Naruto: Return From Darkness
"Kyuubi Speaking"
Thoughts
"Speaking"
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Leaping onto the roof of a nearby building he scanned the horizon for his destination. Jumping forward he headed for the location.
How long has it been? Three years? Hiro thought to himself.
Hiro shook his head to clear the thoughts from his mind and quickened his pace.
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Landing at the entrance, he grabbed the doorknob, but it was locked.
"Hmmm…" Hiro contemplated aloud before finding a solution and walking to the side of the building.
Making a hand seal with one hand and placing the other one flat on the wall, he concentrated and spoke quietly.
"All Seeing Eye Jutsu." Hiro breathed calmly and added a bit of pressure to the wall.
Instantly he felt as though he was inside the building and began to look around. He was right next to Kakashi and Sakura. Below him two Genin were fighting.
Preliminaries huh? Hiro shifted his view to scan everyone on the balcony.
He already left, that just leaves… A hand on his shoulder cut off Hiro's thoughts.
Removing his conscious from inside, he returned to where his body was and opened his eyes. To his right were three Konoha ninjas, Chunin by the look of it.
"Hey buddy, what're you doin' here?" The leader of the gang asked, looking at Hiro from head to toe.
"Just looking for someone, but I'm leaving now." Hiro turned to leave, but an arm blocked his path.
"Not so fast there, I don't think I like your attitude." Moving his arm back to his side, the leader quickly swung it back to strike Hiro in the jaw.
Hiro just leaned back to avoid it and brought his foot up to trip the man as he stumbled past him.
The man tripped and landed in a heap at Hiro's feet.
"Why you!" The man snarled quickly rising to his feet and taking out a kunai.
"This should be fun." He said happily, unsheathing one of his swords.
The man jumped at Hiro and aimed a slash right for his neck. Hiro blocked easily and pushed the man back.
Going on the offensive, Hiro walked directly at the man and brought his sword down to his hip.
The man raised the kunai back over his head and began to charge at Hiro.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Sword." Hiro spoke softly, swinging his sword in an arc.
The man stopped and looked to his left at the tree behind him. The top part slid off the bottom at an angle, crashing to the ground in a huge mess.
Hiro sheathed his sword and began to walk away.
Passing the man who stood speechless, Hiro leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"Don't test me." Hiro continued on his way, waiting for the other two ninjas to move out of the way before strutting away.
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Returning to the tops of buildings, Hiro resumed his search for the Hokage.
I really wish I didn't have to do this… Hiro thought to himself, unable to stop the flow of thoughts coursing through his mind.
Landing in front of the Sarutobi Complex, Hiro walked through the front gates and looked around.
Locating the main building before him, he began walking towards it.
Stopping for no apparent reason, he quickly turned to his right and caught the foot of a young boy. The boy pushed off of Hiro and landed a few feet away.
"What are you doing here intruder!" The boy accused.
"Who are you?" Hiro asked, intimidating the child before him.
"I'm Konohamaru Sarutobi! Grandson of the Third Hokage!" Konohamaru declared.
Hiro started chuckling, and looked back at the confused Konohamaru.
"I'm looking for your grandfather, do you know where he is?" Hiro asked as kindly as he could.
"Why should I tell you!" Konohamaru shouted angrily.
"I have important questions that need answering, so could you please bring him to me?" Hiro asked, getting frustrated.
"Fine I'll take you there." Konohamaru finally complied, walking towards a building in the far left corner of the complex.
Hiro smirked and began to follow him.
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Walking through the door that Konohamaru held open for him, Hiro came face to face with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"My grandson told me that you have some questions, Hiro was it?" The Third Hokage asked.
Hiro glanced at Konohamaru sitting in the corner and returned his gaze to the Third Hokage and said, "We should discuss it in private."
The Third Hokage looked at Konohamaru and nodded at the door. He complied and exited the room and left Hiro and Hiruzen alone.
"So boy, you have some questions for me?" Hiruzen asked, sitting down wearily.
"I need to know more about the Kazekage." Hiro confessed, staring into the Hokage's eyes.
The Hokage looked at Hiro quizzically before saying, "I'm not sure I understand what you mean?"
"The Raikage told me to protect you and I've had some feelings that something is wrong with the Kazekage" Hiro said, explaining his situation.
