A Moonlit Past
By: Kiara Adachi
Chapter 2: Could it be?
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Sunday, June 6th. 6:00 p.m.
Loki smiled as he dashed through the trees. His many follows were close behind, including Tsuki, his apprentace. He stopped and commanded the others to do the same. He smiled and turned around to face the crowd of follows, the rest of the Nakimi clan.
"My loyal subjects!" he announced. "We're but five miles from the border's of Konoha. Once we are there we will assemble around the village, but remain unseen untill I give the signal to attack."
"I have another idea!" a voice rang through the crowd. Tsuki stepped out from the crowd. She was now 11, she had gotten much taller. Her hair was longer but she tied it up in a ponytail. Loki smiled.
"What is it, my child?" he asked.
She smiled. "We send some spies into konoha first." she started. "We need to know exacly how many Shinobi there are to confront us and how skilled they are."
Loki thought about it for a second. It was a rather good plan, for he hadden't really been checking up on that kind of stuff in a while. He nodded.
"Splended Idea!" He annonced. "And I suppose you will be one of these spies?" he asked, knowingly.
"Of corse." Tsuki said, smirking. She had gained a pretty good reputation when it came to dequises and deceptions, it was one of her favorite kinds of tricks.
"Then go, you have three days, and then report back to me!" he said.
"Yes sir!" she said, dissapearing in a puff of smoke.
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The same day, 8:00 p.m.
Tsuki quickly changed her clothes and went into Konoha, dressed as a simple merchant from a neighboring village. She wondered the streets.
'Where to start...' she pondered, wondering the streets. Children ran by, chasing after a ball. She stopped and watched them pass, then scowled and moved on.
She stopped at an Inn and opened up the door. This place all seemed so familiar... but why? She couldn't think of the reason. She took out a few dollars and got a room there, and fell asleep, deciding that she would begin her investigations the next day...
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The next day, Monday, June 7th, 11:00 a.m.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had just gotten back from a simple D rank mission. Naruto now wondered the streets, handsin his pockets, and bored out of his mind. He had eatten a bowl of ramen not too long ago, and for some reason he had been attacked by memories of the years before. Of his only good friend Tsuki, and how she had been taken away. He didn't mention her much, she was only there for a few months, and hardly anyone had ever know she existed.
Naruto sighed, and sat on a bench. He could have done without those memories. He had tryed so hard to forget her. But every once and while he had wondered things like 'Where was she taken', "why' and even 'Is she still alive?'. But it seemed hopeless. Naruto sighed, he needed some sleep. He stood up and started heading towards his home, just as a girl passed by him.
He half looked over at her, but he could swear he had seen bright purple eyes.He stopped, and watched the girl passed.
'She would be about that age...' he said, but shook his head. He was imagining things again, he continued walking towards his house.
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Tsuki stopped as she watched the blonde boy pass her. Did dhe know his? SHe could swear she ahd met him before... she sat down and thought hard. For a breif second the memories flowed into her. SHe gasped and clucthed her head as they once again left her.
"Weird..." she mumbled, but shook her head, she was on a mission. She would sneak into the central offices and take the files. She would make Loki proud, for it was her duty. It had always been her duty... but it seemed wrong to her. She never said that to anyone though.
SHe stoped outside of the main office and opened the door.
'Piece of cake..' she thought, walking in.
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The same day, 7:00 p.m.
Tsuki stood before Loki and handed him the files she had taken so easily. He smirked.
"Well done." he said. "And it only took you a day. How very handy." He sat down and flipped through the files.
"Not too bad." he said. "If we take them by surprise, we're sure to win."
Tsuki sighed and headed into the forest. She found a nice, tall tree and climbed up into it. From here she coudl see over the wall surrounding Konoha. The streets were still busy, so she remained hidden. It felt so strange being here...
'Again...' she thought. 'She had been here sometime beofre, but when? And what were these srange visions from beofre still at the back of her mind?
"I have definitally been here beofore." she mumbled, jumping down form the tree. SHe looked aound, seeing that none of the Nakimi's were around, and then she headed towards the gates of Konoha.
