitating he thrust it into Kakashi's chest "CHIDORI!" His hand easily burned through Kakashi's clothing and penetrates his chest, however there was no blood; the body explodes in a poof
"SHADOW CLONE!" Sasuke shouts out damming himself, however out from the ground a group of ninja dogs jumped out and clamped down on Sasuke's body, forcing him to fall to the ground as their grip got tighter, he was now immobilized. Kakashi jumped out from underground himself and began walking towards Sasuke
"You were overconfident as always Sasuke, you thought you had the battle won and you had actually never even touched me. This has always been your weakness Sasuke" Kakashi said as he was trying to figure out what to do with Sasuke now that he had captured him
"You think so Kakashi Sensei? You know, you taught me a lot of things and I have had the privilege of learning from one of the best Konoha has to offer, not to mention that I did learn from Orochimaru as well before I killed him" Sasuke said with a grin as he disappeared in a poof of smoke. But before Kakashi could do anything, out from under him Sasuke popped up and had his blade to his throat "Are you surprised? You were my sensei after all…. You talk about overconfidence and underestimating your enemy and you're the one who thought he had this won when in reality, you had never even touched me" Sasuke said with a grin as he was now the one wondering what he was going to do with Kakashi, killing him was out of the question for many reasons, Konoha would be losing an elite Junin ninja and Kakashi was his sensei and friend not to mention that Naruto and Sakura would never forgive him
"I guess that you did learn something after all" Kakashi said knowing that he had used up all of his trump cards and was damming himself for revealing his true self so fast, after preaching about overconfidence…
Suddenly Sasuke was forced to let go of Kakashi as 10 Kunais were heading straight for him, they hit Kakashi in the back however it quickly turned into a log as Kakashi had used Substitution Jutsu. Sasuke looked around to find out where those Kunais had come from, as did Kakashi since he didn't know if they were aiming for him or Sasuke, or both
On the top of one of the tree branches stood a man with long white hair and a bright smile, his face had red paint lines streaming down from his eyes. Sasuke and Kakashi couldn't believe it, it was the last remaining of the legendary three Sannins, Jiraiya "It looks like you could use some help Kakashi" the man said as he jumped down to join him "And I will be dammed if I allow Danzo to touch a single hair on my granddaughter" Jiraiya continued as he considered Naruto to be his son, and thus made Naoto his granddaughter
"You know about Danzo?" Kakashi asked
"Kakashi, you hurt me… Do you think that my spy network wouldn't have known about something this big? Of course I do and once I learned that Sasuke had been sent to retrieve Naoto, I came as fast as I could"
Sasuke was at a disadvantage, taking out Kakashi was hard enough but one of the legendary Sannins in addition was too much. He had to retreat, however, he was happy to do so. Se disappeared in a poof of smoke
"He gave up pretty easily" Jiraiya stated
"No, he gave up because he wanted too... He had the seal involuntarily placed on him, he was fighting me against his will" Kakashi explained to him
"I see, that kid has the worst of luck, first Orochimaru's cursed seal, now this... However we don't have any time to lose, we have to get Naoto to safety"
"Yeah, I already sent someone to warn the Kazekage of the situation in Konoha, we just need to get Naoto out of this ice sphere"
Kakashi and Jiraiya walked over to the sphere, Jiraiya examined it for a minute and placed his hand on it. He began concentrating his chakra and shot a huge burst into the sphere, it slowly began to crack. He was surprised at how strong it was, the amount of chakra inside the sphere was remarkable. It reminded him of Naruto's chakra, he sent out another burst of chakra and the sphere finally shattered into pieces. Naoto was still in Rei's arms, however she had fallen asleep. Rei looked around and saw multiple dead ANBU bodies. She could also see that a major battle had been fought, however she did not see Akio anywhere "Who are you!" She demanded as she took out a Kunai fearing the worst
"Whoe calm down cutie, we are friends" Jiraiya said with a smile as he checked out the young girl
"Cutie? Who are you calling Cutie?"
"Cute and feisty, I like that" Jiraiya said with a wink
"What are you? Some kind of pervert?!" Rei asked, still not sure if they were friends or foe
"Not just some kind of pervert, I am a SUPER PERVERT!" Jiraiya said with a proud grin
"…. He openly admits it" Kakashi whispered to himself feeling embarrassed to be seen with Jiraiya right now "Please ignore him, we are friends. We need you to come with us to the Wind country, I already told your friend to head there and that we would meet him in the sand village"
"Akio is alright?!" Rei asked worried about him
"Yeah, he should be alright, but we really should be going" Kakashi explained to her
"Alright… I guess I don't have a choice but to trust you" Rei agreed, Akio had told her to head towards the sand village anyway
Jiraiya looked at Naoto who was sleeping peacefully in Rei's arms, he had not seen her in a few months with his busy schedule "May I hold her?" Jiraiya asked wanting to hold Naoto in his arms
"No way! I am not going to allow some pervert to hold such a sweet and innocent child!" Rei said as she turned away from him
"But… She is my granddaughter" Jiraiya pleaded
"I don't care, the answer is no!"
