Naruto the knuckleheaded ninja that we all know and love is just starting his career as a ninja but the stakes are higher now. With his two girls Iris and Chaos growing up at a startling rate he must now handle their growing powers, and the mysterious demons that are after him and uncover the mystery behind Sōkyoku's mysterious past and origin. Watch Naruto progress through his live as an Ancient Evil born before the beginning of time stirs behind the scenes that threaten all of existence. Watch Naruto as he goes from being a Father to a Ninja.
I do not own anything from the Naruto Franchise, Heavens Lost Property, High School DxD, or any other Anime that I may borrow themes and ideas from.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heavens lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys I'm back with the next chapter and what a chapter it is. I'm sorry it took me so long to upload the next chapter. I've bee real busy in real life and I always forget to come back and upload. It is very important and in some ways my own attempt at forging a friendship between Naruto and Sasuke that I felt was lacking in many ways. Some may argue that their friendship was the unspoken type where they never had to verbally say it but in my personal opinion I never really felt that strong unbreakable bond that would force Naruto to go through all that he did in an attempt to get Sasuke back. I just personally never saw that connection that would make Naruto go to the ends of the earth and to hell and back for Sasuke. I just never felt or saw it. It could just be me in a minority and I'm ok with that but I felt that this was something I had to do. It's also for the stories sake as well.
I'm also a person that values continuity and a faithful and steady plot. That is why we are not only revisiting the shack in which Naruto met Eva but also the town of Firebend in which Naruto met Hitomi the girl he saved back in Chapter 11 The Raid which was in part one of the story. I want everything to be connected and flow together from one chapter and scene to another and always have characters call back to previous scenes to strengthen and flesh out the world the story is trying to create. I could never get into stories that have a scatter brain like plot or that have errors in its own continuity. The same goes for T.V. Shows, Movies, and Anime/Manga.
So with that mini rant out of the way {Sorry about that, I just felt like that was something I wanted to say and get off my chest} let us get to the chapter. From this point onward Itachi and Kisame will be making more frequent appearances up until they actually make their true debut in the Anime/Manga. Our two otherworldly parties will also start to make more appearances as well when the plot demands it.
So without further delay lets get to the chapter because next chapter is the Chunin Exams Arc.
Chapter 30
Memories of Old
"Here it is Eva…" Naruto mumbled as he pushed a branch away. In a clearing a few dozen yards away stood an old abandoned shack that was in disrepair. It was early in the morning and the dew was still hanging off the grass and trees that they passed. The sounds of nature were the only thing that greeted the duo who stalked through the forest in dead silence. "Yeah… I can't believe it's been 8 years since we've last been here. It still looks the same." Eva said as she floated down to be by Naruto's face. "No point in standing around let's go." Naruto said as he walked up to the shack. 'I'm concerned. The entire area is covered by a complex high level sealing barrier. What worries me even more is the fact that I wasn't affected by it when I passed through.' Naruto thought as he placed his hand on the door.
"Ready?" Naruto asked. "Ready." Eva replied. Twisting the handle Naruto opened the door to the shack and a cloud of dust greeted his face. Coughing into his hand Naruto blew the dust away with a subtle amount of Wind Chakra. Hearing the floor boards creak below him Naruto frowned at the amount of dust that had collected around the wide opened room. "This place is a mess." Eva mumbled as the tiny sound her wings were making as she zipped around was the only sound Naruto heard.
"The seal…" Naruto whispered as he knelt to a knee and placed his hand on the seal formed on the floor. Naruto using his eyes traced over every inch of the seal. He did it a total of three times to make sure he didn't miss a single detail. He was hoping his photographic memory would hold up for this occasion. "Naru look at this." Eva said with a giant gasp. Looking up Naruto's eyes nearly felt out of his head. "Is this what I think it is…?" Naruto whispered out in total shock and awe. A beige colored large kunai with the most complex seal Naruto has ever seen in his entire life was etched onto the handle and the Kunai had three distinctive prongs on it with the two outer prongs curving up and off to the side of the middle one.
"No way… Naru… you know what this is don't you…?" Eva asked hesitantly as her eyes never left the infamous kunai hanging from the ceiling by a thread of ninja wire. She never thought she would live to see one in person and so up close. "It's a Flying Thunder God Kunai… this was the signature weapon of the Fourth Hokage." Naruto said in reverence as he didn't take his eyes of the beautifully crafted kunai either. 'Why does this shack have one of the 4th's kunai in it. Was this a secret hideout for him. Or was this like a lab where he conducted his Fūinjutsu?' Naruto thought to himself as he strained his mind to figure out the mystery before them. Looking around Naruto saw dusty old books and scrolls placed on barely held together shelves at this point.
"Is this were the Fourth would come to practice his Jutsu. Look at all the scrolls and books." Eva wondered as she flew over to some of the shelves to get a better look at names of the books. "It might be Eva." Naruto replied as he picked up a book that wasn't on a shelf. It was a book on Taijutsu. It had a particular bar code and signature and looking up onto the shelf directly in front of him Naruto saw several scrolls that shared the same color, bar code, title, and signature.
"Naru you need to see this." Eva's voice rung out from the other side of the room. The tone in her voice was that of disbelieve. Quickly making his way over to his partner Naruto panned his eyes over what caught the little winter fairy's attention. "Is this a book on supernatural beings?" Naruto asked in shock as he picked up the dusty book and opened it up to one of the first pages. The paper was a little worn and faded but it was still very much readable. Getting an idea since it looked like the book was in alphabetically order Naruto flipped through the pages which turned out to be entire chapters dedicated to individual creature. "Eva look at this. Seasonal Fairies and here it is Winter Fairies." Naruto said with excitement underlying his voice. A chance to learn more about his other half was an opportunity he would never pass up.
"Really! It really is! Look at all this information about my species!" Eva said with excitement overflowing from her. Her eyes had a sparkle to them and so much joy could be seen in them. Naruto hasn't seen Eva this happy in quite some time. Naruto read through a few lines as he was very interested in what it had to say. "It says here that you are at your strongest during the winter. You can control water, ice and snow. You can manipulate clouds to make it rain, snow, or hail and when you reach full maturity you can bring the season of winter to any area that you go too regardless if that area can support that season or not." Naruto read out as he skimmed over highlighted details that caught his eye. "Ha! I always knew I was awesome. High one Naru!" Eva said cheerfully as she gave Naruto a high five to his index finger. "You bet your awesome Eva. With all this information lying around we can learn so much and make ourselves stronger." Naruto said with a smile on his face.
"There are quite a few books on the supernatural here. We should take them." Eva suggested as she could see the benefit of having this knowledge. Naruto did too as he shook his head in total agreement. "We'll seal everything up in a scroll and bring it back to the apartment to look over." Naruto stated with purpose but a stray thought came to him. Turning the pages in the book Naruto eventually rested on a page in the book that he was looking for. "Yuki Onna? Why did you look that up?" Eva questioned when she saw the page Naruto landed on.
"Haku said he was a Yuki Onna. I just wanted to see some of the specifics on it." Naruto answered since in a conversation he had with Haku he told them that he was a Yuki Onna. "Well what does it say?" Eva asked impatiently since she wanted to know more about Haku as well. Despite being a demon and supernatural being Eva was too young and traumatized to remember her life before she met Naruto. Any teachings and knowledge she may have had was lost to her so she was just like Naruto, very unfamiliar with other supernatural beings besides some of the basics and common species including her own.
