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Deemed to be forgotten

Chapter 8: Revelation

"Twenty years ago…Konoha was almost destroyed. The attacker was a nine-tailed demon fox, Kyuubi. With its intense charka it swooped down and decimated Konoha's forces. As I have said, Konoha was almost destroyed. Then, Yondaime Hokage arrived to save the village with a baby in his arms. He defeated the Kyuubi and sealed it in the navel of the baby he was carrying when he arrived. The Hokage died because his soul served as payment for the jutsu he used. " Naruto told the story with a heavy feeling in his heart.

Everyone looked at him with a dumbfounded look. They have heard the story of the Kyuubi; of course it was the "revised" version wherein the Hokage killed the Kyuubi.

Kiba then asked, "Oi Naruto, where the hell did you get that story? Kyuubi died on that night!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure what your parents told you was the truth?"

Kiba was taken back. He thought it could possibly be a lie. Everyone was silent, waiting for Naruto to say something.

"But…but…what does that story have to do with you, Naruto-kun?" Hinata was the one who broke the silence.

"And who is the baby?" Sakura asked.

Naruto's eyes became sad. Memories of his lonely and hate-filled childhood rushed inside his head.

Gaara asked something to save Naruto some trouble, "Isn't it obvious? Why would Naruto tell this if it wasn't connected to him?" He then added, "Think of it closely. When was Naruto born? When did the Kyuubi die? Why did the villagers hate Naruto ever since he was young?"

The silence returned and after a moment, Kiba laughed. "Are suggesting that Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto?"

Everyone was silent. They were staring at Kiba.

Naruto looked up, "Yes, Kiba. Kyuubi is inside of me." He pointed at his navel.

His friends stared at him; disbelief was evident in their faces.

Hinata clenched her fist, 'That's why…everyone…hated him…'

Tsunade spoke, "If you're wondering why they told a different story to you it's because Sandaime forbade telling the true story so hate towards Naruto would be stopped…

Gaara cut her off, "But nevertheless…Naruto was still hated."

Naruto lowered his head. His eyes showed the sadness and loneliness he tried to remove all these years. He didn't want his friends to hate him because of Kyuubi. He didn't want to be alone again.

Now that they knew, what would they do?

"So, the Kyuubi was the one who resurrected you?" Shikamaru asked.

Naruto looked at him, "Wait…aren't you all going to hate me? I mean…I…am…"

Neji smirked, "What do you mean?"

"The Kyuubi almost destroyed Konoha! All of Konoha hated me…the villagers...they...loathed me…"

Kiba laughed, "Hah! Naruto, just because Kyuubi is inside you it doesn't mean we'll hate you. Kyuubi is Kyuubi; you are you…"

Shikamaru smiled. "Yes, we wouldn't be able to hate you because of that. After all the great things you have done…" He then looked up at the sky. "Besides…it would be too troublesome to think of hate right now…"

Everyone nodded.

"Of course, if you betrayed Konoha…we would hate you…" Kiba grinned.

Sakura patted Naruto on the shoulder, "Yep, but the case is you're still a friend." She smiled.

Hinata smiled at him too, "You do not have to worry, Naruto-kun." She tried no to blush because everyone was staring at her. "Uhm…we...don't hate you at all…" I wouldn't be able to hate you Naruto-kun…never…

"So, Naruto…back to the story…" Shino said.

"Ugh…yeah…" He scratched his head. "Kyuubi was the reason why I stayed alive. On my grave, I was alive but Kyuubi shut down my body. So you thought I was dead. The next thing I knew when I woke up was I was out of Konoha already. My clothes were soiled and my hands were full of dirt. I assumed Kyuubi took control of me and dug me out of my grave. It's just weird he didn't attack Konoha…" He smiled.

Lee then exclaimed, "Your grave wasn't ruined at all Naruto-kun!"

Everyone nodded.

Naruto scratched his head again, "I fixed it…" He looked away from all of them. "I came back for a short while and fixed my grave. I made it look that it wasn't ruined at all." He smiled. "I was lucky that no one visited at that time…"

Silence filled the garden. All they could hear was the rustling of leaves and the low whisper of the wind.

Nobody knew what to say; nobody was sure what they could say.

