Life in Heaven Chapter 3: The rescue, a naruto fanfic

Kakashi looked down until they were out of sight. "Damn it!" "Kakashi!" Kakashi spun around to see Arashi (Naruto's father sorry my bad. Thank you rabidbutterfly!) running towards him looking very worried. "What happened to the tree in the garden? Could it be that…?" he asked Kakashi in a worried voice. "Orochimaru took Naruto." Kakashi muttered loud enough for him to hear. "What?" Arashi collapsed on the ground, eyes open wide. "Don't joke." He said to himself in a shaky voice. "I'm not." Kakashi bent down and pulled Arashi up so that he could get on his feet. "Arashi-sama!" They both turned around to see Iruka and Ebisu running towards them.

"What happened to the tree?" Ebisu asked in an anxious voice. Kakashi explained it to them all and by the end of it; they were all looking not so calm. "We have to go and get Naruto back then!" Ebisu said. "I know." Arashi replied rubbing his forehead. Then he looked up at them all, "Iruka you stay here in case Orochimaru sends anything. And tell Tsunade what happened." Arashi instructed. "Yes!" Iruka replied and with that, he disappeared. "Kakashi, Ebisu, lee and not do anything stupid. What could I do that he can't handle? "Ok." Naruto decided. Orochimaru just smiled.

"How did Orochimaru get into heaven?" Ebisu asked. "It seems that he killed the two guards at the gate." Kakashi replied. "He killed again!" Ebisu exclaimed. "Ah. (The yes ah.) And if he can kill two high-class Angel Order members, then he most certainly can kill Naruto." Arashi said frowning. Kakashi and Ebisu just looked at Arashi. Arashi-sama... They swooped down to Earth. Arashi scanning everywhere. But Orochimaru was already miles ahead of them. "Shit. He might already be in hell." Ebisu said lowering his sunglasses so as to get a better look. "No. I don't think he'll go there so early. If I know Orochimaru, he probably wants us with him when he goes to hell." Arashi replied. "I suppose so." Ebisu said.

Soon, they touched down at Earth. "Spilt up and find him!" Arashi instructed. "Yes!" and they went in separate directions. I won't let Orochimaru even touch a single hair on his head. Arashi thought as he flew in the sky, looking carefully as he went. "Ok." Naruto decided. Orochimaru just smiled.

Kakashi flew over water trying to see if he could spot Naruto or Orochimaru anywhere. I should have kept a closer watch on him! Kakashi regretted.

Meanwhile, Ebisu flew over the land doing the same as Kakashi and Arashi. Damn it! Even if it seems like I hate Naruto, heaven won't be the same without him….

Orochimaru was flying with Naruto over the red sea. "Where are you taking me anyway? I mean which part of Earth?" Naruto asked looking up at Orochimaru. "You'll see soon."

Then it seemed that Orochimaru had brought them to place he wanted, cause he swooped down and folded his wings so that they dropped at a fast pace. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!" Naruto exclaimed as both of them dropped down towards the sea. Then Orochimaru chanted something under his breathe and the sea suddenly became a vortex of some sort. Naruto gasped. It was swallowing them. Naruto saw some things wiz past his eyes. Then another, then another, but this time, it hit him hard in the forehead. His hand shot up just in time before it flew away. Naruto brought it down to his eyes so that he could see it. He gasped. It was a skull of a human! Naruto let go of the skull quickly. Suddenly, it became darker and darker and finally, the light was devoured by the darkness.

When Naruto opened his eyes again after a while, he could see a red moon and dead trees everywhere, and the smell of death lingered here. "Where are we?" Naruto murmured. "We're in my favourite part of the Earth. The realm of Darkness." Orochimaru replied.

"I thought you said that we were going to play on Earth!" Naruto shouted. "This," he continued, pointing at the red moon and the dead trees," Is hardly considered Earth! It's more like a section of hell!"

"Hell is much worse. And anyway, this place was made by human's greed and the darkness in their hearts." Orochimaru said in a soft, dangerous voice. "But still…." Naruto continued. "Shut up you damn kid! You should at least show some respect to those older than you and more powerful!" Orochimaru snapped. So scary! Naruto thought.

