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Chapter 21: Just for that Promise

"This is bullshit! What nerve of that old hag. I should have just trapped her in her own mind when I had the chance!" Naruto was in the backyard of his mansion that was left for him from his father.

He was shouting to the heavens hoping any god will just stop his cruel sense of humor on him and just struck him with lighting to end it all. He then started to strike at the trees letting his frustrations out on them. He knocked over at least a dozen till his team came to see what had him so worked up.

"You know you should really join the green team. You tree huggers, I can never figure you guys out." Leon joked to Naruto. That got his attention. Naruto turned around to face Leon and threw a punch aiming for his face. Leon with ease simply caught Naruto's fist in his own hand. Naruto growled at Leon and took back his hand. He jumped back and made a charge to him. Yuffie and the others jumped out of the way and onto nearby trees. They saw how Leon danced around Naruto. Avoiding every punch Naruto threw at him. Naruto in this blind state was most vulnerable and dangerous at the same time.

Naruto threw one more punch at Leon with all of his strength and threw his weight with it too. When Leon stepped aside to avoid Naruto. Naruto fell down. Leon took his chance and struck Naruto in the back of his head putting him to sleep. He knew he had to or else he would tire out and Naruto is just one to get energy out of nowhere. Naruto no face down on the dirt was now in Leon's arms. Leon carried him bridal style and the others jumped down and followed Leon. Leon made his way to the mansion and went upstairs towards Naruto's room. He laid him down took off Naruto's shoes and tucked him nicely to bed. He made his way out, shut the door behind him and came face to face with his team members with worried faces.

"He's alright. Just hit him enough to make get some rest." Leon said.

"You could have put him under some sleep jutsu instead of hurting him." Yuffie huffed and crossed her arms at Leon. She was mad at Leon for strucking her niisan.

"You think I didn't think of that? He was moving way too fast. I thought for a second that he would hit me and kill me. I was getting tired. I didn't get the chance to fight let alone do a jutsu!" Leon said exasperated.

They made their way downstairs to the kitchen. Leon made his way to the fridge to get something to drink and hope never again to tango with the devil.

"But you made it look so easy. It looked like you were dancing all around him in such a breeze" Sora explained.

"Are you nuts! I was going to die! You guys are lucky and hopefully don't come across with that like I did. I could have died and all you care about is I looked like I was dancing! Waah!" Leon wailed and buried his face into his arms on the table.

"Oh come on. It wasn't that bad." Riku said in a monotone. He swore that Leon was a drama queen.

"Oh yeah? Sora come look at my hand would you?" Sora being the med nin and the best next to Naruto went over the check Leon's hand.

He gasped, "Leon! Your hand! It's bones are broken!"

"Tell me something I don't know." Leon said in a bored tone. All of the team members had a surprise look on their faces. They all thought he just caught Naruto's fist with ease and nothing more. They underestimated the strength of their leader. Leon sure was right. They will be lucky to avoid Naruto in a foul mood. Sora was hard at work to heal the broken bones and to mend them together again. Once done he went to sit next to Riku exhausted.

"Phew. That took a lot out of me then I thought. Wonder how Naruto does it? All that chakra never seems to end. Remember when he healed all of us and still had strength to protect us at night while we rest." Sora said in a dreamy voice remembering the past.

"Yeah, you must admire him for being who he is and having all that strength and will power." Riku was first to admit.

"That's our leader for you. Glad to fight by his side and I will die defending him." Leon was second.

"Yeah, you must admire him but you guys will never see that side of him that I saw. The day he got his title Yoru the night assassin." Yuffie said staring at the table. They all heard the story but it was Yuffie that witnessed it all. Yuffie is the only person that actually knew Naruto anf first team mate in the group. Later on it was Riku that pick pocketed Naruto and got a beating for a lesson and an offer of a life time. Riku doesn't regret what happened. If he were to go back in time he would take the beating again and be by the side of the man who changed his life and taught him well. You can say he was Naruto's student but not all the way. Naruto sent him to another teacher to teach him enough to survive and fight along Naruto's side. Sora was next to join. Sora was a wanderer med nin because his village threw him out due to he was no longer needed. A doctor came to the village and took over entirely. Sora tried to assist the doctor anyway he could but the doctor refused and later on all the villagers he had helped no longer acknowledged him or even knew he still existed. He could understand the betrayal from the village just as Naruto was betrayed but he was in a different league on his own. No one can top the betrayal he had endured all through out childhood. Naruto took him in the group and he taught him more skills in which it can be very useful to help others injured. Naruto sent him off to another teacher to teach him more and to fend for himself.

Last was Leon; they found him in a village chained to a wall. The villagers beat him and chained him for his crimes. Supposedly he was accused for murder when he was just saving a girls life. The man he killed was beating up on a girl and he went to save her. Then the man turned to attacking Leon and Leon defending himself killed the man. Leon was a wanderer and he saw the couple outside the village in the forest. He did what needed to be done and saved the girl. He took the girl back to the village for care and once through the gate he was taken prisoner and the girl was taken to the hospital. He told the truth to them but the whole village knew the couple and knew her husband wasn't capable of such thing. They couldn't ask the girl since she has fallen into a light coma she couldn't save Leon, instead Leon took the beatings and the torture only because he knew what he did and he had hope that he would be let free. Then all that hope his prayers were answered. Naruto and his team members were passing through. Naruto stopped right in front of Leon. Naruto bend down to his eye level and looked him straight into his eyes. Leon was only able to open one eye since his other was badly bruised and couldn't open the damn thing. Leon looked up at Naruto made a movement he flinch he was going to hit him. He closed his eye to brace himself for the hit but it never came. Instead he felt something against his lips.

