I'm pretty sure what you want now is Deemed to be Forgotten's update but that would be coming after I update this. So for now, read this update.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 11: Light in the darkness
Hinata's eyes suddenly opened when she felt Naruto's hand tighten around her hand. She straightened up when she saw Naruto's pained expression. It was midnight and she has been by his side all day. She checked his temperature and found out that he was having a very high fever. Naruto looked very pained and he was breathing heavily.
Hinata placed a wet towel over his forehead and caressed his cheek.
"Naruto-kun, please hold on…please…" She whispered.
She leaned at Naruto's bed and closed her eyes. She had a hard time sleeping though. She stayed awake all night.
Sasuke banged his fists against the table as the sunrays filled the Uchiha clan's small library.
He leaned back at his chair and he massaged his forehead. "Damn it…why can't I find anything?"
The sound of drawers opening filled the library.
"Sakura, would you please keep it down?" Sasuke said. He leaned at the table. He was tired but he knew he had to go on because his best friend's life is on the line.
"Sasuke-kun..!" Her shout made Sasuke stand up.
"What's wrong?" Sasuke ran towards where she was.
Sakura was holding a folder. It had the words "top secret" stamped over its cover. "This has something about the Takamura clan."
Sasuke took the folder. "Good…" He whispered.
Shizune showed Tsunade the papers at her hand. She laid them on the table and divided them. She placed one part at her right and the other at her left. There were tons of papers at her left and just two sheets at her right. She pointed at her right. "This is a report from the team you sent to the village that was attacked. This, on the other hand…" She pointed at her left, "…are papers you need to sign ASAP."
Tsunade looked at the papers she needed to sign. "Do I really need to sign that? I mean…I am just here temporarily…" She whispered while she took the mission report.
Shizune sighed. "Yes you do have to sign that… Those are important documents that Naruto-sama left unsigned." Tsunade became sad at the mention of Naruto's name.
Shizune knew what was going on with Naruto so she too became sad.
There was a sudden knock at the door.
"Tsunade-sama, it's Uchiha Sasuke; let me in!" The one knocking at the door said. "I found something that might prove useful!"
Tsunade's face lightened up when she heard that. "Open the door quickly!" She ordered.
Shizune rushed and opened the door.
Sasuke, who looked pretty bushed, entered the room with a couple of papers in hand. "Sakura found this…" He said.
"Have a seat first, Uchiha-san…" Shizune offered Sasuke a seat.
Sasuke laid the paper on Tsunade's desk. While he sat down, Tsunade scanned the paper.
"I have just read the first page; it tells something about Jiro…" Sasuke said.
"You catch your breath and rest for awhile Sasuke. I will read this while you do that…" Tsunade said.
Name: Takamura Jiro
Rank: Missing-nin, Rank A
Background: Takamura Jiro is the son of the Takamura clan head, the clan that is known as the masters of the seals. Of all the children of the clan head, he is deemed as its black sheep. He is also the one who caused the Takamura's downfall. Although he is a prodigy, he, unfortunately, is an evil prodigy. By the time he was 12, he was already a creator of various seals. When he reached fifteen years of age, he created the "seven-day seal."
After the seven-day seal, he created two other seals that the Hokage forbade. Jiro even got warned about the seals he was making. Even if the Hokage gave him the warning, he continued to make deadly seals secretly. The incident that caused the Takamura clan's downfall was he placed his latest and deadliest seal in his whole clan without their knowledge.
The following day, he killed his clan. He said his purpose was to test his latest seal. After that, he disappeared from Konoha.
Notes: Information about the seals he created at the archives. The third Hokage has kept it in a very secret location. Only people that carry the rank Hokage will be able to find it.
"Hmmm…that's weird. I never found that information…" Tsunade said.
"You might have just overlooked it, Tsunade-sama…" Shizune said while serving some tea.
Reiji did not care if the seat was pretty dirty; he still decided to sit. His eyelids felt heavy and his body might give in to the calling of rest anytime.
Today was the fourth day of the seal since it was activated. So far…he has found nothing to help his dying father.
Nothing…
Nothing at all…
He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. Uzumaki Reiji hated occasions like this.
And he hated losing what he had just gotten back…he didn't want to lose his long lost father.
The room was filled with silence as Reiji stared blankly at a wall with a crack in it.
His blue eyes seemed to be empty.
The light temporarily went off. He didn't panic but he still stared blankly at the wall.
And at that time…he saw something glowing….a seal...
There was a seal at the wall!
The lights went on again. The seal disappeared.
He immediately stood up and ran to the wall. He touched it in hope that he would find something. There was nothing.
Again the lights went off. The lights seem to be pretty old.
He saw the glowing seal again.
It had the word "Release me" written around it.
"It's a genjutsu…" Reiji formed a seal. "Genjutsu Kai…" He whispered and nothing happened. He banged the wall with his fist. "…A pretty high Genjutsu…no…it's a very high one…" He backed away from the wall and he came up with something. Reiji activated his bloodline limit. He wasn't able to see anything with it. "Damn, I think I need uncle Neji to examine this too…" He whispered. He went to the archive's door and banged his fist against it.
"Ano sa… let me out!" He shouted. It seems that his new discovery wiped away all his thoughts about rest.
There was a clicking sound and Reiji hurried to open the door.
He needed to ask Tsunade to remove that Genjutsu or maybe even Kurenai.
"Ugh…" Naruto twisted and turned. Slowly, he opened his eyes. He saw a cracked ceiling and a dark room. "What…?"
Someone hushed him.
"Hi-Hinata-chan…?" he called out. He wanted to see his wife so much.
