Uzumaki Naruto Chronicles Rewrite
Chapter 130
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Naruto and Hinata left early that morning Naruto flashing miles away from the village before they started their journey, they didn't want anyone to know where they were coming from. They flashed using Naruto's previously dropped kunai. They got to the border of the fire country before Naruto stopped, breathing a little heavily, going this distance, flashing this many times while carrying Hinata was a bit taxing. They then took to the trees jumping for a while, heading into the lightning country to meet Jiraiya, they were going to act like they were coming from the land of lightning. Jiraiya was going to give them extra information, as they gave him information on Namu, that Tsunade didn't want to send through anyone else. She needed to trust the person that delivered the information completely.
They finally arrived in a small town in the lightning country, and walked into the tavern. Naruto sighed as he was on high alert. Naruto was on edge in the lightning country, even though he had decided to place a seal on Hinata to change her appearance instead of her just wearing contacts. Hinata currently looked like a woman with light brunette hair, and hazel brown eyes. She was three inches taller and her hair much shorter than normal, her code name was Hikari. Naruto himself had dark brunette hair, and kept his blue eyes. He didn't change his height; however, he had slimmed himself down, losing all of his muscle mass, and going by Menma. Because it was a seal though, Naruto had written exceptions into it. Jiraiya would see them as themselves, and Naruto could see Hinata as she normally looked.
They walked into the bar and immediately spotted the old Sage. He looked exhausted and rather beat up and ragged. Hinata took off, embracing Jiraiya in a hug as she did. She still owed the man so much. "Lord Jiraiya!" She said happily.
Jiraiya grinned at her, "Good to see you Hikari. How have you been?" He asked her as he hugged her back. Then it was Naruto's turn. Jiraiya hugged him as well, taking in his appearance and smiling, "Menma, you are the spitting image of your father."
Naruto nodded, "You look good yourself, you old pervert!"
Jiraiya laughed joyously, "How many times have I told you boy, I'm a super pervert."
They all laughed as they sat down and Jiraiya placed a genjutsu around them, so they could talk privately. "Okay you two, how have you been? How's training going?" Jiraiya asked them.
Hinata answered first, "Things are getting much better for me. I've been training hard!"
"I bet you have. You seem like you are much stronger than I last saw you." Jiraiya told her.
"How have you been Naruto?" The wise old sage asked.
"I've been well, things are going well Jiraiya, how have you been? Are you okay? You look a little beat." The blonde man responded with worry in his voice.
Jiraiya sighed, "It's been a rough week. I went through a hideout looking for Kushina, but she wasn't there, instead it was all a trap. I got out but barely. I got pretty beat up, they sent dogs after me, and scores of ninjas. I was able to finally get away, but it's been difficult. I was actually hoping you could help me if I hadn't gotten away. Luckily I think I lost them."
Naruto nodded, "I'm sorry Jiraiya, I should be out there helping you, not going on stupid missions like this."
Jiraiya shook his head, "Absolutely not. You're good Naruto, don't get me wrong, You're strong, smart, quick and great at espionage. But, my kind of espionage is different than the type Itachi taught you. Plus, I requested the two of you for this mission. It's dangerous and nobody in my network fits the bill like you two do."
Naruto nodded, "So any news on my mom?"
Jiraiya sighed shaking his head, "No. I thought I had a lead, but it was a complete trap. They know I'm looking for her and they are making very difficult to find her. Very dangerous."
Naruto nodded, "That's not good. Are you sure I can't help when you infiltrate these places? Surely my shadow clone spam could get rid of most of the traps and my reserves would hardly even be tapped. I could destroy the bases with Kurama. Something."
"Naruto, I know you want to help, but we need you in the village. You are one of our strongest ninja. From what I hear Hinata is quickly climbing the ranks as well." Jiraiya told them.
Naruto nodded and sighed again, "Fine. So, this town give me the update."
Jiraiya nodded rubbing his chin with his hand, "Well my spies don't know much, we stay away from the land of Earth. The Stone village doesn't like leaf ninja after what your father did to their forces. That being said what I could gather is that Tankus village isn't well protected by the stone village but instead have their own small ninja force. Though not very impressive they do have a few jonin in their ranks. Their leader is the mystery. He usurped the previous leader half a year ago, from nowhere. It's said he is an outsider, came in and killed their previous leader, it wasn't much of a fight the rumors say. His name is unknown but what is known is he is far more powerful than anyone else in the village. However, all that being said they are still protected by the Tsuchikage so you have to be very very discrete. You cannot fight the leader yourselves. If they find out you are a leaf ninja it would spark a war."
Naruto nodded groaning, "Great just what I want, a mission where I can't fight."
Jiraiya laughed, "Think of it like a mini vacation…but with dire consequences!"