"It's water. Drink." Naruto told him. Leon was surprised his eye opened up wide. He drank some water but a little too fast that he chocked and started coughing. Naruto patted his back to help him calm down. Leon couldn't believe what was going on. Why would a stranger help him? He doesn't even know him and yet here he was giving him water. He was startled when Naruto moved to stand up and turned to Riku. He told him to break the chains. He was about to break them with his blade but Leon interjected.

"Wait, you can't! If you do they will kill you." Leon frantically said. He was just too good hearted to die. He liked this man. Even though they just met he still liked him. Riku turned to Naruto looking at him as if asking should he still continue Naruto nodded and in one swift move Riku broke the chains. Naruto then turned to Sora and told him to help Riku get the man up and to help Leon walk.

Sora did what he was told and both made to follow Naruto. It seemed Naruto made his way to the hospital. Once in the hospital he didn't bother asking any of the nurses permission. All of the villagers and the hospital staff were in chaos. They were all in a state of panic because they were thinking that the man that was chained was now free by his gang and now are off to find the girl to finish her off once and for all. The Leader of the village heard this and quickly made his way to the hospital and hopefully ask the gang to leave and take the prisoner with them. When he got face to face with the group, he was scared out of his wits. He nervously started to talk and stammered but only gibberish came out. The group walked passed him and went into the room where the girl was.

Leon couldn't believe what was going on it was as if Naruto knew what happened without even telling him his story. Once all in the room the Leader of the village along with the hospital staff came in and some that couldn't go in stood outside the door.

"This man is innocent and your foolish to not see it." Naruto said to them while keeping his eyes on the girl on the bed.

"That's ridiculous. You think we will believe a wanderer like him. He has weapons on him along with this grand sword. You don't even know what happened. What proof do you have?" The Leader of the village said with a smug.

"She is the proof." As Naruto said this he started to move his hands. He was going to perform a jutsu on the girl. The doctors and the nurses made a move to stop him but Yuffie stood right in front of them with this massive star blade. Staring at Naruto he stood still and had his eyes closed. Everyone in the room waited to see what was going to happen after awhile they saw Naruto's eyelids twitch. Then suddenly his eyes opened and the girl on the bed started to twitch her fingers then her eyes opened. The hospital staff along with the Leader all gasped. Even Leon had to gasp somehow this mysterious man was able to wake the girl up from her coma. The doctor's then rushed to the girl's side after recovering from their shock and checked the girl over. After about an hour the girl was fully awake and told the Leader of the village what happened with the incident of Leon and Leon was right. They apologize greatly to him. They took him to heal his wounds, got him clean clothes on him, and got him food to eat. Once all clean and fed he went out to find the man that saved his life. He found the group in the lobby but Naruto was not with them. So he asked them where he could find Naruto. They told him he was outside where the garden was. He went towards the garden and there he found him standing there bathing in the sunrays. He looked as if he was glowing like he was sent from the heavens. He couldn't stop but stare at him.

"Is there something you need?" Naruto snapped him out of his trance and realize that he was now staring into the face of his savior. He blushed at the antic he was doing and just scratched the back of his head.

"I just wanted to thank you for doing what you did. You set me free." Leon said.

"I just did what was right." Naruto just answered, there was no smugness in his voice just modesty.

"Still I'm grateful." Leon said.

"Your welcome," Naruto just lazily replied and went about to stare at the sky.

"But how did you know what happened? I didn't even tell you." Finally the question that Naruto was waiting to hear. He smiled at him and said, "I simply saw what you went through, through your eyes." Leon's eyes widen and slightly the other opened as well. Naruto shook his head and walk towards Leon and raised his hand on his bruised eye and started to heal it.

"How?," Leon questioned.

"It's something I can do. One of the many gifts my good friend gave me. I pretty much invaded your mind only to the memories why you were chained up. What I saw I knew I had to help." Naruto finished saying and was done healing Leon's eye.

"What about the girl? Did you invade her mind too to wake her up?" Leon now stared at Naruto with two good eyes.

"Something like that but I was more of a guide to help her come back to the living." Naruto just shrugged. Leon laughed a little bit and extended his hand to Naruto.

"I'm Leon." He said. Naruto taking the offered hand and shook it.

"I'm Cloud. So what do you plan to do now that you're a free man?"

"I don't know just explore the world I guess. I have nothing to hold me down nothing to go back to." Leon shrugged.

"I saw that you're a skilled fighter. How about joining our little crusade? I could really need a second commander," Cloud smiled at him and Leon smiled back and grabbed Cloud's hand and shook it fast and answered yes to his offer.

Leon could still remember that day like it was yesterday. Still till this day he is grateful and also laughs that when he first met Naruto he told him that his name was Cloud. He soon found out that the reason why that was was because he didn't trust him fully and when he did he told him his real name along with the past of that Naruto had left behind. Yet he was here again to this god forsaken village he sought out to leave behind. Only reason he came back was for the promise he said to that person. Just for that promise.

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