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As she neared the gates thoug, she ehard voices. She peeked out from behind a bush and saw some of Konoha's Shinobi assemled at the gate. There was a boy a little older than her with dark blackish-blur hair Sasuke, a girl with pink hair, Sakura and that blonde haired boy, the one that seemed soooo familiar... Also there was an older ninja with them, with spiked greyish hair and a mask concealing most of his face, Kakashi. He spoke to them and Tsuki strained to hear.
"So all of the main files were taken? Every single one?" The blonde haired boy said. He even sounded familiar...
"No, only the main files that had some info on all the more experenced Shinobi in Konoha. We have been selected for this mission, we must find and retreave them." The older, grey-haied one said.
"But Kakashi-sensei." the girl said. "How are we gonna find the theif?"
"I have my ways." He whistled and out of nowhere one of his Shinobi dogs appeared. He carried a small necklace. And set it down before them, and then it spoke.
"This was found at the scene." he said. "We belive it belonged to the theif."
Tsuki gasped and touched her neck, that was her necklace. Loki had given to her when she was very small, and told her she would be punished if she ever took it off. She sighed, she was gonna get it if Loki found out.
The Shinobi dog sniffed the air.
"I belive they are closer than you know." he said, looking strait towards the bush Tsuki was hiding behind. She gasped and rushed back into the forest, but the Shinobi dog gave chase.
"Come on." Kakashi said, follwing it, the other 3 obeyed.
She dashed as fast as she could, all 5 of them following her. No matter how any twists and turns she took she couldn't loose them, and before Tsuki knew it, she was cornered, surrounded.
"We caught you, you dirty theif." Kakashi said. Tsuki's eyes got wide and she clutched her head. Where had she heard that before?
She glanced around, she didn't see anyone, but she knew they were there. Slowly they began to come closer to her. She had nowhere to go, nowhere left to run. Soon they were all out of the shadows, closing in on her. SHe saw that the four humans had Shuriken out, waiting for her move. The dog just growled at her,
"Hand ove rthe files before we are forced to strike." Sasuke said. Tsuki quickly glanced around.
"I no longer have them!" she managed to spit out. "My master as taken them, and you shll all pay soon." she sid.
Naruto looked at his enemy. It was the girl from before, to think he had seen her but a few hours ago, and didn't stop her. She looked strait at him and he gasped, those eyes. He had not been mistaken earlier, she had bright purple eyes, that were currently filled with fear. It was her...it had to be her!
He stepped towards her. And she flinched, backing away from him.
"Naruto, What do yuo think your doing!" Sakura said, but he wasn't listening.
Tsuki gasped.
'This boy... I know him...' she thought. 'But how?'
NAruto took another step towards her, and put his shuriken away.
"Tsuki?" he whispered. "Why? WHay are you doing this!"
Tsuki jumped back.
"H-how do you know my name?" she spat.
"They know each other?" Sasuke asked Kakashi, he shrugged.
NAruto gasped. "Tsuki. Don't you remember me? Its Naruto, we were like, best friends." he said.
"Naruto..." she said, it sounded so familiar, he looked so famiiar, everything about him was famiar to her, just as Konoha was. But they couldn't have been friends, she was born and raised with the Nakimi clan, it was her people. SHe thought, hard.
Then suddenly memories flowed into her mind. SHe remembered it, naruto, Konoha, and how she was really taken away. SHe clutched her head.
"No!" she yellede, trying to banish the painful memories away. "Lie, all lies!" She dropped to her knees, which set of memories was true? This could be a trap...
Naruto walk cloder to her and bent down in front of her.
"Do you remember me now?" he asked. She looked up at him. She remembered him now, all their adventures together, all her happy days runnign from the authorities, eating rmen. But she also remembered a seperate childhood, one growing up with Loki, which one was the truth.
She stood up and backed away, she looked into Naruto's blue eyes and sw that he was hurt. She felt so confused, her mind was spinning out of control, she fell back down to he knees. Her head hurt so much! She clutched it as the world began to spin. She looked up at Naruto, whose eyes were filled with concern. She sighed and let the world go black... she needed some rest.
Naruto gaspoed and caught her as she fell over. It was her all right, no mistake this time. He looked over at the puzzled faces of all the others.
"So you do know her?" Sakura asked.
"I used too..." Naruto answered, in deep thought. "Lets take her back." he said, hoisting her up on his back, just like old times.
"Naruto, I could carry..." Kakashi started.
"No." Naruto stated, moving on.
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