Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite
Chapter 23
Enter Itachi
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Hinata woke up in the hospital, she was quite groggy; she looked around and saw an ANBU agent standing by the door.
"U-um, sorry, but can you tell me what happened?" She asked the man.
The ANBU looked at her, but didn't respond. Hinata looked around and saw Shikamaru in the other bed still out of it.
"Please what is going on? You must tell me!" Hinata pleaded with the man.
The ANBU still didn't say anything but instead put his hand to his ear, as if listening to something. He replied but Hinata couldn't hear what he was saying. The man walked over to Shikamaru and took out smelling salts, he waved them in front of Shikamaru's nose, waking the boy up.
As he did, the Third Hokage walked into the room, "Hinata, Shikamaru, it is time for your debriefing." The old man grumbled out. "You two were attacked by a mercenary group led by two legendary swordsmen. Zabuza, and Oboro. Oboro attacked you, because your team took down Zabuza's team. They knocked you two out, I am not aware of how yet though. Oboro then took on Naruto and Kakashi, Naruto had a pair of clones bring you two back. Naruto and Kakashi have not returned, we are not sure if they are alive. I'm sorry."
Hinata had tears in her eyes, "No…Naruto."
Shikamaru spoke up next, "What plans do we have for retrieval?"
The Third Hokage shook his head, "None that I can tell you of, we are not even sure they are alive to be honest."
Shikamaru shook his head, "No, they are still alive, Oboro was looking to break Zabuza out of jail, he will try to ransom them for Zabuza's team."
The Third shook his head, "You know our policy on releasing criminals at the beck and call of other criminals, as much as I love Naruto, we can't just go back on our policy; if we do it will paint a target on the backs of all of our leaf ninja, not something I can risk. As far as retrieval goes I have something in the works."
Hinata was now very upset, "NO! You can't just leave them, we have to do everything we can to save them!"
The Third Hokage gave her a look, "Please, do not make the mistake of thinking you are the only one who cares for them young Hinata."
Hinata looked down still angry, the Hokage continued though, "You are both dismissed, there is no reason you should stay here, please go home and let your families know you are alright. I will have ANBU come retrieve you if I have any information for you." The old man finished and walked from the room.
Hinata got up and left the hospital, she went home to let her family know she was alright, Shikamaru on the other hand went to find Kabuto; he needed to have a talk with the snake.
In a cave on the border of the Fire Country
Kakashi woke up in a bit of pain. He pushed himself up and noticed he was locked in a cell, he had chakra disruptors on him and was burnt from that last attack, he cursed, this was not going to be fun, he knew the type of shit they were about to go through if Oboro didn't get what he wanted, and Kakashi knew he would not get what he wanted. The leaf didn't deal with criminals, it was as simple as that. The only reason Kakashi was still alive was to use as a ransom, which the Hokage, would not accept.
Kakashi looked around the cell, that's when he saw Naruto, the boy was laying on the ground, and he did not look good. Kakashi knelt down next to him and checked him. Naruto had suffered many burns, and the boy was struggling to breath. His face was pained.
Kakashi cursed, "Fuck, why the hell is Kurama not healing Naruto."
He pulled up Naruto's shirt and spotted the problem, there was a 5 pronged seal on top of where his normal seal was. It was stopping Kurama from helping Naruto at all.
Naruto groaned, and opened his eyes, squinting as the pain hit him. Gritting his teeth Naruto spoke, "Kakashi what happe…"
With that the boy passed back out. Kakashi checked his pulse, it was weak, Naruto was also no doubt dehydrated, Kakashi cursed again. Naruto was wheezing now, barely getting any air to his lungs. He would not live long like this.
Back in Konoha
Shikamaru found Kabuto and looked down, he was in a tree above Kabuto, while the other man was training.
"Kabuto," Shikamaru spoke up, Kabuto looked up at him, "Hinata told me what happened, she wasn't happy about you touching her, she told me she allowed it, but here is my warning to you, If you touch her and make her feel dirty again with it, I will kill you myself. Hinata is like a little sister to me, and I will be damned if you make her feel like that again, from now on you better not lay a hand on her, unless she asks it of you, understood?"
Kabuto look at him and frowned, his face looking sincere, "Shikamaru, I am sorry, I didn't know Hinata was so upset about it, rest assured it will not happen again. I am going now to talk to her!" With that Kabuto turned around and started walking to find Hinata.
"Hmmm, interesting discovery, my genjutsu is not as far along as I may have thought, if she is able to feel bad about it later. This is good to know, good thing that fool told me, I thought he was smarter than that. I will have to talk to Hinata, and assure her that it won't happen again. I will have to start working the silver tongue more until she would dive in front of a kunai for me."
With that Kabuto left to find Hinata.
Hinata immediately headed for Anko's house after she had told her family she was alright, she got to the house and found Anko wasn't there. So she headed for the next place Anko could be, the Forrest of Death, training.
She found Anko using her Byakugan and approached the woman. Anko spotter her and grinned hugging the young girl.
"Hinata, I didn't realize you were already back, Kakashi normally finds me right away." Anko told the Hyuuga heiress.
