Bleach/Naruto Crossover
Hero
Chapter Two
Will we ever meet again?
I watched as the two death gods stepped into the light of the sliding doors.
"Wait!" I cried out to the boy, "Before you go, can I know your name?"
"10th Division Captain, Hitsugaya Toushirou." He replied.
"Thank you." I whispered as I watched him and his companion disappear into the night.
Hitsugaya Toushirou...
At that time, I wondered...
Would we ever meet again?
It's been two weeks since I last saw those death gods...
Following that incident with those demon-like creatures called Hollows, we've had to clean up all of the mess - starting with those damaged buildings, of course. We had to take care of the injured - Naruto's self-healing abilities led him to a speedy recovery. I was so relieved. Kakashi-sensei was alright - he tried to use his Sharingan abilities to a maximum, which resulted in him trying to push past his limit. An instant KO for him.
I debated on whether or not I should tell anyone - especially Tsunade-sensei - about the Hollows and the death gods.
I decided not to.
I decided to keep that piece of information to myself.
Even if I did, would they believe me anyway? To us shinobi, a death god can only exist, at the most, in a forbidden jutsu.
But I know what I saw that night was real. I'm still confused about many things - I want to learn more about death gods and those strange creatures called Hollows.
But will I ever have a chance encounter with a death god like that again?
"SAKURA-CHAN!"
She wakes up from her momentary daze to find herself glancing down the street at a certain familiar face.
"Oh." She says softly, getting up from one of the benches by the side of the street, "Naruto."
"Granny Tsunade will be sending us on another mission!" Naruto cries out excitedly, skidding to a sudden stop as he appears directly in front of her.
"Haha..." She replies half-enthusiastically, "What ranking?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe an S-rank one!" Naruto grins.
"You're still a Genin, so if you're coming along, it'll probably be a B or C rank one at the most if Tsunade-sensei sticks to the rules." Sakura replies.
"Haha...but if you're coming along, maybe that old lady will give us something higher up!" Naruto replies optimistically.
"Yeah...Sure..." Sakura says, following Naruto to the 5th Hokage's office.
When they reach the Hokage's office, they find themselves surprised to see their usually lazy 5th Hokage busy with paperwork.
"Granny Tsunade's doing work?" Naruto mutters, "This is new..."
Tsunade glances up at Naruto upon hearing that, her eyes narrowing, obviously due to the stress caused by all that work.
"Strange events have to occur right when our country is responsible for holding the latest Chuunin Exam!" Tsunade exclaims, "You two..."
She digs around all that paperwork for a mission file. She finally finds it underneath her tea mug.
"I'm sending both of you on an S-rank mission. Escort the future leader of the Hidden Butterfly Village back to his village." Tsunade says. At that moment, a young man of about 16 years of age enters the room. He's neither good looking nor ugly, but he at least he doesn't have an aura of superiority around him.
"His name is Nakamura Miyagi." Tsunade introduces them quickly, obviously trying to get this over and done with.
"Sakura-chan, have you even heard of the Hidden Butterfly Village before?" Naruto whispers.
"No..." She replies, staring at the young man who just entered the room.
"Why is it S-rank?" Sakura asks, "I understand that he's -um- the future leader of that village, but wouldn't that be classified as C-rank or B-rank at the most?"
"There have been strange attacks." Nakamura Miyagi explains, "At our village. People have been disappearing. Some villagers were even found dead. And sometimes our village even received strange attacks-"
"What do you mean by 'strange attacks'?" Sakura asks.
"Well...houses were destroyed in the middle of the night...It was so...random..." He replies.
Just like the attack on our village two weeks ago... You mean this is happening elsewhere too?
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asks.
She quickly snaps back to reality.
"Sure." Sakura replies, "When do we leave?"
"It should take us two days to fulfill our mission." Sakura tells Naruto and Miyagi, "After dropping Miyagi-san off, we'll have to speed back. I have to help out with the upcoming Chuunin Exam preparations."
Two weeks have passed and the mess caused by those Hollows should be cleaned up by the end of this month... And we have to contact all the other countries... And set up everything... Hopefully those Hollows won't return to our village right before the exam or worse - during the exam...
"Sakura-chan...You seem so distracted lately." Naruto mutters.
"Hm?" Sakura mutters, accidentally tripping over a thick tree root which was protruding from the ground. She quickly maintains her composure and laughs it off.
"So...Miyagi-san...What's the Hidden Butterfly Village like?" She asks.
He smiles.
"Oh...It's a beautiful place. You know, our village was named after all the beautiful butterflies that you can find there. You can even find some of the rarest species of butterflies in the world over in our village." Miyagi goes on with his explanations.
By sundown, they arrive just outside the Hidden Butterfly Village.
"It truly is beautiful." Sakura gasps in awe as se sees the beautiful landscape before them.
"Just a little further...We have to walk through this area first..." Miyagi says.
Suddenly, Sakura hears a bone-chilling, high-pitched wail ringing through her ears. She clasps her hands over her ears to block it out, but it's just too loud and terrifying.
That sound... It sounds just like-
"Sakura-chan? What's the matter?" Naruto asks her.
"Didn't you just hear that?" Sakura asks, her eyes wide open in shock.
"Hear what?" Miyagi asks.
They suddenly hear a scream of terror, this time it was the scream of a human, from the direction of the Hidden Butterfly Village.
"What's going on?" Naruto asks as Miyagi races towards his village, "Sakura-chan! Come on!"
He glances back at her, only to see her in an almost-traumatized state.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asks her, grabbing her by her wrist.
"They're here..."
"What's here? Sakura-chan? What did you hear just now?"
"Hollows..."
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