Ch5

(This chapter is just continuing off the last chapter so sorry there isn't a flash back in the beginning. I hope that don't turn anyone off lol. Without further a due, here is chapter 5!)

"speeches"

'Thoughts'

Good-Byes

Flames licked the skies as its crimson light lit the night with its demonic radiance. Birds flew in flocks, screaming an ear piercing shriek into the few that listened in the cabin. The roaring of the fire echoed deeply into the woods, brining fear upon the sleeping beasts it woke as many ran off to the opposite direction of the orange glow. Rustling of the broad tall trees were all that one could see of the chaos that was erupting in his thick dense forest.

"Yoriko!" Kaito reached an arm to the burning structure as thought he could grab the one he loved. 'She'll be fine,' he thought, calming his nerves. Turning his head back, his eyes flared with sudden rage. "You bastard!" he shouted to the snickering figure, "Your objective is the sword, not the ones of the house!"

"The sword? The sword meant nothing! We were told that there was a very tough Kunoichi that guarded that sword by the name of Yuriko. We sent you here to fight her, not for some stupid mythical blade that can't do a thing but gloat in other's eyes," he chuckled.

'Did he just say Yoriko, or did I hear wrong?' he thought as his eyes twitched slightly.

A baby's cry sounded in against the crackles of fire as it speedily made it's way down the hall. The old building were fully made of lumber and dried hay, almost like a well belt camp fire. Every corner, every inch was able to fuel this inferno ever higher into the sky. "Naruto!" Yoriko cried as she dashed her way, chasing the flames to it's destination as they brushed against her skin. 'Damn it, I'm not going to make it!' she thought trying to pull her legs faster only to receive more desperation as they refused her command. She held her hands to her chest, 'tori, hitsuji, saru, lyu, inu' "Suiton, Sui Liu Sen (Translation: Element Water, Hydro Flow…I guess, sounds bad in English lol)

A stream of water erupted from her hands that she held against her chest. Only minimal amount could be made as the fire had dried up most of the vapors in the air but it was enough to get her the lead. She zoomed through the door and grabbed the crying child. Looking back, the fire continued its path, relentlessly in pursuit. 'Damn it.' She cursed, 'Let this work one more time!' "Suiton…SUI..LIU ..SEN!" she shouted, this time aim directly above her. Only a small stream of water was conjured this time. It dropped it's way down, soaking her and her child down to her waist. Taking a small breath, she made jumped against the flames.

"help us…' a weak cry of an old man came. She halted her steps at the sound and looked around. Looking back, she could see the two figures, curled into a corner of the house while flame circled around.

"Are you alright?" she called.

"I am fine but my wife, I think she broken her ankle," the old man replied.

She took a quick look at the baby who was snuggling into her chest and felt the water, lifting quickly off her skin, then turned back to the old couple. Swallowing her saliva with a loud gulp, she made her run to the old couple.

She baby began to squirm from his binding, uncomfortable from the heat. He managed to pull his arms out and clapped them happily at his achievement. He looked at his mother's tired face and at the warm light that surrounded him. Did he know what was going on or was it just an invisible link between his mother's troubled face to his heart that made him frown as he spun his head back and forth in search for an exit.

Yoriko bent down, breathing heavily from her exhaustion. Sweat has now replaced the water that had nearly dried completely. "Place her upon my back, and we shall make a run for it!" she ordered.

"R..right!" the old man replied as he picked up the groaning woman and gently brought her to Yoriko's back. The young mother looked up through her bangs nervously. Only a wall of inferno could be detected through her vision. 'Damn it, I don't think I can make it. Is there still enough moisture in the air for another one? I have no choice, I must try!'

The baby looked up with concern in his eyes as he extended his palm. 'Here goes nothing,' Yoriko thought as she closed her eyes. "Get back, I'm going to give this everything I have!" she ordered. The old man followed and turned his back behind her and held his head.

