Kohona's Yellow Storm
Chapter 17: Welcome Home…
Disclaimer: I do not own Disciple or any of their lyrics…Thank you…
I can feel it in the thunder rolling, lightning crashing
It's our time, the wait is over
Fire's burning, floods are rising
It's our time, the wait is over
Sitting in ashes, we're broken,
With our faces downward,
Like there's nothing we are looking forward to
We've been waiting so long
For this moment all of our lives
Let it pour out
I can feel it in the thunder rolling, lightning crashing
It's our time, the wait is over
Fire's burning, floods are rising
It's our time, the wait is over
Hoping and praying in silence,
That the blessings of the former
Isn't the end of what we look forward to?
We've been waiting so long
For this moment all of our lives
Let it pour out
Eight Years Later…
Two lone figures stood on a hill overlooking the Northern Gate of Kohona. The two figures were outfitted in oversized traveler's cloaks with hoods that shadowed out their faces. The cloaks were as black as a moonless night's sky with the image of lightning decaled all over them. "We're home, it took us eight years but we are finally home." The shorter person said to the taller one.
The taller one simply nodded watching the gate for search of guards. On this particular night, a very bored Kakashi and Sasuke were standing watch when the wondering eye of Sasuke spotted the two figures on the hill. Sasuke immediately leapt into action which caused Kakashi to put down his dirty little book and watch the scene unfold.
"Who are you and what business do you have with this village?" Sasuke asked cautiously, he couldn't quite place his finger on it, but something told him that he knew these two strangers.
"Now, now Sasuke, is that anyway to treat old friends?" The taller of the two asked without revealing his identity.
Sasuke didn't even think about what he did next, but out of pure instinct he turned on his bloodline limit and charged the taller figure with a battle cry.
Sasuke went to throw a punch but was caught off guard by what happened next. At the moment when his fist connected with the figure, it went straight threw and sank into the cloak.
"What in Kami's name?" Sasuke cried out as he jumped back into a defensive position.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Sasuke, don't you know that you can't hurt a ghost?" The taller figure asked without showing any emotion in his voice. With that, the figure slid his hood down and slung it over his shoulders, the sight seen shocked Kakashi and Sasuke to the core, for before them stood….A mirror image of the 4th Hokage himself.
The figure was tall and very well built. The blonde hair looked as if the sun had created the color itself. The figure's eyes were a very cerulean blue and looked like they could gaze into your very soul. It didn't take a genius, which Sasuke was to figure out who this mysterious person was, and Sasuke could only sum it up with one word, "Naruto…"
"It's so good to be home my old friend, I've missed this place." Naruto said with a smile on his face as he walked up to his old teammate and hugged him tightly.
Sasuke hugged the man back and felt tears coming on which he quickly hid away. "Its good to see you again…Naruto…" Sasuke said as he slapped the man's back softly.
Kakashi leaped down from the tower with two kunai knife's drawn. "Friend or foe Naruto?" was all the older man asked.
Sasuke broke away and looked at his old teacher like he was crazy. "Have you lost yourself Kakashi? It's Naruto!"
"I am neither friend nor foe, I am an ally…and that's all you need to know Kakashi. Now I am in a hurry, let me threw to see the Hokage and don't even think about fighting me, I don't want to hurt you…" Naruto said with the same emotionless voice.
"Where is your headband Naruto? Why aren't you wearing the thing that used to matter to you so much?" Kakashi asked.
"I am no longer a member of this village Kakashi; I belong to the Storm now." Naruto said while pulling out a headband unlike anything either Kakashi or Sasuke had ever seen before. In the center of the headband was the symbol of a lighting bolt, but etched on either side in perfect order were the symbols of every ninja village ever recorded in the Leaf's history, along with some that neither of them recognized. Kakashi made a quick mental count and found about 16 different symbols in all excluding the lighting bolt. Naruto took the headband and fastened it tightly on his forehead.
Kakashi and Sasuke immediately went into battle positions and screamed out "TRAITOR!" as they rushed him.
Naruto growled and did a back flip relieving himself of the traveler's cloak. His outfit was a skin tight black shirt covered by a black vest and shadow camo pants. He wore two belts that crisscrossed just above his crotch, the belts held many different forms of kunai. Also noticeable was that he had two sacks strapped to his thighs which seemed to be carrying small beads embroidered with kanji symbols.
Naruto landed lightly on his feet and held up a hand which caused the two attackers to stop in their tracks. "Don't do this…I don't want to hurt you, please just let me talk to Tsunade and I'll be on my way."
Kakashi and Sasuke were about to charge again when Sakura, who was now the new Hokage under the leadership of Tsunade, leapt down in front of the two. "Just what in Kami's name do you think you are doing attacking Naruto?" Sakura said in that very dangerous tone that Tsunade taught her.
Kakashi and Sasuke bowed and apologized saying, "Sorry Hokage-sama, but Naruto has become a traitor to this village and has joined with the Storm." At this Sakura turned and looked at Naruto and the other cloaked figure that now stood beside him.
"Hokage-sama? Congratulations Sakura, you deserve it." Naruto said with nothing but respect in his voice.
"And congratulations on your promotion of Sutoomukage, Naruto." Sakura said with a smile on her face.
A/N: Sutoomu means storm and because I couldn't think of anything else, I just added kage after it, lol….
Kakashi and Sasuke were shocked to say the least and were now grateful that Sakura had stepped in to stop them; otherwise they might have been killed. "We are so sorry Naruto, we had no idea that…." Kakashi tried to say but was interrupted by Naruto.
"No need to apologize Kakashi, you and Sasuke were just defending the village and I can't blame you. I know that you and Sasuke have questions, but I need to ask that you wait until later, perhaps tomorrow so that I can talk to Sakura ok?" Naruto asked.
A sudden cough caused Naruto to pale and spin around on his heel. "Oh! I'm so sorry, how rude of me. Of course, Hinata escorted me here." Naruto said sheepishly scratching the back of his head.
Hinata came forward and pulled off her traveler's cloak. The sight seen once again surprised everyone in eyesight. Hinata's hair was very long; Sakura guessed that it flowed down to her ankles. Her eyes had a special sparkle in them that seemed to be caused by some sort of jutsu. Her height put her at about the same Sakura. To say the very least, Hinata was a very beautiful woman.
Both of you please follow me to my office; I will send for Tsunade, we have many questions that need to be answered. Naruto and Hinata simply nodded and followed the pink haired woman back to the Hokage manor, the place that started this entire journey.
When they arrived in the office, Sakura took her seat next in the Hokage's chair and Tsunade stood right beside her. On the other side of the desk, Naruto sat down, but Hinata stayed standing at his side.
"Hinata, this isn't a hostile country. Relax and take a seat babe." Naruto said with a sweet smile on his face. Hinata gave him a half-hearted glare but then took a seat next to him and Sakura spoke.
"We want to know everything Naruto, from the time you got there until now." Sakura said looking at Tsunade who simply nodded in agreement.
"Well, eight years of information is going to take a long time Hokage-sama." Naruto said in a polite and business like tone.
"First off, we are all friends here, just Sakura is fine Naruto, and second, I hate to use a pun, but we've got all the time in the world to listen." Sakura said with a sweet smile.
"Well ok then…It began like this…." Naruto began…
A/N: Look, I know it is a short chapter, but I wanted it to be this way. The next few chapters will be much longer. However, I do not know how long it is going to take to get the next chapter out. College life has been crazy and I have huge amounts of homework and research papers to do. So I am not exactly sure when the next chapter will come out, but I will try to get it out as soon as possible. READ AND REVIEW!