"It says here that Yuki Onna means… means…" Naruto began to read before his eye started to twitch in annoyance. "It means what?" Eva questioned in confusion. She didn't see why Naruto stopped. She was just about to fly over to the book so that she could read it herself but Naruto's next words stopped her in her tracks. "Yuki Onna means Snow Woman… Haku is a girl." Naruto said with conflicting emotions raging inside of him. The moment he first laid eyes on Haku his heart skipped a beat. Her otherworldly beauty stunned him. He knew he gained an instant little crush on the girl who appeared to be around Aria's age but he decided to keep it to himself. Not that it worked out ok for him based on how Eva and Iris reacted. Naruto would freely admit that women were his weakness and if any beautiful or unique girl walked pass he would take a liking to them. It's happened too many times in the past to count.
But when Haku said she was actually a boy Naruto for the first time in his life questioned himself on many things which much to his embarrassment included his sexuality. The second those thoughts entered his mind that day he violently shook them away and never thought of them again. Because he knew that Haku was a boy it put his mind at ease around him. Haku was just an extremely attractive and feminine pretty boy. While it would be a stretch Naruto could deal with it, he learned to deal with it during the time they spent in Wave. But now based on what he just learned he came to the realization that not only was Haku actually a girl but she had completely played him the entire time in one big trick.
He honestly didn't know how to feel about that. Should he be mad and upset? Or should he be a good sport about it and let it slide and except the fact that she got him good? Naruto honestly didn't know at this point. These thoughts led him to think about what Zabuza and Haku were up to right now. The duo had been secretly granted amnesty in the Land of Fire and were now collaborating with the Third Hokage on matters concerning the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village. They wanted Yagura out of power so that the Bloodline Purges and the Civil War plaguing the land could finally come to an end. Zabuza and Haku were getting in contact with the rebels fighting against Yagura's forces and establishing a connection between them and the Third Hokage. It's been a very painfully slow process and they haven't managed to get in contact with the leader of this resistance. A woman by the name of Mei Terumi. But progress was progress and they were doing all that they could. Naruto hasn't seen much of the duo in the last two weeks since they've been so busy but he wished them all the best regardless.
"Oh…" Eva said with a bored tone in her voice. "Oh… that's all you have to say… wait you knew he was a girl?" Naruto questioned in suspicion. Eva knew she messed up but decided not to lie. "Yeah I knew. I didn't know what she was but I can tell a boy from a girl Naru. Call it girls intuition." Eva replied. Naruto's eyebrow was twitching. "Are you sure you had no ulterior motive in mind?" Naruto probed. Seeing the glare her other half was giving her Eva wilted. "Ok so I didn't want you thinking of yet another girl. It's bad enough she could play a convincing boy but the fact that she is such a beautiful girl hurt my pride. Besides you belong to me so I don't need your eyes wandering!" Eva ranted with an undertone of jealously and anger in her voice.
Naruto blinked for a moment as he thought over Eva's words. He's known from day one that as a demon Eva would naturally be prone to jealously and other such emotions. He's also known from day one that Eva is extremely possessive of him again because she is a demon and she would lash out in jealousy whenever he would spend more time with others. It's just a part of who she was and he was fine with that but as of lately he just couldn't shake the feeling that something else was accompanying her bouts of jealousy. Like another reason along with her usually jealousy. It was beginning to confuse him greatly if he were to be honest. The embarrassed and defensive blush staining her cheeks didn't help much either.
"Let's just get this stuff and go already." Eva mumbled as she flew back into Naruto's hair. "Ok let's just do that." Naruto conceded since he didn't want to upset Eva any more than she already was. Bringing out a large storage scroll Naruto started to seal up any and all valuables he could fine. Nothing escaped his gaze as he cleaned out the entire shack and checked it over for any and all hidden seals. He found quite a few but he wasn't at the level of experience required to even open any of them so he would have to wait. He even found a large seal hidden away that while not as huge as the one carved into the floor was still pretty big. He correctly deduced that it must be the seal powering the barrier around the shack. Naruto could do nothing about it now since again his lack of experience with that level of Fūinjutsu would make it impossible for him to replicate or decipher the barrier seal.
"Ok that's everything… oh wait the kunai." Naruto said as he was about to leave but the glint of light reflecting off of the Kunai hanging from the ceiling caught his attention. Carefully sealing it away in a separate scroll Naruto left the shack and closed the door back. 'I found out that using my Jutsu inside of this barrier doesn't really work. It's like my chakra disrupts the chakra of the seal. It's weird.' Naruto thought to himself as he walked to the edge of the barrier. 'It's a complex seal that cast a Genjutsu over the entire area surrounding the shack. Any who come in contact with the barrier will be subconsciously led away from the barrier and the shacks location with no recollection of ever changing directions.' Naruto deduced once he saw how it affected a deer.
"Ok now we can leave. Acceleration." Naruto said as he took one last look at the shack that he could clearly see but knew that if anyone else was to look in the same direction he was looking all they would see would be endless trees. Naruto's body glowed a faint light blue as a transparent cloak of multicolored chakra covered his body like fire. He disappeared from the area in a burst of speed that rustled all the nearby trees and stirred up dust, dirt, and leaves on the ground.
What Naruto failed to notice was that hidden away outside the barrier nearby had been a concealed cloaked individual with a blank mask hiding his face. It was stark white with two little letters written on it. [Ne] The person disappeared without a single trace of ever being there in the first place.
1 Month Later
"…This will be a basic C – Rank mission that you should have no trouble completing. If you have no further questions, then you are dismissed. Naruto I would like for you to remain behind for a moment, I wish to speak to you." Hiruzen's voice rung out through the opened hall as he sat behind the long table overseeing the day to day operations of missions. As Hokage Hiruzen was actually only required and authorized to hand out A and S rank missions only. The A and S rank missions can only be assigned by the Kage of a village. The D, C, and B rank missions were typically handled by the administration to minimize the work the Kage has to do. Hiruzen however liked to interact with all of the shinobi under his command not just the Jōnin who are the only ones authorized to take A and S rank missions. If a Chūnin wanted to take such a mission, then the squad captain had to be a Jōnin.
"What do you need to speak to me about gramps?" Naruto questioned with a raised eyebrow. "Naruto, I understand that you have some particular history with this town. With that being said there has been a spike in supernatural activity near the town so I want you to be on your guard. As well as other interest groups sighted nearby. It should go without saying that you should be on guard at all times my boy." Hiruzen instructed his surrogate grandson. "Yes sir I understand." Naruto said with a nod of his head. He understood that Hiruzen was being serious and that something might be up. "Good, now get going my boy." Hiruzen dismissed with a chuckle. Waving goodbye Hiruzen watched as Naruto left the office hall. Hiruzen swiveled around in his chair while exhaling from his pipe. He looked out into the garden courtyard behind the opened office all the while seemingly ignoring the small little toad watching him from the garden.
[Welcome to Firebend Town]
'This old place again… man it's been at least 4 years since I've been here.' Naruto thought with a melancholy look on his face. Team 7 was standing on a large hill overlooking a small town with a central downtown district and many small clusters of neighborhoods scattered around the outer perimeter of the central downtown area. The entire town was encased in a thick case of densely packed trees making it virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding forest on ground level. It was only thanks to the fact they were on a hill that they could see the town.