"Suiton…" She shouted with a brief pause to catch her breath. Just then, a small glow erupted upon the child's palm. The glow formed itself into an orb. The child gave a small smile. "Sui Liu Sen!" she finished off. The child was caught off guard by the woman's sudden second shout as he 'lost his focus' and the orb popped, creaking a burst of strong wind that shot in all directions, knocking his mother off balance and the surrounding fire to a quarter of it's original height.

Yoriko opened her eyes with astonishment, 'Did I just do that?' she questioned herself. Then flipping back to reality, she stood up with some difficulty and made her dash. The old man ran close by, as fast as he could, all the while looking at the results of this… powerful move the young maiden had just released. He wanted to compliment but seeing the situation, he decided to keep his mouth shut.

The sound of the attention caught the two outside's attention. 'What was that sound, was that Yoriko? But that sounded almost like…' Kaito glanced back but quickly returned his gaze upon his target.

'What was that? Amazing, all that fire just nearly died out with only the force of wind,' Samegi raised an eyebrow.

Yoriko bursted out from the front door, collapsing to the floor, exhausted both mentally and physically.

"Yoriko, are you alright!" Kaito called behind him.

"I'm…fine…just need to…catch my breath," she smiled with a wink.

"How touching, you've developed a relation with that Kunoichi even though you just met her," Samegi chuckled.

"I did not just meet her, she is my wife!" he replied angrily, "And I will not allow you to harm her!"

'Kaito…' Yoriko was at a loss for words. A tiny smile found its way upon her face as she looked upon the man who stood before her. 'Have you come back?' she thought.

"Samegi, now that you know that Kunoichi isn't here, you can take your leave as well. You have no need for the sword, do you not?" Kaito glared.

"On contraire, this was my test as well. I was to try to find a new recruit. So far, you were the only one that had managed to come this far. I had high hopes for you dear Uzumaki, you held every potential and I will not lose you now! You will come with me and you WILL be a part of our clan!" his voice grew slightly in agitation.

"I will not! I thought your clan would understand me for who I am. I thought your clan would help me be a better shinobi. A shinobi is different from just a murder machine. A shinobi is a tool and tools are meant to be used to help society. Your clan…is just despicable," he spat.

"Thank you for the lecture, but if you will not come with me willingly, I'll drag you there myself!" Samegi said with his voice suddenly turning cold . He raised his arms, pulling back the long sleeves of his cloak to reveal two scissor claws which glowed red against the firry light.

"You can try," Kaito replied, narrowing his eyes and blocking out all others but his opponent.

Samegi lunged forward, pointing his weapon at Kaito's chest. Kaito shifted to the side, dodging the attack with ease, then lowering his standing, he put in everything he had into his punch as he engulfed it into to his attacker's stomach. A redish substance landed upon his arm from Samegi's mouth. He glanced upon it with a small snicker but it quickly changed as the body began to mush into mud, trapping his arm within it. His eyes widened as a breeze chilled the back of his neck. A claw swung down, cutting him across his back hard, leaving three slashes. Samegi's eyes widened as a cloud of purple smoke began to erupt from the cut and jumped back, noticing a chunk of wood which have replaced his target.

"Clever indeed, using red paint to add more realism into your kawarimi, if I didn't know you better to have fallen for an easy attack such as that, I would have been gone for sure," a laugh sounded from behind him.

Samegi returned to his stature with a smile, "And you, to place poison within your kawarimi was most intriguing indeed."

'His quick, and quiet at that. He managed to suppress his presence completely in such a time.' Kaito narrowed his eyes, 'But I know my speed should be a bit above his. If I fight cautionsly, I'm sure I can get him.'

'Hmm, his a bit faster than I am. It looks like a direct attack would just be a waist of my energy. His bloodline already puts him at an advantage over me with his endless well of chakura, I'm going to need to land the first hit if I am to win…but how…' Samegi's eyes landed on a particular figure as a evil smirk aroused upon his face, 'Yes, her…she is an excellent lure.' With a final humph, he lunged forward at him once more.