Tsunade broke the silence by tapping the scroll into her hands. Everyone turned their eyes towards her.

"Naruto, I want to find out something." She said.

Naruto showed no emotion at all. "Ask it then."

Tsunade stopped tapping the scroll into her hands. "There must be a reason why you suddenly came back. What is it Naruto?"

Naruto smirked. "Uchiha Sasuke…"

He heard gasps from his friends especially from Sakura who has not stopped loving the traitor yet.

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura whispered.

"I came back because of that bastard." Naruto's voice sounded so angry. His hate for Sasuke was evident in his eyes. Everyone wondered why there was so much hate because they knew that Naruto would still consider Sasuke a friend because Sasuke is only blinded by his darkness, by the will to take revenge upon his brother. The typical Naruto would still try to save Sasuke from the darkness. Naruto though…knew that it wasn't any ordinary darkness anymore. Sasuke still continues to play the role of the bad guy even though he had succeeded on what he wanted to do for so many years.

Uchiha Itachi died by Uchiha Sasuke's hands.

Of course, Naruto's friends don't know it yet.

They don't know that Sasuke took his darkness up to the next level already.

Naruto's fist curled into a ball. "He…he plans to destroy Konoha to the last bit of it and I came to warn you. The reason why he is doing this…I don't exactly know." He smirked and looked at them with intense blue eyes. "But I think he has gone mad…"

With eyebrows knitted together, he added more things, "And death only awaits him at the end of the road because of this…"

Sakura trembled at the killer intent Naruto was emitting. Everyone else had cold sweat on their foreheads. Even Tsunade, Jiraiya and Hiashi as well as Iruka weren't spared from the fear of his murderous intent.

Nami, Neji and TenTen's daughter, woke up with a cry. Even if TenTen was still shaken by what has happened, she hushed her daughter.

Hinata was very afraid of the Naruto that was in front of her. 'Maybe this is the Kyuubi inside him?' She asked herself and pasted in her mind that Naruto wouldn't go berserk here. Terribly shaken by the killer intent that Naruto was still emitting, she felt numb and she trembled. Nami was still crying in the background, it was possibly because Naruto was still scaring her.

She bit her lower lip and mustered all the courage to calm Naruto down. She huffed while beads of cold sweat trickled on the side of her face. "Naruto-kun…" She said with a soft voice.

At that moment, Naruto's eyes widened and they all felt the killer intent faded away little by little.

He took a large intake of air and said, "I'm sorry…it's just that…" He grunted and shut his eyes. "Sasuke has done much evil already. It must all stop…he must be stopped…"

Sakura was very sad. She knew Naruto was ready to kill Sasuke. In truth, she didn't want Sasuke to be killed.

She still wanted to save him.

"Sorry guys, I…need to take a break…" Naruto stood and walked away from them.

Naruto went to the other end of the garden that was silent. No one was there.

He shook his head and whispered to himself, "Damn…why did I have to do that?"

He looked down at his feet and gritted his teeth. He clenched his fist.

Uchiha Sasuke…

Former teammate

Rival

Best friend

But now, Uchiha Sasuke is an enemy in his eyes; he was an enemy that needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.

He sighed.

His eyes became sad because he knew that he didn't want to kill Sasuke. He just wanted to save him but…

It's too late already.

"Naruto-kun…" He heard that voice again, Hinata's voice. He turned at her and smiled.

"A-are you alright?" She asked.

Naruto smiled at her. "Ah…yes. Thanks to you…"

Hinata felt heat creep up her cheeks. She smiled shyly.

Naruto glanced at the part in her kimono that was torn. "How about you?" He pointed at her Kimono.

Hinata looked at the side of her Kimono. "Ah this…you don't have to worry about this. I tore it myself…" She laughed softly.

Naruto raised an eyebrow and had a curious tint in his eyes. "You did?"

Hinata nodded and looked away. "You see…I tore it so I won't have a hard tome running around. And I was also expecting to fight the enemy."

Naruto turned his back and looked at the pond before him. Hinata approached him closer.

There was silence at first but Naruto spoke a moment later, "You're probably wondering why I…want to take care of Hidetada…"

Hinata looked at the pond too. "Well…I was gonna ask that after this…"

Naruto looked at her. "I'll tell you now…"

There was silence again.