"Earth to Naruto… are you in there?" Sakura asked as she waved her hand in front of Naruto's face. "…huh, what?" Naruto mumbled as he shook his head. "You spaced out for a minute there… is everything ok? You were looking at the town weirdly." Sakura explained as she stepped back from Naruto's personal space. "I… sorry about that. Just remembering something that's all. Didn't mean to hold us up." Naruto said with an embarrassed chuckle as he scratched the back of his head in a force of habit.
"Do you know this place?" Sakura asked in curiosity. Based on the way he was looking at the town with melancholy in his eyes it led her down this path of reasoning. "Uh yeah, a few years back I came to this town." Naruto answered truthfully. "You did. What would an 8-year-old be doing outside the village?" Sasuke asked as he gave Naruto a searching look. "My friend Shoko had business to take care of in this town and she decided to make me tag along for the trip." Naruto answered back while still gazing at the town. "Well let's go it's best not to waste time." Naruto said as he started to move forward. Sasuke frowned a little at that since he got the feeling Naruto just lied to him.
Team 7 soon found themselves in the heart of the town looking for a local restaurant and tavern to sleep in for the night. The mission was a simple one. There have been a bunch of disappearances happening in the town lately and it was suspected to be a group of bandits. Find the bandits and eliminate them as well as save any hostages if there are any. A simple C – Rank. Or at least in theory.
Picking a restaurant at random the group entered the establishment and sat themselves down at an empty booth close to the entrance. "We'll begin snooping around after we leave this restaurant. Bars and restaurants are great places to here gossip and rumor mills. Remember guys there is always a little bit of truth in every rumor." Kakashi stated as he gave his team an eye smile.
"Hello, thanks for choosing to dine with us today may I take your… your…" A voice said. The group looked up to see a beautiful waitress standing by the table ready to take their order. She was very beautiful. She had mid back length black hair and expressive doe brown eyes. She was very curvaceous with a moderate size bust and great hips. She didn't look like she should be wasting her time on a simple job like this, if anything she should be a model. At the moment she was staring in absolute shock at the group but upon closer inspection she was actually staring at Naruto who was staring back with initial confusion which soon morphed into recognition in his eyes which started to widen a little bit.
"Naruto… is that really you?" The woman asked with temptation and hope in her voice. "Hitomi?" Naruto answered back while blinking his eyes a few times. "It's really you! You came back!" The woman who turned out to be Hitomi exclaimed in glee as she quickly scooped Naruto into a bone crushing hug. The others at the table were shocked and confused and a few patrons sitting at other tables were casting curious looks over at the scene taking place. Gently pushing the older woman off of him since his face ended up in her chest Naruto took a look at the former 16-year-old teen he had rescued from that Ogre demon by the name of Toiret. He almost didn't make it out of that fight. The demon was quite powerful and his 8-year-old self-did have some difficulty fighting him off especially since he was trying to bring the girl to safety.
But now standing before him was not a frail 16-year-old girl dressed in tattered clothes and visible bruises. Now a recent 20-year-old young woman who sprouted into a beauty stood before them with an elated smile at seeing her savior again after he had made a promise that they would eventually see each other again. "It's really great to see you again. I did promise that I would come back one day." Naruto said with a goofy grin on his face as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah and that was 4 years ago mister." Hitomi retorted with a cute pout. She had given up hope that she would see the young boy who saved and turned her life around. "Well in my defense I never said when…" Naruto trailed off with a sheepish guilty smile on his face. The pout on Hitomi's face turned to a glare which had Naruto shrinking into his chair.
"Excuse me but how do you too know each other miss?" Kakashi interrupted while eyeing the older woman. The others leaned in since they wanted to hear this as well. "Oh its quite the story. He saved my life back then." Hitomi said while smiling warmly at Naruto who blushed for being under the center of attention since the others were looking at him. "You saved her life? How?" Sasuke asked in surprise. He was skeptical yet shocked at this revelation. "Well…" A pensive look overcame Hitomi's face as she tried to come up with the best way to explain what had happened to her. She had never spoken a single word of what had happened to her that day to anyone. Which was her own choice. But it did also help that the Mafia agents that tended to her instructed her never to speak about what happened that night or their involvement. She had left her past behind her and was perfectly content to let it stay there. Luckily Naruto had a solution for her.
"She had a really terrible and abusive boyfriend who was into drugs and other stuff. He abused her a lot and one day he snapped and tried to kill her. I was nearby and rushed to help her." Naruto covered up. He wasn't technically lying. Just heavily embellishing and editing the truth. At least that was what he was telling himself. "Oh my gosh. That's awful." Sakura gasped in shock. She couldn't imagine going through such a situation. "How did you help; you were 8?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow. "I did all that I could. The guy was a bumbling idiot with a lot of muscle and no brain. He could throw a punch and was too strong for his own good but like I said he was not that bright. I outsmarted him that's all." Naruto admitted with a shrug of his shoulders. While Naruto would admit he almost died and had a hard time with Toiret at the end of the day the Ogre was all muscle and no brain.
"Where was Ms. Shoko then?" Sakura asked since Naruto made no mention of her. "Oh you see the thing was I had kind of wandered off from her when I wasn't supposed to. She arrived after everything was over and she was really angry with me. I got quite the tongue lashing from her after that. I'll definitely never forget that day." Naruto said with a smile on his face. It was on that day that he found out just how much Shoko cared for him. It was also the first time he thought of the older woman as a mother like figure.
"That was quite careless Naruto you could have gotten hurt." Sakura admonished. Chucking Naruto scratched the back of his head. "You see the thing is I did get a few bruises, but it was worth it. Isn't that right Hitomi?" Naruto said while giving Hitomi a bright smile which she returned. "Yes it was. Because of you I was able to get my life back on track. I'm now a teacher at a local school here in the town. I do volunteer work at the local shelters and orphanages and I work part time here in this restaurant since a few of my friends work here. So as you can see I'm quite busy every day." Hitomi said with a small warm smile. "Wow, that's quite impressive." Kakashi said with a raised eyebrow. You could see a shine of respect in his single visible eye. "That's awesome Hitomi great job." Naruto said with happiness in his voice.
"Thank you. So can I take your orders?" Hitomi asked since she was trying to be professional once again. The second she had laid eyes on Naruto all of her composure and professionalism had went out the window and so she was trying to get back on track. She is on the clock after all. "Do you serve ramen here?" Naruto asked quickly with a hidden undertone of pleading in his voice. Teuchi and Ayame were both out sick for the last few days so their little shop had been closed down. Naruto hasn't had any great tasting ramen in a few days and Instant Ramen couldn't compare.
"Um… yeah would you like some?" Hitomi asked with a chuckle since she could see the clear desperation Naruto was trying to cover up. "Yes please…" Naruto said with a straight face. He was trying to control his not so hidden addiction. He was just grateful he left Iris and Chaos back home under the ever watchful eyes of Aria. If they were here, then it would only spell trouble since all three blonds are addicted to the food. Chaos more than Iris but still all the same. "And you… sir?" Hitomi asked as she turned towards Sasuke but she paused as a confused look overcame her. The others noticed this as well. "Have we met before?" Hitomi asked hesitantly. "No… I don't believe we have." Sasuke responded warily. He didn't know where this was going but for some strange reason a knot was forming in his stomach. "Are you sure, didn't you stop by a few days ago. You were with another tall gentleman but I never got his name." Hitomi elaborated as something was clicking in her head.