The Hokage contemplated his next choice of words before looking at the ninja in front of him, "I have noticed a very dark chakra surrounding him, but only for a few moments and then it disappears." The Hokage spoke quietly and then continued. "I've also noticed that there were traces of the same chakra around the Forest of Death."
Hearing this, Hiro stood up, nodded at the Hokage and said, "I have all the information I need, thank you." Hiro disappeared in a small flash of light.
The Hokage brought his hand up to his chin and was silent for a moment before whispering to himself, "He seems familiar… and that technique…"
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Hiro reappeared in his hotel room and looked around to see if anyone was there. The hotel was empty, so Hiro retrieved his bag and pulled out his hooded cloak. Putting it on, he exited the building and began to make his way over to the Forest of Death.
Landing in front of the fence, Hiro made a quick search of the area around the outside, before jumping over the fence and continuing his search.
Reaching the middle of the forest, Hiro began to notice signs of a large-scale battle that had taken place. Blood, large gouges in the trees and craters in the ground. Following the signs, he seemed to be getting closer to the epicenter of the conflict. Finally seeing what had caused all of the destruction, Hiro gasped. The dead body of a humongous snake lay on the forest floor.
A snake… ! The realization hit Hiro and he instantly began to exit the Forest of Death.
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Exiting the forest, Hiro sprinted towards the building where the Preliminaries were taking place. Barging through the door, he was greeted with a completely empty room.
"Dammit!" Hiro berated himself for not being faster.
One month… That's when it will happen. Hiro thought to himself, planning out his next course of actions.
Hiro exited the building and went to find the Genin that had won in the preliminaries.
Finally finding them walking down the street in a big group, he removed his hood and began to walk over.
The first one to notice him was Sakura, who excitedly shouted, "Hey look everyone here comes Hiro!"
As he neared the group, they made a half circle around him.
Hiro got right to the point, "Who won the preliminaries?"
Hinata pulled out a sheet from her pocket, unfolded it and handed it to him, "Here."
Hiro looked at the piece of paper in his hand, it read:
Chunin Exam Final Matchups
Round One: Shikamaru Vs. Temari
Round Two: Kazuto Vs. Shino
Round Three: Sasuke Vs. Gaara
Round Four: Jin Vs. Neji
In one months time!
As Hiro read all the names, he noticed one that was very familiar.
"Kazuto!" Looking at the Genin he asked, "Who fought Kazuto?"
Kiba stepped forward and said, "I did…"
Hiro nodded his head and said, " Was he strong?"
Kiba nodded quickly and said, "Yeah, I barely managed to hit him."
"I'm the one who trained him so…" Hiro said, unsure of how to proceed.
The Genin looked at him flabbergasted and Tenten said, "Y-you trained him!"
Hiro looked confused and said, "Yeah why?..."
"He's pretty much the strongest from out age group, well other than Gaara…" Tenten said looking down at her feet by the end of the sentence.
Hiro noticed Tenten's mood swing, and looked at the rest of the Genin. Similar emotions played on their faces. As he gazed at the ninja, he noticed that someone from the group of Konoha Genin was missing.
"Hey, where's Sasuke?" Hiro asked, doing his beast to change the subject.
Sakura slowly stepped forward and seemed to be holding back a sob. Hiro got the picture and walked up to her.
Whispering so only Sakura he said, "Let's go somewhere private and you can tell me about it." She nodded, and Hiro quickly picked Sakura bridal style, causing her to give a small yelp and jumped away.
Ino looked at the two leaping away and felt a small burning sensation in her heart.
Am I… jealous? Ino thought to herself, immediately shaking her head to remove the feelings, she turned back to the rest of her friends as they began to walk away.
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Hey guys, (And girls hopefully…) I know it's been a while since my last chapter, and I'm super sorry. I'm not gonna drop this story, that's one of the things that makes the most angry, when an author drops a story in the middle.
But back on topic, I went on vacation and just couldn't think of any ideas to further the story, so yeah…
My sister is getting married in about a week so that'll take up some of my time, but hopefully it was worth the wait.
And I just want to thank everyone that has read and reviewed from the bottom of my heart.
Please review and if anyone has any ideas for pairings or things you would like to see, ask and if I like it, it might just end up in the story.
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