Narrowing his eyes, Kaito readied himself in a defensive stance. Samegi raised his claws furiously as he screamed his battle cry and lowered his claw. Kaito raised one arm to block while pulling back his other into a fist and prepared for retaliation. His eyes widened as he noticed a fade in the claw. 'An illusion!' He immediately looked around to find where the real figure was.

Samegi charged a small distance to the left as he waved with a smirk. 'The bastard! His going after Yoriko!' Kaito cursed as he jumped off from his position to his wife. 'Damn it, make it , make it, mak it!'

Yoriko looked up as her eyes flashed open with shock. She tried to jump but her body was still too tired for a quick getaway. Looking back, fear decorated her pupils as the sharp tip of the blades reflected its firry glow into her eyes.

A gasp exploded from lips as blood spilled upon her face from a tall figure before her. Kaito was standing before her with a sorrowful smile. Her eyes slowly tracked it's way down, only to bring another gasp to her lips as she found three blades piercing through his abdomin. Blood rolled freely from his wound as he gave a cough of pain. "You're…okay…" he gave a weak laugh.

"Kaito…" Yoriko whispered still in a state of shock as tears began to flow from her cheeks.

"My claw will cut through anything. It is embedded into my hand, forged from a special alloy of metal capable of shredding steel like a paper. The soft meat of your body didn't even let me feel like there was something there," Samegi chuckled as he licked the blood from the side of his cheek.

"Is that so…" Kaito narrowed his eyes as he took grasp of the man's hand and held it tightly.

"What are you!" Samegi tried to pull his hand free but failed miserably. The tiny hobbit raised his other claw to attack but was quickly cut off by a shove as his blades glided it's way back out Kaito's body. Kaito turned with a spin kick, landing it hard on the small figure's face with a bang. Hardening his grip, he readied his other palm.

Hesitation ran its way up Samegi's back, "W..wait, you can't…you won't!" he trembled as he desperately tried to pull his arm free.

An Orb rotated it's way to the center of his palm, "It's too late!" Kaito shouted as he pushed the orb up against the assassin's chest.

A flash of white blinding light followed. Yoriko turned her head and blocked her eyes. When she opened them once more, she noticed that all was quiet. The fire had burnt out and now that the creatures of the night had ran off into hiding, all was quiet. Not a sound entered their ears.

A wheezing cough broke the silence. The short figure rolled over to get his face away from the ground, struggling for his next breath of air. Kaito walked over coldly, looking down at the dieing man as he held his open flesh with his left hand. His face did not twitch nor did any sign of his pane showed from his stature. His back straight, his breathing calm, but blood continued to trickle from his wound.

"Heh heh heh," Samegi laughed with difficulty.

"What's so funny?" Kaito demanded.

"You my dear Kaito. You do not know a thing do you,"

"Explain yourself!"

"I lied when I said that, that sword was junk. (Cough) The Kunoichi was true but the sword do indeed hold great power. With your chakura, (cough) the clan thought you may be able to bring that power to life. You will not live long with that wound upon you."

"How does that benefit you…"

"It does not, but your son is still alive. (Chuckle chuckle, cough)"

Kaito's eyes widened in realization to his topic.

"Yes…that's right. Your son, who holds the same bloodline ability as you do. Ha ha ha…ha…they're heerrreee…" With that final comment, his body relaxed and closed his eyes and allowed death to sweep him into darkness.

Three shadows walked calmly from a short distance away, all with the same grimacing smile upon their faces. Kaito spun his head around and waddled back to his wife.

"What's wrong Kaito?" she asked as she reached to his wound.

"Listen carefully, I want you to take Naruto and get the hell out of here!" he ordered.

"Are you coming with us?"

"No, I must stay here."

"Why?"

"Forgive me Yoriko…" (Looks down)

"Eh?"

"I got involved with a clan named Akatsuki. They wanted to use me to release the power of the sword. Now that I am…dieing…they are going to take Naruto. You must run, run as far from here as possible!"

"Die…NO, Come with us. We'll find you a hospital and get your wounds healed. All you gotta do is hold on!"

"No, I can't! It will be certain demise for all of us if we do so!" (Turning his head to the old couple) "You guys, go hide in a bush and try to keep quiet. I don't think they will bother to kill neither of you but if you see them they will!"