Sasuke definitely didn't like were this was going. Naruto looked from Sasuke to Kakashi then over to Hitomi as his mind started to become a whirlwind of activity. He could feel something was not right. "Oh wait never mind, the guy looked older and had pronounced tear troughs on his face…" Hitomi said as she shook her head. Before she could say more Sasuke shot out of his chair and his Sharingan activated on instinct. "WHERE IS HE!?" Sasuke exclaimed much to the shock of the others and many of the customers in the room. "That man… I don't know he left two days ago." Hitomi said as she took a startled step back. She was terrified once she looked into Sasuke's Sharingan. "Did he say anything?" Sasuke demanded with a glare. "He… he… asked about the disappearances around the town and then left. Things have been quiet around the area since then but just this morning another person was taken. About two hours before you guys got here to be exact." Hitomi stuttered since she was unused to such an attitude. She hasn't had to deal with something like this since her time with Toiret.
Before anyone could say anything Sasuke barged passed Hitomi and left the restaurant with customers whispering to themselves about what just happened. "Did I say something wrong?" Hitomi asked in a small voice as she turned to Naruto for guidance. "No you did nothing wrong Hitomi, this is something else entirely." Naruto said as he placed a comforting hand on the older woman's shoulder. "Kakashi sensei what was that about?" Sakura asked in a frightened tone. "It's not exactly my place to say Sakura." Kakashi said as he closed his eye. "Hey Hitomi we'll catch up later I have to go find my teammate." Naruto said as he stood up from the table and began walking towards the exit. "Be careful Naruto and keep an eye out. Find Sasuke and bring him with you to the local inn at the end of the street. That is where we will be staying for the night." Kakashi instructed. "Yes sensei." Naruto said as he left the restaurant.
'Itachi was here in this very town and I just missed him! What was he here for? Why was he looking into these disappearances? And why would he travel out here so close to the village? What is going on?' Sasuke's mind was a storm of thoughts as he jumped from roof top to roof top at high speeds. He wanted to get out of the town as quickly as possible so that he could clear his head and think. To know his brother was that close ignited the flame of hatred inside of Sasuke's soul that has been relatively subdued for quite some time.
'Itachi Uchiha was this close to the village. This town is only 2 miles south away from the village so what could he be thinking when he is an internationally wanted criminal. I can only imagine what's going through Sasuke's head right now. To know he was that close to seeing his brother. Two days may be a stretch but considering the fact no one has had a single sighting of Itachi since the night of the massacre is saying something. At least that confirms he is still in the Land of Fire. That helps narrow down the search instead of having to look in other countries around the world.' Naruto thought to himself as the early afternoon sun battered him with its rays as soon as he stepped out of the restaurant. He looked all over the street and down it but couldn't see or sense Sasuke anywhere. 'Did he take the roofs?' Naruto questioned. Jumping on top of the restaurant Naruto placed his hand above his eyes to block out the sun and help him see better.
'Still nothing. Some of these buildings are too tall and there are so many trees in the way.' Naruto complained to himself. "Where do you think he went?" Eva asked as she made her presence known. "I'm not sure Eva, but I'm about to find out." Naruto said as he closed his eyes and concentrated. He let his senses expand and pulsate out from his body. It started to cover the area around down town before spreading outwards from there. He still couldn't find Sasuke but he did get a general idea of where he might be. "I think he left the town. Most likely to clear his head." Naruto said as he opened his eyes. His sensory abilities have increased over the years giving him a greater clarity but in exchange for range. 'This reminds me of the fact that I haven't seen Weasel since his team received the mission to track down Itachi. I hope he is alright.' Naruto thought to himself quickly.
"You're probably right. We should start looking." Eva responded as she took cover in Naruto's hair away from the bright sun. "Yeah let's go." Naruto said as he took off in a direction.
Two days Earlier
"Itachi is this the place?" A gruff voice asked as two individuals could be seen standing on a tall hill overlooking a quaint town surrounded by invasive forestry. "Firebend town eh. Never heard of it." The voice said as the two passed by a large sign stating the name of the town. "It is a town well known for its horticulture." Itachi replied back as his Sharingan eyes peered out below the brim of his straw hat. His pitch black cloak with red clouds on it made him and his extremely tall partner stand out.
"Hummmnnn. Not really my thing but eh. So Itachi you still haven't told me why we are stopping by this town. We've passed at least 6 patrols in the last day… and you didn't let me kill a single one of them." The taller of the two complained. "We are here to talk to a particular group of people Kisame and I don't need the Leaf Village alerted to our presence. You aren't the least bit subtle and quiet when you fight." Itachi explained to his partner whose name was Kisame Hoshigaki.
"I guess you're right." Kisame said with a throaty chuckle. The duo entered the small town and quickly found themselves a non-descript restaurant. Sitting at a table close to the entrance the two wanted men kept to themselves. "Hello, thanks for choosing to dine with us today may I take your order." Hitomi said as she walked up to the table with her new customers. She thought they were dressed weirdly with their matching black cloaks and red clouds as well as the straw hats they were using to cover their faces but she wasn't going to question it. "Do you have any poky here?" Itachi asked politely in his monotone voice. "Do you serve fish here?" Kisame asked neutrally. "Yes we do. Our poky is a free snack for all customers and the fish is an inexpensive side dish. Would that be all?" Hitomi asked as she jotted down a quick note on her note pad. "No ma'am, do you know of the disappearances plaguing this town?" Itachi questioned as he looked at the waitress serving him. His Sharingan eyes searched her instinctively for any deceit or truth.
"No sir I don't really know anything about what's been going on. All I know is that a bunch of people have disappeared recently and quite a few of them were children. Recently there has been a section of the forest that the townspeople have refused to go near. It was even restricted by our mayor." Hitomi answered truthfully. "Do you know which section of the forest has been quarantined?" Itachi questioned further. "It's a small section half a mile south east of the towns south entrance." Hitomi answered quickly. "Thank you ma'am." Itachi said with a slight bow of his head. "You're welcome sir. Did you need anything else with your order?" Hitomi asked just to make sure she did get their complete order. "No what was said will be our order." Itachi replied respectfully. "Ok sir your order will be here in a moment." Hitomi said as she bowed before walking off.
An hour later and the duo were standing in front of the area sectioned off in the forest. "So that waitress was right. This is the place… I can feel it." Kisame said with a razor sharp grin spreading across his face. The large bundle strapped to his back wiggled a tiny bit in anticipation. "They mayor of this town is in league with these individuals. That explains why so many have gone missing." Itachi said as he crossed the barrier into the forbidden area. "Yeah but you put him under a Genjutsu that would cause him to record everything that would happen to him. You said it's supposed to last a few days. Too bad he doesn't know who's in charge around here." Kisame said as he followed his partner.
