A Moonlit Past

By: Kiara Adachi

Chapter 4: How they found out...

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Early the next morning, about 7:00 a.m.

"Are you sure?" Loki asked one of his followers. "You saw her being taken into Konoha?"

"Yes master." He replied. "I spotted a group of Konoha Shinobi taking her into the city. But she was unconsious. You think they knew she was the one who took their files."

"Of corse!" Loki roared. "You idiot! Why else would they want her."

He growled, and began to think...

"I wonder what she'll tell them, if they can sqeeze the information out of her... As long as that necklace remains on her neck she cannot remember that this was her home."

"Excuse me sir." voice asked, Loki turned to see another one of his followers, the large man that had long ago taken Tsuki from Konoha by Loki's oreders.

"What is it?" he demanded.

"I saw it too... the boy carrying her looked an awful lot like the kid she used to live with, or she was with when I took her." he said.

Loki sighed. "You sure? It could be another kid.."

"Yes, I remember it very well." The man said.

"We may have a problem then." Loki annouced, "Summon the other's, I have an announcment you should all hear!" He said, waving his hand. The two followers that were there nodded and left to assemble the others. Loki stood and went to talk to them...

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Meanwhile...

Naruto opened his eyes and sat up in bed. He yawned and stretched, as the memories of the day before flowed back into him. He glanced over at Tsuki, who was still asleep on Naruto's bed. He had just sleepen on the floor for he had long ago gotten rid of the mat she had used as a bed. He sighed and closed his eyes again; it had been 5 years, 5 long, hopeful years, but she was finally back, and Naruto was happy for that.

But he decided to let her sleep a while longer, for in the past she had never liked to be waken up, he didn't really want to test it out and see if that was still the case. Si he left, and headed down to the kitchen to se eif he had anything edible left in his kitchen...

Only moments later Tsuki also awoke. She sat up in bed and looked around.

'Where'd Naruto go?' she wondered, as she crawled out of the bed and stood up. She stretched her arms and yawned. She looked out the window. The sun was already high in the sky, sending a great deal of light into the open window in the room.

Tsuki slowly walked over to the window and looked out of it at the already busy streets of Konoha. She unlocked the lock on the window and opened it, poking her head out of the window so she could breathe the fresh air. She pulled the ribbon that held her hair up out, allowing her long hair to blow slightly in the wind. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, taking in the sounds of the village, and then pulled her head back in, closing the window.

She sighed and decided to go look for Naruto. She headed for the door, but as she walked, one of the boards on the floor cheaked. Tsuki froze and looked down at it, wondering something. She bent down and put her finger in the little hole in the board and pulled slightly, popping the board out of place. She pushed it inside, reveiling a small space under the floor. In there was a small box. Tsuki reached in the hole in the floor and pulled out the box.

She slowly opened the small box, reveiling a small book. Tsuki gasped and picked it up. This book was, or used to be her diary. She opened it up to see that the pages were only slightly worn out, the scribbled writing was still readable. She began to flip through it and a small piece of paper fell into her lap. She picked it up to see what it was; a picture of her and Naruto. In it Naruto was making a funny face at the camera and Tsuki was laughing behind him. She smiled at the photo. Those days were almost all fun and games, which made her wonder what her life would have been like if she had never left Konoha.

She tucked the picture back into the pages of the diary. She flipped through it a little more and then came to the last entry she had written in the diary. She began to read it.

June 4th, 8:30 p.m.

Dear Diary,

Today I was at the academy, training like usual. It was a nice day outside so we got to go outside and practace our techniques in a small forest clearing behind the academy. I wasn't feeling very well so I was training by myself away from everybody else a little slower than usual. But then something weird happened. I felt tired and leaned against a tree to rest. I closed my eyes and almost fell asleep when I felt a strange tingle in my hands. When I opened my eyes I saw that my hands were surrounded by the purplish- blue light that ussally came when I used my powers.

It made me really scared because if anyone saw that they mught take me away like mommy and daddy. I jumped up and tryed to make it go away but when I shook my hands to make it go away a bush that was just a few feet away turned purple too. I glanced around quickly, noticing that nobody was looking, so I wasn't as scared anymore. I lifted my hand up carefully, surprised to see that the bush got lifted up too. I moved my hand back and forth and it moved with my hand. It was actually very fun after a while, untill I noticed it was almost time to go back into the academy.

I paniced and waved my hand back and forth very fast but the bush kept moving too. But when I closed my hand into a fist the light turned darker around it and around the bush. Then, before I knew it, the bush exploded. I screamed and covered my face, attemting to sheild myself from the splinters and other things that went flying everywhere. My teachers and everyone else turned adn looked, and then came running over. One of the eacherrs asked me what happened but I lied and said that I didn't know. Everyone was looking around to find out what happened as they took all the students, including me back to the academy. Hopefully they dont figure out my secret, I dont want to be taken away from my new home with Naruto, which is the best home I'll probally ever have...

Tsuki sighed and closed the book. That was probally the thing that had given her secret away. One of Loki's men had probally been sent to find her and watched the whole episode with the bush. Then, after they had reported it he had probally sent some of those minions to get her. THey took her away from her home, away from Konha, and away from Naruto. And suddenly Tsuki made an importent decision; she would stop Loki from distroying Konoha, even if it costs her her life. Because if he was still gonna attack it was all her fault for giving him the files...

She stood up suddenly and turned around, bumping into Naruto, which caused her to jump back a few feet.

"So your finally awake, huh?" Naruto asked, Tsuki nodded.

"Sooooo... are ya hungry?" He questioned. Once again, Tsuki nodded.

A big grin spred across Naruto's face. "I know, lets go get some RAMEN!"

Tsuki smiled and nodded for a third time. It was strange, she felt as if she couldn't speak to him, it just seemed... awkward... Naruto outstretched his arm, helping her back to her feet. And then left, motioning for Tsuki to follow. She did.

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Meanwhile

Loki had gotten all of his followers assembled and was now standing in front of them. Everyone in the crowd was quietly talking to one another.

"Silence!" Loki shouted, causing all the talking to stop. He glanced down upon the crowd. All the minions stopped talking suddenly. Then Loki began to speak to the crowd.

"My friends." he started." It has come to my attention that Tsuki, our much known apprentace, has been taken into Konoha by some of their shinobi. I ahve also come to the knowledge that one of these Shinobi might know her from her younger years, which she is never supposed to remember. Whether or not this kid knows its her, I don't know, but this posed a serious threat.

He stopped and stared down at the crowd again.

"I want some of you to sneak into Konoha and find her!" he said.

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Sorry it took me a while to update, I'm having slight issues right now, and couldn't write, but now i'm done, yay!