"Now," Orochimaru began, "let's start the game. You can hide anywhere in this world. Don't try to escape because that will only make it easier for me to find you." "I know that!" Naruto retorted. "Well then, let's start now. I'll count to twenty." Orochimaru said as he turned around and started counting, "1…2….3…….."

Naruto quickly scrambled to his feet and ran in the opposite direction. I don't know this place very well. And since he said that this was his favourite part of Earth, then I'm sure that he knows the place like the back of his own hand. Naruto thought as he frantically looked around for a hiding place.

Then suddenly, he spotted a black raven perched on one of the branches of one of the dead trees. He looked at it. It screeched "Sh……." Naruto shushed him. The raven just blinked at him. Then it swooped down to Naruto. "What are you doing here?" It asked in a croaky voice.

"Huh? You can talk?" Naruto asked. "Of course I can talk. I was once an angel too you know!" The raven replied, puffing up his chest. "What's your name?" Naruto asked. "My name is Kouu." He replied. "Kouu? Kouu." Naruto said over and over again. "Yeah that's my name don't wear it out. What about your name?" "My name is Naruto."

"Naruto? Hm…sounds familiar….." Kouu thought. "20...I'm coming Naruto-kun…" came a voice from the darkness. "Shit…." Naruto cursed. Naruto sprinted in the opposite direction. Kouu followed. "Do you know any good hiding places?" Naruto asked Kouu. "Yes. Why?" "Because I'm playing hide-and-seek with Orochimaru. But this game has my head on it." Naruto explained. "Oh. Well if you win, then do you think you can get someone to change me back to an angel again?" Kouu asked. "Sure! Now where is this place?" Naruto asked urgently, Orochimaru's footsteps getting louder even though Naruto thought that he must have run away from Orochimaru quite a bit.

Arashi was starting to get anxious. It had already been an hour since they had started searching for Naruto. Where could they be? Could he have really taken Naruto to hell? Kakashi was thinking along the same line as well. Suddenly, Arashi thought of something. "Remember that place the Sarutobi-san told us about were Orochimaru was before he got bitten?" He asked Kakashi and Ebisu. "Yes. He said it was a place with a red moon and dead trees would be everywhere." Ebisu stated. "Yes I remember now. He said it was somewhere red too….." Kakashi said rubbing his temple while trying to think what Sarutobi said.

"Somewhere red….." Arashi said to himself. "Some place red….." "I can't think of any where that's red though….." Ebisu said. Arashi closed his eyes and thought hard. "The only place that is red that I can think of is…..hell!" Ebisu exclaimed. "Yes. But he said that Orochimaru was there before he had gotten bitten. So since he wasn't a vampire or a dark being at that time, then he would not have been able to get into hell." Kakashi said, crossing out hell from their search list.

Suddenly, a thought hit Arashi. "What if it wasn't red at all? What if that was part of the name!" Arashi exclaimed. "So the……," Ebisu stared. "All the places with the word red in its name will be a good place to start!" Kakashi exclaimed, everything suddenly seemed to make sense. "So then think of the places with the name red in them!" Arashi told both of them. "So then let's list them down!" Ebisu said sitting down on the floor and taking out a scroll and plucking a feather from his wing and dabbing it on his tongue and black ink appeared on the tip of the feather. "Ok. Red Bluff, California, Red Bay, Red bird, Red cliffs, Red Deer, Red Lake, Red River, Red Sea……." Kakashi listed. Arashi was starting to get anxious. There were so many places and so little time.

He thought hard. Come on think, there must be something else that he said right. Could he have put it in one of the files in heaven? He may have. He went over to the water and gathered some water in his hand. He concentrated. The water suddenly lifted from his hand and became some what of a solid sphere. A lady angel suddenly appeared in the sphere. "Hello this is Angtel may I help you?" she asked politely. "Put me through to Iruka." Arashi replied. The lady nodded her head and she vanished only to be replaced by Iruka. "Arashi-sama? Did you find Naruto?" Iruka asked with a concern expression on his face.

"Not yet." Arashi replied. "I see." "Iruka look up Orochimaru in the files and see if you can find anything about the place where he was bitten! When you find it, call me back." Arashi instructed. "Yes, Arashi-sama!" and with that, Iruka's face was gone.