10 minutes later the duo felt presences surrounding them so they knew they were on the right track. Stopping in their tracks the duo waited for the inevitable. Two dozen individuals fell from the trees to surround them and once they landed Itachi and Kisame got a good look at them. They all had grizzly faces with very long noses that extended well past their faces. They were all relatively tall and very lanky and they dressed in dark robes that hid their bodies. "Oh… well would you look at that. It was Tengu Demons this entire time. Now isn't that interesting eh Itachi." Kisame said with amusement clear in his voice and posture.
"Who are you humans?" The apparent leader spoke up since he was taller than the others. "We have come to solve the mystery of the missing people. It would seem we are on the right track." Itachi spoke up as he looked into the leader's eyes. "Is that so, well seeing as how you discovered us we can't let you two leave." The leader spoke as he spiked his Yōki. "Attack." The leader spoke as his subordinates all prepared to charge as bird like wings sprouted from the demon's backs. They were all dark colored wings pretty much black in color but they were not the same pitch black color that Fallen Angels are known to have. The most powerful of the Fallen Angels have wings so black that it's like looking into the abyss or a black hole.
'Genjutsu: Crow Ephemera.' Itachi silently thought to himself beforehand since he knew this was going to get out of hand quickly. All he did was point a single finger at the ready to pounce group and all of the members froze up. In their minds they were blasted by a deadly barrage of shuriken which brought unimaginable pain to them all. They then all felt the overpowering sensation to go to sleep. And sleep they did… as one all the Tengu demons except for the leader fell to the forest floor fast asleep.
"Impossible…" The leader muttered in morbid shock. "Now I'm already aware of the fact you aren't the mastermind so please make this easy on yourself." Itachi said as the leader froze up when he saw a ghostly image of the Sharingan in his vision. He was already caught in Itachi's Genjutsu from the moment they made eye contact. "No… I will not say anything." The leader resisted as he spiked his Yōki which sent a small shockwave out around him. The shockwave did nothing to faze either Itachi or Kisame, the only thing it did was ruffle their cloaks and hair. They hadn't been pushed back a single inch unlike the few Tengu closes to the leader and the leaves in the forest.
Itachi hadn't been trying with his Genjutsu so the fact the leader escaped his grasp didn't surprise the criminal one bit. "Allow me to handle this one Itachi." Kisame said as he grinned at the demon in front of them. "Do you want to know what it's like to be trapped at the bottom of the ocean and quickly suffocating?" Kisame questioned the Tengu who briefly had a confused look on his face. His confusion didn't leave him even after Kisame simply disappeared from his line of sight. The leader suddenly found himself in a sphere made out of water which was quickly constricting and crushing him.
The Tengu quickly grabbed at his throat since he was drowning at a rapid pace not to mention the crushing pressure of the water prison he found himself in. The leader tapped against the edge of the sphere as frantically as possible once he started to feel his bones creak and shutter in agony under the intense pressure. "It would appear that he's had enough." Itachi observed as he kept his eyes on the Tengu. Kisame grunted in annoyance as he released his hold on the Water Prison Jutsu. "Alright, I'll tell you please stop." The Tengu pleaded in between deep breaths and coughing out water from his lungs.
"Tell us all you know." Itachi said as his Sharingan started to spin in a hypnotic pattern.
6 hours later the entire group of Tengu woke up in the clearing with an extra person with them. The leader was propped up against a nearby tree trying to recover from his ordeal while the others groaned in discomfort. "What happened here?" A sultry voice rung out. Everyone snapped their eyes up to the extra guess with them and they were shocked to see that it was their leader Kyōra. After finding his composure the leader informed his master of what transpired hours before.
"So Itachi is now poking around in things that don't concern him quite yet. That will never do." Kyōra said as he turned to leave. "Continue operations as planned. I will personally deal with Itachi." Kyōra spoke as he disappeared from the clearing.
A few miles away in a dense section of forest hidden away from the world was Itachi and Kisame. "So Itachi you never did tell me why you are so interested in all these missing people cases. They happen all the time in this world we live in." Kisame said casually while propped up against a nearby log. "It's just a fleeting interest to pass the time Kisame." Itachi said in his usual monotone voice as his back was casted in the shadows of the night and four thin lines across his back was giving off a faint red sinister light.
Present Time
'Why was he here?' Sasuke thought to himself as he walked in the forest alone with his hands in his pockets. He was still sulking after all this time and he had no intention of getting out of his bad mood. "Huh?" Sasuke mumbled as he saw a section of forest restricted off. Something was calling to Sasuke and against his better judgement he decided to enter.
'Where could he be. I've checked everywhere.' Naruto thought to himself as he felt another of his Shadow Clones pop letting him know that the area it checked was clear. Naruto was walking down a path in the forest looking for Sasuke and he was starting to get worried. He didn't want anything to happen to his teammate and more than that the fact that his teammate was suffering through some long repressed trauma didn't sit well with Naruto even if he wasn't particularly close to Sasuke.
"What is this?" Naruto asked himself as he came upon a sectioned off area of the forest. Naruto could feel a pull in that direction. Stretching out his senses he could feel a large collection of Yōki in that direction. Naruto's eyes widened since he also felt Sasuke's chakra signature in that area as well but it was faint since it was being masked and overpowered by the larger amount of Yōki. Naruto quickly created a Shadow Clone which he immediately dispelled to update the other clones in the area as well as the clone he left with Kakashi to keep the Jōnin Sensei up to date on Naruto's search. After that Naruto took off into the forest without hesitation. Kakashi had decided to snoop around and his search eventually lead him to the Town's mayor. He could tell the man was guilty from the start and what was worse was the fact that Kakashi could tell someone had put the man under a Genjutsu recently. 'Itachi what are you up too?' Kakashi silently asked himself.
It only took Naruto a few minutes but he reached a clearing in the woods and he was not expecting to find a group of 20 individuals surrounding Sasuke who was down on one knee while holding his shoulder in pain. He had sweat coming down his forehead and his skin was turning very pale. 'Poison… I better intervene now before it's too late.' Naruto thought to himself with a frown on his face. "Are you ready Eva?" Naruto questioned as he circulated his hybrid energy of Chakra/Yōki in his system. "Always ready Naru." Eva replied as she did the same which allowed the partners to sync up and fight as one with both their energies circulating around Naruto's body equally.
Quickly doing a Body Flicker so that he could appear in the clearing Naruto found himself face to face with the many individuals which upon closer inspection had him surprised. 'Tengu Demons. I never would have guessed.' These were one of the common species of supernatural creatures Naruto learned about from the vast amount of knowledge he obtained from the shack a month prior. He's been taking his time learning all there was to learn from the many books and scrolls that are now in his basement floor office. 'Sasuke's been infected with their Yōki. I got to get it out.' Naruto thought as he channeled a minute amount of Iris's aura into his body. Naruto felt the typical burning sensation in his body for having his Yōki rich chakra network temporarily purified by Iris's Holy Aura. "Come on Sasuke get up now's not the time for you to be slacking." Naruto joked as he placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder where a scratch mark could be seen and immediately relief flooded Sasuke's body as the swelling in his shoulder started to go away.