A few hours later Akio had reached the gates of the Sand. He was stopped by one of the guards guarding the gate "Who are you?" The man asked
"I am from the leaf, my name is Takahashi Akio and I must speak with the Kazekage, this is of great importance!" Akio explained
"What, you think that we allow just anyone to come here and speak with the Kazekage? How do we know that you're not an assassin dressed as an ally?"
"I don't have time for this! This is an emergency!"
"Why don't you tell me what this emergency is, and I can decide whether or not to bother Lord Kazekage"
Akio was getting frustrated "FINE, The Hokage has gone on a top secret mission and is out of the country and won't be back for some time, there is a group of renegades within the ANBU Special Forces that have taken the opportunity to begin a coup and they were also trying to capture the Hokage's daughter, myself and a fellow Ninja were able to escape the village along with her however we were caught. Had it not been for Master Hatake Kakashi who came to save me I would have never made it here in time... He ordered me to continue on while he held them back to warn the Kazekage, it is my hope that Master Kakashi will be shortly behind me along with my fellow ninja and the Hokage's daughter... However he is fighting against Uchiha Sasuke who has sided with the renegades... Now, is that important enough?!
The man was speechless as his jaw had dropped slightly "Follow me!" he simply said as he led Akio inside the village and into the main tower
Gaara was filing some paper work when the Guard ran into the room "Kazekage Sama!"
Gaara let out a sigh "What is it? Can't you see that I am trying to finish this paperwork?" He answered
"I must apologies my lord, but a messenger from Konoha has arrived with grave news"
Gaara's attitude changed instantly "Let him in right away!"
Akio was allowed to enter the office and he explained the same thing that he had explained to the guard, Gaara was shocked "So Danzo has made his move..." He said calmly
"You know of this?" Akio said surprised
"Naruto and I are very good friends, and thanks to that, the Sand and Konoha have enjoyed a mutual trust that has never been shared by any other nations before. I have told him about secrets we have here and he told me about some secrets there, including ROOTS and Danzo"
"What are we going to do?" Akio said worried, more so about Rei and Naoto than anything else
"First thing, we wait to see if Kakashi can make it back" Gaara said as he stared out the window, another Ninja rushed into the room
"My lord, I apologies for intruding, but four more have arrived from Konoha"
"Four?" Akio wondered as when he left there were three... Including Naoto
Kakashi lead the team into the office as he bowed his head with respect towards Gaara "Lord Kazekage, I thank you for seeing us" he said as he entered, followed by Jiraiya and finally Rei with Naoto in her arms, Akio ran up to her and held her tightly
"Rei! I was so worried" He said as he hugged and kissed her
"Akio!" She said as she allowed him to hold her, since she couldn't hold him with Naoto in her arms that had woken up "Could you please hold her for a bit? My arms are really tired"
"You know, I could have carried her for a bit" Jiraiya commented
"I already told you, I am not going to allow a pervert to touch her!"
Akio looked at the white haired man and recognized him "Jiraiya Sama?!"
"The one and only!" He said with a grin
"A pervert?" Akio added
"Yeah, he tried hitting on me..." Rei said with a glare
"Hey, hey, you misunderstood me, I was just... Uh complimenting your looks"
"Uh huh..." Rei simply answered
"Rei...You do realize that he is Jiraiya Sama right? One of the three Legendary Sannins? Who also was the teacher of both the 4th Hokage and our current Hokage Sama?"
"He could have been the teacher of all six Hokages and founder of the village, a pervert is a pervert!" Rei said
Kakashi ignored them "We have to act now, although he has not made a move on the government that Hokage Sama left in charge, it won't be long until he does. With Sasuke on his side, there is no telling what he can do"
"I will convene the council right away; in the mean time please rest"
3 Weeks later
The ship had entered Night country territorial waters. The entire crew were now wearing the night country uniforms and had all been issued blades that resembled Zanpakutos, however the only ones that were true Zanpakutos were, Toshiro's, Hiyori's and Naruto's. Hiyori had continued to train her team but their attitude had not changed. They still feared her, especially Hamako who almost didn't talk anymore, which was unlike the normally very vocal young girl. Although they had improved considerably, she was worried that they wouldn't be able to trust her in a battle situation
Ino was sitting on top of the bridge enjoying the sun, when she suddenly saw something in the distance "Hey, I think we have land!" She screamed out as she got up to take a better view "Yes, land, I see land! And... A very large port city!" She added
Toshiro came from under the deck to check it out "We have arrived!" He said happy that the voyage had been completed without incident. However he noticed that two night country battle ships were coming in on an intercept course "Everyone, prepare to be boarded! And remember everything that Hiyori and I taught you, whatever you do, do not forget that you are night country ninjas!"