There was silence.
"Am I dead? Is heaven this dark?" He asked. What he just witnessed suddenly hit him. He immediately sat up from his lying position. "Reiji…! Where's Reiji?" He asked frantically.
Someone hushed him again.
"You were having a nightmare…" A familiar voice said; it was Kyuubi.
Naruto looked around. He was back on Kyuubi's former cell. He sighed in relief. At least…he wasn't really dead.
"You're fever is very high now, I bet. You're starting to get delirious…" Kyuubi said in a ghostly voice.
Naruto looked around the room in a tired way. Suddenly, his eyes which were full of doubt were filled of hope. He trusted his friend and most of all, his family. They can get him out of this mess.
Tsunade laid the papers on her table.
"What's the matter, Tsunade-sama?" Sasuke asked after seeing Tsunade's disappointed look.
Tsunade sighed heavily. "Thank you for your and your wife's effort in finding information, Sasuke…but I believe what you found could be of no help. Things listed here are just current events." She explained. Sasuke's eyes grew dark.
He stood. "Then we will try to find more…" He announced. "I owe a lot to that idiot-Hokage…" '…and I can't let him die…' He walked towards the door.
When he reached for the door knob, the door suddenly opened. Reiji almost bumped Sasuke on his way in.
The Rokudaime's son ignored Uchiha Sasuke and rushed towards the Godaime.
He panted and he looked pretty exhausted. Reiji planted his hands on Tsunade's table.
Reiji's sudden appearance sparked hope inside Tsunade again. "Did you find anything?" She asked.
Reiji nodded and said, "I think…"
"What do you mean by you think you did?" She asked.
Reiji still hadn't caught his breath. "Gen-Genjutsu…there's a seal on the archives!" He exclaimed. "It's a high class one; I could not remove it…"
Tsunade stood up and grabbed her overcoat from her seat. "Let's go and inspect it then." She turned to Shizune. "Shizune, call Kurenai. Tell her to follow u sin the archives. We need all the help we can get…"
"Ano sa, Shizune-chan, please call my Uncle Neji too. I couldn't see through the genjutsu with my Byakugan. Maybe a man that has mastered it could help. Please do not bother Okaasan; I'm pretty much sure she would like to stay by Otousan's side." Reiji said.
Tsunade gestured for Shizune to go ahead.
The chuunin guarding the Archives rubbed his eyes and yawned. He hadn't slept yet and he still had to guard the archives. He dozed off temporarily and was then awakened by the voice of a boy.
"Hey mister, open the door again!" Reiji said.
The man blinked his eyes a few times because his vision was pretty blurry.
"Open it quick!" A voice that sounded very commanding said.
His vision cleared and he saw Reiji standing with the Fifth. Hyuuga Neji and Kurenai followed shortly after.
The man straightened up and performed the seal to open the door. "Sorry for the delay, Hokage-sama!" He apologized.
Tsunade reached for the switch. Reiji stopped her.
"What's the matter?" She asked.
Reiji smiled. "We won't see the seal if you open the lights. It glows in the dark." He explained. "We better go now. We can't waste any time…" All of them nodded.
They followed Reiji through the shelves and ended up at the wall by the end of the archives room. It was a simple wall with no cracks and no decorations. There were no shelves placed near it.
A big seal glowed.
Reiji pointed at the seal, "That's the one…"
Tsunade examined it. "I've never seen this before." She whispered.
Neji activated his Byakugan. "Something is inside…"
Tsunade turned her head towards Kurenai. "Kurenai, what can you say about that?"
Kurenai continued to examine it for a few minutes. "Reiji is right; it's a high class genjutsu. I've seen this genjutsu once. It takes a lot of chakra and chakra control to unlock it. The genjutsu acts like a locked door. It's no regular genjutsu and you won't be able to remove it with a regular Genjutsu Kai."
"You know how to remove it, Kurenai-san?" Reiji asked.
Kurenai smiled. "Of course I can." She went through the seals Tiger, Dog, Boar, Horse, and Monkey and then she closed her eyes. A circle of chakra appeared around her foot.
She stayed like that for minutes. Reiji, Tsunade and Neji just watched her in silence.
There was a clicking sound. Kurenai sighed and opened her eyes. They all looked at where the wall was once. There was now a door.
Tsunade plopped her hands at her waist. "Good job, Kurenai."
Reiji approached the door. He reached for the doorknob; he hoped it wasn't locked.
He turned it and fortunately, it was not locked.
Another set of shelves greeted them. They went in.
"This full of top secret stuff…" Neji said while looking around. "Classified mission reports that the Hokage only knows…"
Reiji marveled at the design at one wall.
The map of the whole Konoha was painted in it. Atop it, in a circle was painted Konoha's sign and beside Konoha's sign, the fire sign was painted. The wall was a big painting. The border had intricate designs and carvings of dragons. One dragon had eyes of red jewel, he touched it and he accidentally pushed it.
A grumbling sound filled the room. He looked at the map-wall and at the center; a passageway was slowly opening up. The sound attracted his companions; they too saw the new passageway.
"The third sure made a lot of secret passageways here." Tsunade commented.
Once the passageway completely opened up, Reiji rushed inside.
It was only a small room. There was a simple study table at the center, its chair was pushed away from it and there was a big lamp beside it. Reiji opened the lamp and he saw there were tons of dusty scrolls atop the table. The scroll at the top of all scrolls grabbed his attention immediately.
It was labeled.
"Forbidden seal removal technique"
And yet another short chapter. Sorry if it's short. I think next family update would be longer. Don't forget to review...