"How did you know where I was? More than that how did you do that?" Sasuke questioned as his body felt rejuvenated, it felt familiar to him. "Trust me you are not easy to find, besides I just used Iris's chakra to heal you." Naruto explained since saying it was Holy Aura out loud to a bunch of demons would set them off in the worst way possible. "Who are these guys?" Sasuke questioned with a grunt as he pulled out several kunai and shuriken from his pouch. They had gotten the drop on his while he was still deep in thought about his brother. It was a lucky thing his Sharingan wasn't activated at the moment or Sasuke unknowingly would have suffered even more. "Not so friendly people with some really messed up faces." Naruto replied back as he created his twin swords out of ice.
"You children will make excellent editions to our cause. Don't resist too much. Our masters want you in somewhat of a good condition." The leader spoke as he spiked his Yōki to intimidate the children in his eyes. He was shocked when Naruto in return spiked his own Chakra/Yōki and it was even larger than his own by a fair amount. "What?" The leader gasped as he took a step back. "You may have the numbers but you are outclassed in every way and I already have ways with evening the numbers game. So surrender." Naruto spoke up since he didn't want to fight or potentially kill any of the demons before him even though it was looking like he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"Get ready Sasuke, things are about to get ugly." Naruto whispered to Sasuke. Said Uchiha just grunted as he tightened his grip on the kunai in his hand. "How dare you talk down to us like that human. You will soon learn to respect your betters! Attack!" The leader said in an arrogant tone as he ordered his flock to attack. The group of crow demons immediately took to the air around the clearing as they were attempting to dive bomb their prey. Sasuke immediately disappeared from Naruto's side as he reappeared in midair upside down with his kunai in hand. He tossed each kunai out in an intricate pattern where some kunai would bounce off of each other and change directions and because of that 8 low thuds were heard as those demons fell to the ground with kunai in their heads.
'Here we go again.' Naruto thought to himself sourly as he sprang into action. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto called out as three Shadow Clones formed around him in which made the four of them combined look like a square or diamond. All the Naruto's surged their chakra as they prepared a barrage to defend themselves with.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!" Naruto called out as he channeled his wind element through his body. A massive gust of wind whipped across the clearing buffeting everybody back except for Sasuke who landed near Naruto just in time to escape the effects of his Jutsu.
"Ice Style: Ice Kunai Barrage Jutsu!"
"Ice Style: Icicle Shard Blast Jutsu!"
"Ice Style: Icicle Bullets Jutsu!"
The three shadow clones all preformed their own technique that created a hailstorm of ice projectiles that ripped another 10 Tengu Demons from the air. Their lifeless bodies were littered with icicle projectiles that were laced with Naruto's potent Chakra/Yōki. Their natural stronger bodies compared to humans stood no chance at all and as for the ones that Sasuke dropped getting a kunai to the skull was an instant kill especially since Tengu Demons are on the bottom of the food chain and they aren't known for developing tough skin that is impervious to human metals.
All that was left after that onslaught was the leader and one other crow demon who was lucky enough to survive the assault. "Impossible." The leader mumbled out pitifully as he gazed out at his flock who were all dead on the ground without so much as laying a finger on the two kids in front of him. As a species he knew that he was biologically frail, didn't contain that much Yōki, and overall was not that powerful not to mention the fact that he was still very, very young compared to the extremely long life span his species is known to have. He was about 21 in human years. That is very young compared to the thousands of years his species could live for. He was practically still a baby compared to others of his kind. But he was not expecting to be outclassed this badly twice in the short span of two days. At the very least he counted himself lucky that he and his flock walked away relatively unharmed the other day but now they were all dead.
"Please surrender. It's over." Naruto said sadly since he could see the pain and despair on the demons face at loosing what's pretty much his whole family. The leader looked up but his eyes widened to the size of saucers once he gazed at Sasuke's eyes which had his Sharingan activated in them. "Those eyes again! I should have seen it sooner! You look just like him!" The leader spoke up as he trembled in rage with small unnoticeable traces of fear seeping in. "My eyes? You've met Itachi? Where is he? What did he say to you?" Sasuke demanded as he immediately caught on to what the demon in front of him was saying. He could see the rage and despair on the creatures face so he knew he wasn't lying. 'So Itachi was here recently.' Both Naruto and Sasuke thought at the same time.
"Go to hell! I'LL KILL YOU!" The leader shouted as he took off from his corner of the clearing at breakneck speeds. Sasuke was able to see some of this with his Sharingan but his body was still too slow to react. He saw a second almost unnoticeable bright blur move past him before a loud bang went off in the clearing. Naruto had managed to intercept the leaders charge by using his Acceleration. Naruto was cloaked in a translucent aura of chakra with his body glowing light blue. To Sasuke's Sharingan it was quite possibly the weirdest thing he's ever looked at, not to mention it was very bright. Almost blindingly so. "I don't think so." Naruto retorted as he held off the tall and lanky demon with his swords. "Boss!" The other demon cried out as he charged at Naruto's blind spot. He didn't get really far though unfortunately.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
A large fireball engulfed the very young demon and killed him instantly before he could even react. Sasuke was not in the forgiving mood to even contemplate the fact that he had just killed nine people but it would come to him in time. "Ice Style: Ice Prison Jutsu!" Naruto called out as being in contact with his swords made out of ice the leader soon found his entire body encased in a thick layer of ice that he couldn't break free off. The Yōki inside the ice was far more potent than his own and he didn't have much to begin with. Just enough to allow him to match a Chūnin at best.
"Please just listen to us and I promise you that you'll live." Naruto said as he held one of his swords to the demon's neck which was exposed. "Never. I will kill that boy. I hate him!" The leader responded as he glared at Sasuke although he tried his best not to look Sasuke in the eyes. "Tell me where Itachi is?" Sasuke demanded with a smoldering glare which made the demon flinch. "Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you. I'm going to kill the both of you and everyone you love you little rats!" The leader roared as he struggled to break free. "Tell me where Itachi is!" Sasuke roared right back as he was quickly losing what little patience he had left.
"Hold on Sasuke I have ways of making people talk." Naruto said as his eyes changed over from their normal crystal clear sky blue color which was a darker shade at the current moment since Naruto just finished fighting into a deep dark navy blue color as his whole demeanor changed. Spending most of his life growing up in the mafia as well as having Anko of all people who was a member of the Torture and Interrogation Unit of the ANBU Black Ops as a role model and big sister figure made it so that Naruto was unfortunately well versed on the subject he was about to inflict on the defenseless demon.
Eva felt a shiver of pleasure go up her tiny spine since as a demon she did instinctively enjoy not only this side of Naruto but also what he was about to do and what he was capable of when he got like this. "You might want to leave for a few minutes Sasuke." Naruto said in a cold tone before he got to work.
5 minutes later the leader had finished spilling his guts of everything that he knew and it put a serious frown on both Naruto and Sasuke's face. Without a single word Naruto sealed up the still alive leader into a scroll to be transported back to the village. Naruto leaned against a nearby tree and slid down it.
"That's a lot to think about. Your brother was just here…" Naruto said as he looked up to see Sasuke's face paler than usual. Without any warning Sasuke bent over and emptied his stomach onto the ground as the fact he had killed several people finally registered in his mind now that his adrenaline had left him.
Getting up Naruto walked over to Sasuke before gently rubbing him on the back with a sympathetic look of understanding etched onto his face. "It never goes away this feeling that you now have. Trust me on that. There is no justification for killing and taking a life. No excuses and no reasons. You just have to suck it up and hold your head high and except the fact that you did it. I had to learn that the hard way over the years. Simply believing that you were doing the right thing won't be enough since everyone has their own believes on what right and wrong means. Just except that part of yourself and it will get easier." Naruto said as he continued to rub Sasuke's back as the young Uchiha emptied the last of his food onto the ground.