Both ships were heading towards them, as they got nearer they heard someone shout "Unidentified vessel, drop your anchor and come to a complete stop for an inspection!"
Toshiro gave the signal to drop the anchor, everyone was nervous. They were worried that they would screw something up and give away their cover, if that were to happen it would make the mission almost impossible to complete. And more than likely, Naruto would be captured and worst case Scenario, he would be executed along with Toshiro and Hiyori for the capture of their Kurokage and high treason, while the rest of them would be thrown into jail
The ships surrounded them as they slowly approached them from both sides, one of them threw a rope that Toshiro and Hiyori caught. They pulled on the rope to help the other ship get close enough to dock with them, once they had secured the ship they lowered a plank and a few of them boarded "Who is in charge here" The man asked
"I am" A black haired Toshiro answered "I am Nakamura Toshiro, of the 7th unit of the 10th division"
"I see, so this must be a new ship then" The man stated
"Yes, we just finished her a few days ago, we took a small crew to test her out, she is a fine ship and will make a great addition to the glorious night navy"
"Indeed, I hope you don't mind that we conduct an inspection, I understand that this is a new ship however all unidentified vessels must undergo an inspection of both crew and cargo"
"Yes of course, we understand. We were suppose to return to our home port but a storm was coming, and with a skeleton crew I did not want to take any chances"
The man nodded as he motioned for his men to begin the inspection. They asked the crew various questions, such as their names and personal questions. Toshiro and Hiyori had told them everything they needed to know to pass the inspection. They finally got to Naruto and Sakura, one of them took a look at Sakura "Name?"
"Uzumaki Sakura" She answered.
She then asked the same to Naruto "Name?"
"Uzumaki Naruto" He also answered
She then looked at them both oddly "Relation?"
"He is my husband" she said proudly as she held his hand and he smiled at her
"I see, well then, I guess congratulations are in order" She said with a warm smile
"Pardon?" Sakura asked
"Yes, you seem to be expecting" she answered
Sakura was shocked "You can tell? Has it begun to show? I didn't notice...but the clothing don't feel tight at all" Sakura continued on
"The great thing about our uniform is how well it fits us, and don't worry, you can barely tell. So is it your first?" The girl asked
"No, this is our second, we have a baby girl at home, her name is Naoto. I have pictures, would you like to see?" Naruto said proudly, shocking Sakura, she stomped down on his foot causing him to bite his lower lip to keep himself from screaming in pain
"You left them at home remember? He is a sweet boy, but he is forgetful" Sakura said with a bright smile
"That's too bad, I would have loved to have seen them, well, I wish you well with your future" She said as she left them, satisfied that they were not spies. The rest of the inspection proceeded smoothly thanks to the preparations that Toshiro and Hiyori had given everyone. All they had to do now was wait for them to finish inspecting the cargo and their rooms. After about an hour, they were finally done and had left. Toshiro let out a large sigh
"Good work everyone" He said as he watched both ships sail away "Raise the anchor and prepare to dock with the port" He added as the crew began to lift the large anchor from the sea
"Why did you have to stomp on my foot that hard Sakura Chan?" He asked her
"Idiot! Pictures of Naoto?! How would you explain the Konoha headband that the people are wearing in the pictures?! Plus aren't those pictures sealed away with our clothing?"
"Yeah... They are"
Sakura let out a large sigh of her own "You are incorrigible Naruto"
"I am sorry... It's just when I start talking about Naoto...I get all excited and..."
Sakura didn't let him finish as she kissed his lips "I know, and that's why I love you.. But if you pull a stupid stunt like that again, it's not your foot I will be aiming for... it's going to be higher" she said with a grin, causing Naruto to fear for his own safety. Of course she would never dream of harming Naruto in that way, however, she knew that with the possibly of the threat looming that he would smarten up
End Chapter 20
Well, they made it to the night country and passed there first obstacle, Bad Naruto almost ruining everything with his pride as a father, let's see if Sakura's threat keeps him inline ;), and yes i did do a time skip, or else i wouldn't get to the night country for an other 40 chapter at that rate :P from now on, we will not hear anymore from Konoha until Naruto returns home to keep things interesting and to keep you all guessing as to what is going on over there :P you will find out at the same time as Naruto does ;)
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