"What have you guys got?" Arashi asked Ebisu and Kakashi. "Quite a number of places." Ebisu replied lifting the scroll to his eyes. "Well, let's split up and try to find Naruto. I told Iruka to see if he could find where that place is." Arashi told them. "But if you find Naruto, contact each other at once." Arashi continued. They both nodded their heads. And then they took off, each one going to different places.

Kouu lead Naruto to a place in this 'world' where the there were more trees except they were taller. "Can you climb trees?" Kouu asked Naruto softly. Naruto nodded his head. Then without another word, Kouu flew up to one of the branches. "Climb up here." He told Naruto softly again, making sure that he kept his voice down. Naruto nodded his head to show that he heard and he started climbing. When he finally reached there, Kouu hopped along in front of him. Naruto crawled after him, Kouu lead him to the part where the branch would grow out from. Then he turned around to face Naruto. "Here we are." Kouu told Naruto. Naruto looked at the tree. There was nothing that would help him hide! Not even a hole! "Where am I suppose to hide?" ha asked Kouu. "Even Orochimaru doesn't know about this place." Kouu said hopping forward to the tree and then he like went into the tree and disappeared from sight.

Naruto just stayed there looking confused and well confused. Kouu stuck his head out from the tree. "Well come on!" Naruto crawled forward, closed his eyes and disappeared into the tree.

Naruto felt as though he was crawling through a thin layer of water. When he got through completely he opened his eyes and saw Kouu sitting on the floor of this hiding place and all around them were fruits and berries. "Where are we?" Naruto asked looking around. "We're in my home!" Kouu replied, stretching his wings and pointing to the cravings on the wall where it read 'home sweet home.' "I craved it in myself." Kouu said pointing to his beak. "I see. Where do you get the berries from?" "Oh. Well I dig them up from the ground." "But this place is all dead and it was created by human's greed and darkness so why would they have such nice berries?" Naruto asked curiously. "Oh! You thought they were sweet? On no! They taste terrible!" Kouu replied. "But I have no choice. I can't get out of here! Orochimaru is the only one who knows how to get in and out!"

Arashi was flying to Red Bay when a suddenly, a sphere of water came out from nowhere and went in front of his face. And the same women was in the sphere "Iruka would like to talk to you now would you like me to put him through?" she asked. "Oh-um yes please." Arashi replied. The lady nodded her head and Iruka's face suddenly appeared in her place. "Arashi-sama, I got the details." He said. "Really! So where is it!" Arashi asked urgently, feeling the light of hope within him.

"It says here that he was in the Red Seas before he got bitten but he was actually in a world in the Red Sea. A place called 'The realm of Darkness'." Iruka reported, reading off a piece of paper on Orochimaru. "Yes ok. But then, how do you get into that world?" Arashi asked. "Well-um, you have to say some incantations….." Iruka replied scratching his head. "What! How am I supposed to know the incantations?" Arashi said.

"Um-well that's the bad news……" Iruka said. "But Kakashi or Ebisu might know it. After all, they're probably better learned than I am and Orochimaru gave them tuition once or twice. So……" Iruka suggested. "Ok. Thanks Iruka." Arashi said. "You're welcome, Arashi-sama." Iruka said while bowing. Then, his face disappeared. The water was about to fall when Arashi caught it in his hand. He concentrated again and the same thing happened again. "Put me through to Kakashi and Ebisu!" he told the women.

Naruto was just sitting down on the floor when he suddenly sensed a dark presence. Orochimaru must be here. Kouu noticed him tense up and so he guessed that Orochimaru must be here. "Naruto-kun, you should stop hopping or you might just fell very disappointed..." Orochimaru said from outside. Could he have found out where I was hiding? Naruto thought.

The, he suddenly heard the sound of someone walking on the branch that lead to this place. Naruto's heart was thumping against his chest hard. "Come out Naruto-kun…" Orochimaru said softly. Does he say this everywhere he goes? Or does he really know where I am?

Does Orochimari know where Nartuo is?Will he find Naruto and will Arashi be able to find his son in time? I'm wondering too actually...Let me think about it...