"Did someone tell you that?" Sasuke said after a few minutes of silence. "Unfortunately no. I had to learn that all by myself over the years. Being a father to Iris and Chaos helped me understand that better. I would have thought that Shoko would have been the one to tell me but I would always shut her down before she could talk to me about it. I was always ashamed and still am today of the fact that I've killed before. But I've learned to deal with it and so can you. I know you can." Naruto said as he leads Sasuke back over to a nearby tree. Once the two had sat down a silence overcame them for a few minutes.
"I want to kill my brother for what he has done." Sasuke said out of the blue as he stared out into the forest. "Killing off an entire clan of people is unforgivable… but what will you do after you kill him?" Naruto couldn't help but ask. He wasn't trying to talk Sasuke out of pursing Itachi since not only did he know that would be absolutely pointless but if someone had killed his girls and got away with it he would track that person down to the end of the world to find them. Sasuke was born into a family that was later on taken from him and Naruto was born without a family only to gain one later on in life. They are both orphans so in his mind Naruto could sympathize with what Sasuke was going through even if he didn't lose his family he still does know that hollow feeling of not having one.
"I will rebuild my clan and finally bring peace to my family." Sasuke answered almost immediately. "I hope you can bring your family peace." Naruto said as he looked out into the swaying trees. "Sasuke I want you to know that you still have family out there." Naruto said as he looked towards his teammate who looked back at him in shock. "None of us are related to you by blood and we could never replace what you lost but we could be your family. All of our classmates and the other villagers have always been here for you. To be honest I was always a tad bit jealous of how you received that comfort and special treatment from everybody." Naruto said to the Uchiha who was listening with all of his attention.
"But I would usually push that jealously aside since I had my own small group of friends and newly gained family to take my hidden pain away. I remember I tried to reach out to you during our academy days to try to be your friend but you always pushed me away. Soon I just stopped actively trying and instead choose to just silently watch out for you. I know even you had a few little bullies back then that wanted to come after you for one reason or another and I would usually take care of them with a few little pranks here and there." Naruto admitted with a chuckle towards the end. "That was you all those times?" Sasuke questioned with curiosity and a little bit of shock. "Yeah, guilty is charged. Of course the only time I helped you out with you knowing was the time those guys tried to jump you." Naruto said offhandedly. "Humnn." Sasuke grunted in his usual one syllable response.
"I felt terrified that night." Naruto said after a brief pause in the conversation. Sasuke hearing this turned to Naruto with a bewildered and confused face. "Iris and Chaos sensed the massacre happening and they woke up crying. They could feel the loss of life that night and since I share a connection with them I was able to also feel what they were feeling to an extent. On my own I could just tell something was very wrong. I could feel it in my very soul." Naruto explained in a low tone of voice. "It was right after that happened that an unknown man broke into my home to kidnap me and the girls. I fought him off the best I could while running, he's responsible for those scars on my back. I don't know what they want with me but they came back at the bridge and I have no doubt they will come back in the future. I only escaped that night because he allowed me too. I knew I wouldn't be so fortunate the next time." Naruto explained in a small voice.
"They sensed it?" Sasuke asked in disbelieve. "How is that even possible?" Naruto just chuckled while leaning back into the tree. "I found myself asking that same question many times over the years. There are a lot of things that they can do that shock me and defies logic. But the scary thing is I've only scratched the surface on the number of things they are capable of." Naruto admitted.
"Why are you telling me this? Why now?" Sasuke questioned as he looked towards the blond sitting next to him with many questions trying to roll off his tongue. "Like I said I tried to reach out to you in the academy but you didn't want any friends at the time since you were still silently grieving. But now I have another chance to reach out to be your friend and I never waste my chances on things. I don't have any other ulterior motive or hidden agenda if that's what you're thinking. A person doesn't always need a legitimate reason to do something good." Naruto said to Sasuke who gained a contemplative look on his face. He turned away from Naruto to gaze out at the trees around them.
Naruto watched as Sasuke thought over his words as his eyes moved back and forth in contemplation. "Thank you…" Sasuke said after a few minutes of silence between the two. Naruto was momentarily caught off guard since Sasuke doesn't really verbally thank people with those words very often. "You're welcome." Naruto said as he adjusted himself against the tree. "You're not half bad… I never trusted you since you always lied and kept secrets from others, even back in the academy you did that. But you're like a mystery. Not many people know who you really are. Except Hinata." Sasuke admitted with a small smirk while propping himself up against the tree as well.
Naruto blushed at the end when Sasuke mentioning Hinata. He didn't particularly know why he blushed but he did it anyways. "I'll freely admit that I have trust issues. I don't open myself up completely to every person I meet. It's in my very nature to hide things and keep them to myself but I've been learning to not do that. If you want to be trusted, then you have to trust others." Naruto said as he looked back to Sasuke. "I don't want people to get hurt because of me, that's happened in the past before. It's even costed a person their life and because of that its traumatized me and made me very jaded and distrusting of others." Naruto said as his voice tapered off as he thought about his friend Kenichi who died way too young. "But my desire for friends and family has gotten in the way of that distrusting nature many times in the past." Naruto finished off with a small smile as he thought of all the friends and family he has now.
"So want to give being friends a try?" Naruto asked as he extended his hand towards Sasuke. The lone Uchiha looked at the hand extended towards him for a brief moment before extending his own and shaking Naruto's. "Alright I guess we could give it a try but on the condition that you come clean to me. There are a lot of secrets that you are keeping from everyone. Let's start with what exactly that little friend of yours is?" Sasuke questioned as he looked up into Naruto's hair and watched as Eva decided to show herself.
"Eva is a Winter Fairy or to be more specific she is a demon." Naruto admitted while watching Sasuke's reaction. "A demon? But they aren't real. Those are just stories Naruto." Sasuke dismissed with a shake of his head. "No you're wrong about that. Supernatural creatures are real. The stuff in those books are very real." Naruto insisted as he slowly raised his power of his Yōki so that Sasuke could sense it. "Your chakra… it feels kind of similar to those guys we just fought and that guy back on the bridge a while back." Sasuke said in bewilderment. "That's because what yours sensing isn't Chakra. Its Yōki. Yōki is pretty much a demon's form of chakra." Naruto explained simply.
"Then are you a demon?" Sasuke asked warily. A pained and hurt look flashed across Naruto's face at Sasuke's words as Naruto recoiled. "No, I'm not a demon. Eva and I have been bonded together for so long over the years that my body has had to adjust to help sustain her. My chakra network now naturally produced Yōki on its own. But a more accurate thing to say is that the chakra that my body produces actually takes on the characteristics of Yōki." Naruto explained in a subdued tone of voice.
Seeing the state Naruto was in now Sasuke looked away for a moment as he struggled to decide on what to do. Finally, he sighed and turned back to his teammate. "Look Naruto, I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you." Sasuke apologized in a rare show of empathy. Naruto was shocked and didn't say anything for a full minute but he regained his composure soon afterwards. "It's ok, you didn't know." Naruto accepted as he nodded to Sasuke. "So what about your daughters? Are they not human either?" Sasuke questioned.