Hinata's eyes teared up again, "I-I'm so s-sorry Anko, K-Kakashi and Nar-Naruto didn't come b-back." The young girl choked out through the sobs.
Anko's eyes widened and she let out a gasp, "Please Hinata tell me what happened."
Hinata nodded and got herself under control. "We were on a mission and Kakashi and Naruto went ahead to scout, and I stayed back with Shikamaru as we needed to talk. We were ambushed, they took Shikamaru and I down in seconds." Hinata shuddered reminded of what Oboro had done to her personally, "When I woke up I was in the village, we were told that Naruto and Kakashi had stayed to fight 7 ninja, all of varying skill, one was a legendary swordsman. Naruto sent Shikamaru and I back on clones, he and Kakashi staid to create a diversion. I'm so sorry Anko, it's all my fault. If I wouldn't have been captured in the first place Kakashi would not have been taken. We believe they are still alive, but the Hokage has said he refuses to make a deal with them if they try to ransom Naruto and Kakashi."
Hinata was back to sobbing at the end of it. Anko comforted her for a moment before speaking, "Hinata, I need to go talk to the Hokage, Go home, this isn't your fault, none of it is."
With that Anko disappeared, and Hinata headed home.
Anko went straight to the Hokage tower. "Lord Third, we need to speak." The woman said as she barged through the window of the old man's office.
The Third Hokage turned to her, mouth set in a frown, "What is it Anko? I am a little busy right now."
Anko glared at him, "Send me."
The Hokage continued to look at her for a moment, "Anko, there is already a plan in place, sorry but you are not part of it. I know you love Kakashi, but the ninja I have sent after the two are above your level, you would slow them down."
Anko was pissed, "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY!"
The Hokage continued to look at her, "Anko I am sorry, but you can't take part in this mission, nor can you know about it, it is above your clearance."
Anko slammed her fist into the desk and stormed out of the old man's office.
Hinata was walking home, head down, sniffling. Her eyes were puffy and red, she had been crying the whole way home. She didn't even notice Kabuto appear in front of her, once again she ran into the boy. Hinata looked up as arms wrapped around her.
"Hinata, is everything okay?" Kabuto asked her.
She shook her head and told Kabuto everything. He hugged her tighter.
"Hinata, I am just glad you came back to me, I thought about what happened on our date, I am sorry, I went too far. It won't happen again, I promised."
"K-Kabuto, it's okay." She grinned melting into Kabuto's embrace.
"Don't worry Hinata, everything will be okay, I promise, let's go get some tea." Kabuto told her.
Kabuto grinned from over her head, as she buried her head in his chest, "This could not have happened at a better time. Thanks to that dumbass Shikamaru I am back in her good graces. With this ordeal, I can gain her trust back and even more. With her in this vulnerable state, my silver tongue will only work better." Kabuto thought to himself.
With that Kabuto took the girl to his apartment and made them tea, as she sat on the couch. After tea Hinata cuddled into his chest, trying to find warmth in all the cold around her. Hinata found comfort in all the hell going on around her. Kabuto just smiled a malicious smile.
An Underground Cabin Outside of Konoha
Itachi Uchiha and his fiancé Hanara Hyuuga, were in their quaint little cabin that was carved out of the ground and hidden by layers of genjutsu, seals and other thing, hiding their house. They lived in this cabin, not far outside the leaf village, only about 30 miles away; well in Fire Country territory. It was hidden from any prying eyes. Their Cabin branched out from them underground with many different rooms, for training and many other things.
The couple had just sat down to lunch when Itachi got a messenger crow. This could only come from the Hokage, as he had given the man a scroll which could summon a crow that would immediately fly to Itachi with whatever mission or orders the Hokage could give him. Itachi opened the scroll and read outloud.
"Itachi and Hanara, it seems I have need for your skills again. Naruto Uzumaki, and Kakashi Hatake are being held prisoner by Oboro, and the rest of his gang. They are being held for ransom. They want us to let Zabuza and his team go free. You know how we feel about dealing with criminals. Do what you have to do in order to save Naruto and Kakashi. Bring them back. They are both vital to the leaf as you well know."
That ended the letter, and Itachi and Hanara both packed up and headed for the forest. Itachi summoned hundreds of crows sending them out to search for the hideout that the leaf ninjas were being held. He sat on the top of a tree focusing on seeing what the crows saw. Hanara stood next to him, pushing her Byakugan for miles. She would not find anything however.
After about 30 minutes Itachi had a location, He and Hanara hopped on his summon Kamitar, the boss Raven and flew at breakneck speeds towards the hideout.
As they neared Hanara was able to see inside the cave, There were 20 men in all, most of them chuunin level missing nin. That's when Hanara saw Naruto.
Hanara gasped, "Itachi, Naruto is almost dead, his heartbeat is fading, he is on deaths doorstep right now. We have to pull out all the stops. I need to get to him or he will die.
Itachi nodded and was about to attack when Hanara gripped his arm harder, "Itachi, Naruto's heart just stopped."
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