"You don't have to tell us twice," the old man replied and dragged his wife into the bushes near by.

"You must leave now also! I will keep them busy for as long as I can," Kaito smiled at the tearing woman and patted his son and rustled the boy's hair. "Live strong…my son…"

Biting her lips, Yoriko ran into the house and grabbed the sword before she disappeared into the woods. 'On the run again…' she thought sniffling slightly, 'I thought I finally got to a place to settle down and I'm running again.' She gave a long pensive look down to the small child in her arms and gave a difficult sigh. 'I can not keep you. It is too dangerous. If I am caught then you will fall into their hands. As long as I have the sword in my hands, they will come after me as their priority. You must live child, for your father…for me…and for the goodness of man kind…' Tears glided through the air, escaping from the hold of her eyes, as a scream was heard from behind. She pitnched her eyes closed and clutched her teeth, trying not to lose control of herself as she made her way from branch to branch, looking for a way out of this darkened abyss.

(Flash Back Ends)

Naruto looked down sadly upon his knees. His hands griped his pant, putting a few wrinkles upon the smooth orange linen. "My dad…was an Akatsuki…" he whispered.

"Yes…" Yoriko said, shifting her glance.

"He was a run-away nin…" Naruto said, continuing his whispering tone.

Yoriko nodded quietly.

"And he killed Rai-kage and all those people…"

Yoriko bit her lips but said nothing.

"But, he chose to leave the clan!" his head suddenly shooting up with a smile, "He chose to leave, he protected me and you! He died for me and you. With that, I can say that I am proud to be the son of Uzumaki Kaito!"

Yoriko looked up with a smile and nodded. "That is your past Naruto. Remember, the 3rd only wished to protect you. I allowed the Kyuubi to be sealed in you and I know how much hardship that must have brought you, and for that…I am sorry."

"I'm fine," Naruto replied putting his hands behind his hands. 'I was saved…from the hellish torture called loneliness.'

"Now you know, the truth behind you. I hope I could see you in real life Naruto, to see how much you've grown, to see how strong you've gotten, I really do…if I am still alive." Yoriko finished then waved good bye.

"Wait! Don't got! M…MOM!" Naruto was about to run after her when his eyes suddenly opened to notice that he was still lying on the floor. Looking around, nothing had changed. The cut on his finger he had not felt before was stinging his nerves now. The fallen journal was still upon the floor. He looked out the window, the sun was still not yet set. A small object caught the corner of his eyes. 'What's this…'

His finger ran down the metallic outline of the object. It was in the shape of a circle with a spiral drawn upon the cover. 'A pendant?" he looked intensely at the object. He found a small switch to the side and when he pressed upon it, the top flipped open. A small paper was rolled inside. He opened it.

Naruto, this was the pendant I had throughout the years I was alone. I decided to give this to you along with my message. I hope you will treasure it as much as I have.

Inside, was a small frame and a picture of a blond haired man, a young beautiful woman, and a small baby which they held together in the center. All smiling, all joyful, all so care free.

He tied the pendant to his neck strongly and placed it under his jacket. Picking up the journal off the ground and taking one last look upon the words inside, he set it down upon the desk with a nod.

"I'm going to go find…the Wave Striker!" he shouted to himself confidently.

End…

The pendant was summoned from when his blood spilled upon the circle upon the journal and that is what activated the genjutsu as well for all who was wondering. I'm bad with titles, so sue me lol.

The long flash back has finally ended and Naruto begins on his quest. Writing this story to this point, it feels like I'm writing season 3 of Naruto and it feels so fun, lol. Yay, so much more reviews for the last chapter. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you.

Shina Lim: Yes, the past two chapters was about Naruto's parents and their past. It was necessary as a background for this AU of mine so that I can refer back to it in later chapters. I also tried my best to match as much facts with the current Naruto series so that it might be as realistic as possible. Sorry about confusion, my first Naruto fic. Don't forget to ask me any places you did not get.

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