Thank you for reading, here's the next chapter.
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Later on after Naruto closed the coffin and put all the soil to cover the coffin, Naruto just noticed that everyone was around. He looked down on the broken gravestone. Kakashi began to notice that Naruto knows that they're here. He came up to Naruto and stare at the grave. So on, everyone comes out and look at it. A name was written on it, it says, "Nakama Kitsune". There were also words inscribed saying, 'I will not say…that she died that day…she is just away…'
"…you might be wondering who Kitsune is…she was…the only one who cared about me when I was little…she was way better than any of my caretakers who treat me abusively…she was like a mother to me…but then…some one murdered her just because she took care me…" said Naruto with a cold voice at the end. Everyone felt sadness. The Genins never knew what was going on and why the villagers hate him so much but the grown-ups do.
"…is there anything we can do?" Lee asked. "Yeah…can you all help me with the clues that Kitsune left behind…" said Naruto as he looked up at them and smiled. Soon, the sadness fades away and determination soon came in to help. They left the cemetery and return back to Tsunade's office. Naruto opens the scroll and Naruto reads it out loud. "First clue: It lies beneath where it should be always in the heart of Konoha" said Naruto. "…any clue?" He asked as everyone shrugged.
It was a riddle. 'It lies beneath where it should be always…In the heart of Konoha?' everyone thought the same. "Hmm…maybe the heart comes from the hokage?" Ino asked. "How about somewhere in Konoha?" Sasuke asked. Naruto thought about it and he stood up. "I know the first clue!" said Naruto. "Really!" Everyone asked in disbelief. "Uhhh…I'm not sure" said Naruto as everyone face faulted.
"Well, we have no choice. What do you think it is?" Tsunade asked. "I need a map!" said Naruto. "A map?" Tsunade asked. "Of course! It says the Heart of Konoha so if we used a map…" Shikamaru stopped as Naruto nodded and said, "Yup!" Tsunade grabbed the map of Konoha. "Alright, this is the front of the gate which is the head, so if we trail down to the mid right and here! This is the area of the next clue" said Naruto as he drew a heart on the map.
"Nice one Naruto!" (Sakura)
"Good job, Naruto-kun!" (Hinata)
"I can't believe you were smart enough to figure this out!" (Kiba)
"So the looser does have a brain" (Sasuke)
"Hey what does that supposed to mean!" (Naruto)
"Alright, alright, let's just go!" said Kakashi as they all went to that area. They looked around the neighborhood. Hinata was curious of some sort so she went up to Naruto and asks him, "N-Naruto? …uhhh…well….y-you see…I…was wondering. Why were you…in Kitsune's grave?" "….because the one that sent me this letter….was her…" said Naruto. "W-what? How?" Hinata asked. "…I don't know…" said Naruto as he looks around the area.
"Is something bothering you, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked. "Yeah…this place is very familiar…" said Naruto. After a while, they all gathered. "There's nothing unusual but that abandoned house" said Asuma which got Naruto curious. "Abandoned? Hey, does the house have a broken door?" Naruto asked. "Well yeah, why?" Asuma asked.
"Where is it!"
"It's around the corner" said Asuma and right then Naruto went running to that place. "Hey! Wait up Naruto!" shouted Lee as he catch up. Everyone caught up. When they arrived at the abandoned house, Naruto's eyes were filled of sadness. It was an old house almost breaking apart and a broken door. Naruto went inside and so as the others. The house was a lot terrible inside. Wallpapers turning to scraps, the ground floor were weak and dirty, there were no furniture, and what stunned everyone the most was the blood paint on the wall which said, 'DIE'.
Naruto walks up to the wall stopped about 4 feet away from it. He knelt down and touched the floor which has dry blood on it. "This…This was where Kitsune died…" said Naruto. It was dead silent. "…I think…the second clue….must be here…" said Naruto. He stood up and went upstairs, everyone follows. Naruto went to a room; his room. The room was empty; completely empty there's not a thing here besides a rip-off curtain. But there was something else; it was another package sitting on the window stand.
Naruto walk up to it and say the line, "A golden possession can hold so many memories of you and I…" nothing happened. Kitsune seem to change the password. "I guess that didn't work…what should it be?" Hinata asked as she walked up to Naruto. "…I still remember…of how they treat me…was I nothing to them…was my existence never too good for them…" Everyone got confused. Why was Naruto saying these things? Naruto showed no emotion but sadness as he continued.
"…If there are those who are willingly blind…I wish they would be forced to see…that I am neither a demon nor a threat… I am Uzumaki Naruto! The next Hokage!" shouted Naruto as he smiled then the package opened. Everyone stared at shock, first the poem went from sad to happy. "Hehe, I wrote that poem when I was a kid! Pretty cool, huh?" said Naruto. "Yes, I-it is" said Hinata. "Oi Naruto…what does the next clue said?" Sasuke asked. "Well…"
T is for tomorrow
H is for hate
E is for emptiness
N is for nice
E is for equal
X is for x
T is for train
C is for crying
L is for leaving
U is for understanding
E is for End
I is for important
S is for sorry
A is for astonishing
T is for truth
Y is for yesterday
O is for old
U is for uncle
R is for ramen
S is for satisfaction
A long silence steep in. they're waiting for Naruto finish but he didn't. "…that's all?" Sasuke asked and Naruto nodded. They can never figure it out. The riddle was so hard. Tsunade then made copies so each Jounin, Chuunins, and Genins each have a paper. They all went home for tonight to rest and study for the riddle tomorrow. But some were impatient and so they all stayed up at night staring at the riddle. "What does it mean" they say. But in the next chapter, they'll see and you'll see what it means.
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