"Hinata…" Naruto's voice echoed through the garden. "There was a kid. He was younger than Hidetada. I met him five years ago, when I was seventeen. He became my companion for a year because I stayed at the snow for that time. He became a close friend of mine. He was a little bit annoying because he was always pestering me to teach him ninja stuff." He chuckled. There was a fond sparkle in his eyes as he stared at the pond. "Well…his name was Hishikawa Yoshihide." The fond and happy sparkle in his eyes faded and was replaced by a gloomy one. "Hinata…Yoshi-kun was killed by Sasuke."

Silence fell. Hinata shivered suddenly just by the mention of Sasuke's name. More importantly, "Sasuke killed an innocent boy…I couldn't believe…"

Naruto was still silent.

Hinata looked up at his face that was sad. "But…what does it have to do with Hidetada-kun?"

Naruto looked straight at her eye. Her heart started beating faster. "Hinata...Hidetada…is Yoshihide's older brother. Yoshi-kun's real name is Yasuhiro Yoshihide." And he told her everything there is to know about the Yasuhiro clan.

A moment after, everyone started talking about what happened.

Jiraiya turned his head towards Tsunade. "Naruto…was…scary back there." He whispered at Tsunade's ear. "His killer intent was intense. I wonder what Sasuke did to make him that angry…"

Tsunade looked at the ground. "Yes…he was certainly frightening there."

Kankurou laughed. Gaara and Temari looked at him with puzzled expressions.

Temari glared at Kankurou. "What the hell are you laughing at?"

Kankurou laughed again. "That Uchiha is so dead." His laugh became a chuckle.

Gaara smirked. "True. Naruto isn't exactly the one you would want to pick a fight with."

Shikamaru sighed in relief. He wiped off the cold sweat in his forehead. "Whew…what was that?" He looked up at the sky.

"I don't know." Chouji grabbed a potato chip bag from his pouch. He started to eat it.

Ino sighed too. "But it sure was scary…"

Neji sat at the chair beside lee. He huffed while he sat there. He was still shaken by what he felt earlier. "Lee…Naruto's killer intent was…"

"…scary…" Lee finished for Neji.

They had the same reaction for what happened earlier. But then, who wouldn't be scared by that?

TenTen approached them. Neji looked up at her and then he shifted his eyes at their daughter. "How is she?" He asked.

TenTen sighed in relief. "She quit crying as soon as Naruto calmed down. She was very afraid of what she felt…"

Lee reached up to Namu's head and he gently brushed away stray strands of hair. "I just wish she wouldn't be traumatized by that…"

Neji just sat back and stayed silent.

Kiba curled his hands into a fist. "Oi Shino, I wonder if Naruto could kill by his killer intent alone…"

Shino adjusted his jacket. He opened it a little. "He could kill the weak-hearted with that…" Shino turned his head sideward. "I wonder if the people outside felt it too…"

Kiba finally relaxed his body. "Probably…"

Kakashi saw that Konohamaru was still trembling in fear. "Oi…Konohamaru…are you ok?"

Konohamaru's knees weakened and he plopped down on the ground. "Na-Naruto-niichan…" He stuttered.

Iruka looked at Konohamaru with a worried look. He patted Konohamaru in the head. "Konohamaru…"

Kakashi squatted near Konohamaru. "You better rest…"

Konohamaru slowly nodded.

Sakura looked around the garden. She sighed and hugged herself. She thought back to what happened earlier. She whispered, "So much…hate for him..."

She looked down. "Sasuke-kun…I wonder what you have done to make Naruto this angry…"

She grabbed something from her pouch. It was a forehead protector with a single scratch over the sign; it was Sasuke's.

"Sasuke-sama…" Daishinsai looked up at Sasuke's pained face.

"Oi, walk faster!" Daishinsai heard Seijaru's voice. It was then that Kabuto appeared by the door with a smirk on his face.

"Yes ma'am." He said to mock Seijaru.

Kabuto hadn't changed much. After ten years, he just looked older. The color of his clothes was darker and it was a bit soiled. He had a couple of small scars on his face and one big gash on his left forearm.

Sasuke growled and he looked more pain.

