Chapter VI


Minato grunted in pain while trying to free himself from the rope with chakra blocking properties tied around his arms and legs.

"Give it up brat! You will never be free of those." A masked ninja said.

"Nozomi where is she, what did you do to her?!" He growled spitting the words angrily.

"She is none of your concern, besides if you didn't act so foolish you would have not be in this mess right now." The masked ninja taunted and left Minato alone.

Minato glared at the ninja's back and gave up on freeing himself, thinking instead of the events that led him to where he is right now.

Minato had a hard time sleeping that night feeling restless and unease for no particular reason. Deciding to tire himself to let sleep come to him, he walked along the village where he saw a group of masked ninjas carrying torches.

"You what are you trying to do?" Minato said calling the attention of the ninjas.

"He's just a kid take care of him before you burn the village. I will take the girl." A ninja who must be their leader said before disappearing with a puff of smoke.

"Burn the village, take that girl? Who is…" Minato doesn't need to ask who was the girl they're talking about when he notice the sack that the mask ninja was carrying and inside is the unconscious Nozomi.

"No way will I let you do that!" Minato growled and retrieved shurikens from his pockets.

Minato fought bravely with the masked ninjas but his efforts are futile against their strength and number easily defeating him.

"I admire your guts but you are just a kid you will never defeat us." A masked ninja said before the knocking the lights out of Minato and tied him up before carrying him along and burned the village.


Kaname joined by Akatsuki, Naruto and Sasuke to search for the missing children, leaving Shin, Seiren and Hanabusa in the village to investigate and look out for the safety of the remaining survivors.

"What they did is personal and I will not stop until I put them to their right place." Naruto warned in anger while following Mikado and Akatsuki who is walking ahead of him and Sasuke.

"Just focus on finding your son not on your emotions dobe." Sasuke remarked having enough of Naruto's constant blabbering since they left the village.

"You can't blame me this is my son missing Sasuke not just any kid for that matter, I don't expect you to understand since-" Naruto did not finish his sentence knowing if he will continue he'll hurt and make Sasuke mad.

The raven haired avenger shoved Naruto violently on the nearest tree gripping his collar tightly.

"Cut it out we are a team here." Akatsuki said touching Sasuke on the shoulder.

Sasuke shrugged Akatsuki's hand roughly and warned his friend, "Watch your words Naruto." He said venomously.

"I'm sorry…" Naruto said lowly but enough to be heard by Sasuke.

"Shall we proceed now?" Akatsuki asked sarcastically he isn't use to being held up when he is doing something of importance.

"Yeah."

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Asuka said looking to where Shin is at looking at her.

"Like what?" Shin inquired trying to know something about this 'mysterious woman' in front of him.

"Like you are gauging me I don't know, you all just look different at me." Asuka said nervously before carrying a basket of medicines to be given to those who are hurt.

"I'm afraid that is for Sasuke to tell." Shin said and left Asuka with more questions.

"Sasuke? The man who hugged me at the river?" Asuka asked to herself thinking more about the raven haired stranger who hugged her.


A masked ninja returned to where Minato is and carried him on his shoulder not knowing he is waiting for it to set his plan in motion. Manipulating his legs thanks to his morning drills with Rock Lee, Minato managed to wrap his legs around the unsuspecting masked ninja's head putting him to sleep.

"Now I can free myself and save Nozomi." Minato said as he reached for a kunai of the ninja to cut the ropes tied to him.

After he was free from the rope binding him, he collected the shurikens and kunais of the ninja and hid in the shadows to attack his enemies one by one knowing he can never defeat them together like what happened earlier when he was defeated.

"Where is the boy?" The leader of the masked ninja asked.

"He's gone."

"Gone? What do you mean gone?"

"We saw this and the one assigned to him unconscious." A ninja said showing the cut ropes.

"Find him and bring him to me!"

"Yes!" The ninjas said in unison and separated not knowing it will be their undoing.

In the shadows, Minato smirked as he one by one carefully attacked his enemies to defeat them until he is left alone with the leader who stands in the way between him and Nozomi.

"I admire your bravery but that will lead you to your death!"

"No it will be your death not mine I refuse to be defeated by a lowlife shinobi like you!"

"You talk big for a boy your age!" The leader said and disappeared before appearing directly in front of Minato and punched him in his stomach.

Minato whizzed in pain from the direct hit in his diaphragm that almost squeezed the air out of his lungs. Catching his breath he lunged directly towards his enemy with a kunai in his right hand and a hidden bomb talisman he managed to loot from one of his defeated enemies.

"This is my only chance to win, I hope my speed is enough to move away from the blast radius." Minato thought to himself before he managed to scratch his enemy's face cutting the mask off his face and the bomb talisman on his chest that immediately blasted on contact.

The impact also hit Minato that throw him a good 100 meter away directly hitting a concrete wall breaking it.

Minato laughed through his pain knowing it was worth it for he defeated his enemies and gathered his remaining chakra to stand on his feet and walk towards the still unconscious Nozomi and carry her back to the village.


The blast was immediately felt by Kaname and rushed towards it followed by those with him close behind.

"Please let them be safe…" He thought running as fast as he could.

"Always the trouble maker aren't you Minato?" Mitsuki said who suddenly appeared from behind the shadows.

"Mitsuki? What are you doing here?" Minato asked weakly.

"The same reason why you are here."

Before Minato could say something his chakra are already used up making him fall to the ground along with Nozomi, Mitsuki immediately rushed towards them and cradled the still unconscious Nozomi in his hands.

Slowly Nozomi stirred from her sleep and managed to open her eyes seeing the white haired Mitsuki with mysterious eyes staring directly at her before again falling into unconsciousness.

"You what are you doing here and what happened?" Kaname asked when he arrived at where the kids are.

"Minato!" Naruto rushed to his wounded and unconscious son.

Sasuke crossed his arms.

"What happened here Mitsuki?"


TO BE CONTINUED