"No they aren't human but I can't tell you or anyone else for that matter what they truly are." Naruto stated as he took on a serious look. "And why is that? Judging by what you are saying that means they aren't demons so what are they? What else could they possibly be?" Sasuke questioned as he tried to piece together things in his mind. "I can't say. They are different compared to Eva." Naruto admitted. "So wait… if demons are really then does that mean other things like gods and stuff are real? What about… wait… don't tell me…" Sasuke rambled on but paused as a stray thought passed his mind which caused the gears in his head to start turning.
"Sasuke don't continue that line of thinking. It's best just to forget about it." Naruto said in a warning tone. He had a serious look in his eye as he gazed at his teammate who was starting to get the picture. "If people knew what my girls are they would stop at nothing to get them. You'd have to be an idiot not to want to capture them. I don't know if those demons that came after me know about the girls are or not but I pray that they don't because I can't beat them as I am now. Nor do I want to fight off hundreds of people who are all interested in them." Naruto said with a frown on his face.
"I understand… so what now?" Sasuke asked as he looked towards his new friend and teammate. "I don't know. But I do know that I have a lot to catch you up on." Naruto said with a chuckle. Sasuke just grunted in response. Unknown to the two Genin they had two sets of eyes watching them. Their sensei Kakashi who had arrived a while back right after Naruto started interrogating the leader. He decided to remain hidden and he was glad he did. He was happy to see his student develop a new friendship between each other.
The other set of eyes belonged to a lone black crow that was hidden away from the view of everyone. It soon flew away after watching everything that had happened in that clearing from start to finish. It's eyes briefly flashed the design of the Sharingan before flying away.
Jutsu Library
1.) Acceleration - Accelerating Turn works by storing Kinetic energy in one's own body, reinforced by their own internal energy (Chakra, Yōki, etc.), and then releasing that kinetic energy through an opening in the shielding their internal energy is creating at the bottom of their feet allowing the user to reach and utilize explosive high speed movements.
2.) Genjutsu: Crow Ephemera - This technique allows Itachi to put his opponent within a Genjutsu by using his finger as a medium. This induces the Genjutsu. When the technique is used crows flocked from Itachi and turned into shuriken after he performed the ram seal which bombards his enemies. Itachi then releases a signal that attempts to put his target to sleep. If the target resists the sleep command then they experience their bodies turning into any number of things. Most of the time it is of a person that the victim knows who then begins to torture the victim relentlessly and psychologically.
3.) Water Prison Jutsu - This technique is used to trap a victim inside a virtually inescapable sphere of water. The only downside to this technique is that the user must keep at least one arm inside the sphere at all times in order for the victim to remain imprisoned. This technique requires a sufficient amount of water, which can be provided by expelling it from one's mouth. Once trapped the target is unable to move or breathe while within it due to the heaviness of the water. Because of the density of the water it can be used, to a limited extent, for defensive purposes if performed on oneself. It can also be stored in scrolls as traps. Water clones can be used in preparation for the technique, which block an opponent's attack and trap the attacker in the prison using the clone's own water.
4.) Body Flicker - A high speed ninja technique that allows the user to travel at high speeds in micro burst. Usually the technique is accompanied by a special effect that masks the movement of the user.
5.) Shadow Clone Jutsu - A Jutsu invented by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. The technique was created to be used to spy on an enemy without fear of going in person. The Jutsu works by splitting the chakra of the user evenly in two which makes the clone have half of the user's chakra. By creating multiple clones, the fraction in which you have to split your chakra becomes larger. The clones can think independently of one another and can use any technique that the original can use as long as they have enough chakra to use it. A clone can feel pain and can even bleed but it will be dispelled if it is hit hard enough. The unique ability of the Jutsu is that during the clones' entire life span it is recording everything that its five senses experiences and upon dispelling all of that information is transferred back to the caster of the Jutsu. Because of this training or learning something new that would take an extended amount of time can be cut down to a fraction of the time depending on the number of clones you use. Because you have multiple people learning the same thing at the same time and having all of that knowledge compiled into one person it can speed up the time it takes to learn something.
6.) Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu - A technique that simply creates a ferocious gust of wind, whose scale and usage varies depending on the user. If used by a superior shinobi, it has enough destructive power to knock down a large tree. The wind from the squall can blow away all things in the user's line of sight. The technique can also be used in the form of a devastation stream of wind expelled from the user's mouth.
7.) Ice Style: Ice Kunai Barrage Jutsu - A Jutsu that allows Naruto to create dozens of ice kunai in midair and telekinetically control them and launch them at a target.
8.) Ice Style: Icicle Shard Blast Jutsu - A Jutsu that Naruto can use that allows him to mold his chakra into thin shards of ice that he can telekinetically control for a short period of time. Usually they form the ice shards above the targets head and then impale the opponent with them.
9.) Ice Style: Icicle Bullets Jutsu - A move that Naruto created that allows him to form thin icicles that he can launch at incredible speeds that most people can't track. It has a massive amount of penetration power since it was able to shoot straight through Mizuki's shoulder blade despite the fact that he had on his flak jacket. It pierced through the bones in his shoulder.
10.) Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu - The Hallmark Jutsu of the Land of Fire and the Hidden leaf Village and founded by the famous Uchiha Clan the Fire ball Jutsu is the go to fire style Jutsu as well as a right of passage in the Uchiha clan. The Jutsu spews forth a fire ball from the mouth of the user and the size of the technique is depended on the amount of Chakra used by the user. The Jutsu is the gateway Jutsu to many other advanced and powerful fire style Jutsu.
11.) Ice Style: Ice Prison Jutsu - This technique allows the user to infuse their chakra with ice on the ground and bring it to the surface. The user can then trap their opponent within the ice by controlling its movements and completely surrounding them in the ice. It is strong enough to withstand basic Fire Release techniques, because the ice has already been infused with the user's chakra. The user can also surround themselves with the ice prison to act as a shield. Additionally, any piece of ice that Naruto is controlling can be used to immobilize a target. If he hits you with ice from any Ice Style Jutsu then he can freeze you in place.
Flying Thunder God Kunai - They are custom made kunai and the signature tools of Minato Namikaze, who uses it in conjunction with his Space–Time Ninjutsu: The Flying Thunder God Technique. They differ from a standard kunai in that they have three blades instead of one and on the handle (which is thicker than normal) is the "marker" for Minato's teleportation ability; Minato also said that these blades are a bit heavier than a normal kunai. The prongs on them also makes it more deadly in melee fighting.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys so with all that said this chapter is now complete. A lot has happened including Naruto learning that Haku really was a girl the entire time. Naruto and Eva have picked up a treasure trove of information regarding the 4th Hokage. What secrets are they going to discover hidden away within all of the Hokage's things? Naruto and Hitomi have their long awaited reunion with each other and Sasuke comes to the startling revelation that Itachi is very close by and that he just missed him. Itachi seems to be on the trail of the Demons that attacked not just him but Naruto and Shoko as well. Finally Naruto and Sasuke forged a strong friendship based on a mutual respect and understanding for one another. Now all that's left to see is where that new friendship will carry them?
That's the end of Chapter 30 I sincerely hoped you enjoyed it.
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Published: 10/1/2016