Kabuto looked at the pained Sasuke with an arrogant look. "So this is why you kept me alive, ne?" He looked down at Sasuke in the chair.

Daishinsai grabbed Kabuto's head suddenly with his big hand. "Kabuto-san, please heal Sasuke-sama…" He glared at Kabuto.

Kabuto removed Daishinsai's hand from his head. "Tsk…I'm getting to it…"

Kabuto performed a couple of hand seals and his hands started glowing. He placed it over Sasuke's left hand.

While Kabuto was doing that, Seijaru said, "Oi, Dai-san…you shouldn't have done that." Daishinsai looked at her.

"Why? From the beginning, I already wanted to kill him…" He whispered.

Seijaru glared at him. "Heh, still…we have to keep him alive. Without Kabuto, Sasuke-sama won't be able to keep it down…"

"I failed to protect Yoshi-kun." Naruto shut his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth. "I know that it is Sasuke who sent that pawn to kill Hidetada." He opened his eyes. He clenched his fist. "I want to protect Hidetada…that's why I want to take him under my wing…"

Hinata looked at him. I see… She thought. Naruto-kun…feels this certain responsibility towards Yoshi's death. He likes to think that he will be able to fill in the void of not being able to protect Yoshi by protecting his older brother, Hidetada…

Naruto then smiled and stretched his arms. "There! I feel so much better now!" He grabbed Hinata's hand. "Come on, it's time we come back."

Kabuto was still healing Sasuke. Sasuke, on other hand, had a much more peaceful look on his pale skin.

He suddenly spoke, "Have Kagemaru and Shikyou arrived?"

Seijaru answered, "No; the guys on the borders haven't even seen them near…"

Kabuto finished. Sasuke started moving his left hand around. He was exercising it. "They are taking unusually longer than expected."

Daishinsai chuckled. "Maybe Kagemaru fooled around again. He tends to do that sometimes…"

Seijaru then approached Kabuto and wrapped around a certain material round his wrist.

Sasuke looked at Seijaru. "Bring him back to his quarters…" Then he looked at Daishinsai. "You wait for Kagemaru and Shikyou at the border. As soon as they arrive with him you shall protect him at all cost."

Daishinsai nodded. Seijaru pushed Kabuto and Kabuto walked with a smirk on his face.

The medic-nin walked towards the exit. Before he entered the hall, he took a glance at Sasuke and thought, 'Uchiha Sasuke, I will keep healing you because I want to kill you with my own two hands.' His smirk grew wider. 'Live as long as you want…' He laughed inwardly.

"Ah, he has come back…" Tsunade said.

Jiraiya laughed. "Seems like the new Hyuuga head brought him back. Naruto sure has changed." He grinned

Hiashi glared at Jiraiya. "Could you kindly enlighten me that your grin doesn't mean anything else, Jiraiya-sama?"

Tsunade chuckled. "Consider your request to be unreachable. With that grin of his, there's no way it has no meaning…"

Naruto cleared his throat. He grabbed the scroll that Kagemaru left from Tsunade. "I'm borrowing this."

He then opened it. "The blazing fire will die soon; the sound of death will start once all pieces of the music is gathered; the nine-tailed kitsune is by your side but we shall not falter. The sole survivor of the Uchiha clan shall be the one who will end your reign." He read it out loud. Everyone in the garden was able to hear it.

Kiba's eyes widened. "Hey, that's almost the same with what we found back then…"

Sakura was a little confused, "But what does it mean?"

Naruto had a serious look on his face. "It means…"

"Sasuke will attack…one of these days…"

It was dark in the room. Shikyou was talking with someone.

"Sir, my brother is dead. He was killed by Konoha nins." He said.

"My condolence…" A boy said.

Shikyou stayed silent. "Ah, Akuchi-sama and Sasuke-sama requests your presence at the fortress again. That is why they sent me here."

"Shikyou-san, you know I cannot return yet."

"But…" Shikyou stopped.

"I haven't had my revenge yet. Leave me be; I will come back on my own. Go home."

The boy got up from his bed and he opened the window. Moonlight passed through the thin sheets of the curtain and illuminated the room. The boy faced Shikyou who was kneeling on the ground.

Shikyou smirked, "I will, Hidetada-sama."

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