Hinata giggled at Jiraiya's gallant attitude towards their 'vacation'. Jiraiya then shook his head, "That's enough serious talk! It'll be an easy mission!" With that the trio moved on to talking about things in the village as well as things going on in the area. Enjoying eachothers company.
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Naruto and Hinata were on the road, walking, Naruto carrying two large sacks, letting Hinata walk freely like they were a normal civilian couple. However, Naruto could tell something was off with her, she was worried about something. "What's wrong?" He asked her, giving her a stern look as he did, letting her know that he wanted a real answer, that she wasn't dodging this question.
"I…I'm scared." She told him, being completely honest with him, she was terrified of this upcoming mission.
"Of what?" Naruto asked, not sure what she meant.
"What if Kabuto, or even Orochimaru are there? Jiraiya told us that a mystery man came and dominated the former leader taking over the village. We can put together that the man that became Namu somehow got into Orochimaru's hands so how do we know the snake didn't take over the village like he did the sound village?" Hinata asked him worriedly.
Naruto put his hand to his chin, "That's a possibility I suppose, but if we did find out Orochimaru is there we will leave right away. I won't let him hurt you."
"You say that like they will give you a choice. If I show up in their village, why would they let me leave?" Hinata asked in a shaky voice.
"Honestly, I kind of hope they are there, it's unlikely, but if they are there my mother could be there, right? I can take them, Orochimaru has had his new body close to three years now, which means he is very weak. I can kill him, then kill Kabuto, and Sasuke if he is there. We can send word to Jiraiya who can be with us extremely quickly. We would be lucky to run into those pieces of shit." Naruto told her confidently.
Hinata nodded thinking about it, Naruto was probably right, but that didn't stop her from worrying as much as she did. "I'm sorry…I'm still scared…thinking about them makes me shiver honestly. They terrify me. D-does that make me a bad ninja? Does that make me w-weak?" She asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "No. Absolutely not, Orochimaru terrifies most people, he is an S rank missing nin, that's Kage level. He scares most ninja that come across him, not to mention after what they did to you, anyone would be scared to face them again. Everyone is scared of things; the difference comes when you walk into that village anyways. That's bravery, doing what you have to even if it terrifies you. Terrified or not we have a mission, and this is what our life is. We are going into a village where if we get found out we will be labeled as missing nin' and hunted for the rest of our lives as criminals. We're going to do it anyways, even if we have to face off against Orochimaru. We will eventually have to deal with him, Sasuke, Kabuto, and the Akatsuki, it's only a matter of time, and I'd rather take out the snakes before they find a way to work with the Akatsuki."
Hinata nodded, her resolve reinforced slightly by his words, he was right they had a mission to do and she was ready for it.
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They stopped and camped later that night, Naruto bringing out several cans of food and making them over a fire, not wanting to look like ninja, they had to do everything the hard way, without ninjutsu and seals. Naruto even had to set up a tent, as it looked like it could rain that night.
After eating they laid down in their tent together, Hinata laid her head on Naruto's chest as the rain started. It began to pour as they lay in their tent, Naruto played with Hinata's hair as they listened to the rain in silence, until finally Hinata spoke up, "I used to love the rain, watching it, listening and taking in its power, before I was taken. Kabuto changed that, I hate it now. When it would pour like this, he would take me, tie me down in the mud in this creek bed nearby. He would laugh as I fought the current, trying to keep my head above water as to not drown. That was before I lost my will to live though, earlier in my captivity. He would laugh as I struggled, I lost nearly every time. I would drown only for him to resuscitate me, bring me back. It was so stressful, so painful. I would fight for hours, if it wasn't raining hard enough or it wasn't hard enough for me, he would add his own water jutsu to make the torrent harder. The current harder to fight. If it was going to just rain a little bit, he would tie me spread eagle to the ground and laughed as the mud and water crashed over me in the creek bed. He would leave me there for hours getting rained on, getting soaked and cold. However, if it was going to rain enough that the creek would easily pass over my head like that he would tie me in different ways as if to give me a chance, it was never a real chance though. I always lost, even though he promised punishment if I drowned. That kept me struggling enough for him, at least that's what he told me."
Naruto shook his head at what his love had endured, "I don't understand, why wouldn't he just punish you? Why would he put you through drowning? It seems like a lot of the things he did was to put an extraordinary amount of stress on your body, do you know why?"
Hinata nodded sadly, "They were studying the Byakugan. Legend says that there is an upgraded version. Much like the Mangekyo Sharingan the Byakugan has the tenseigan. It unlocks incredible power, and they thought that by putting my body under incredible amounts of stress they could unlock the tenseigan. At that point Orochimaru would have taken my eyes for himself." Hinata shuddered as she said this. "They did all sorts of things to try to activate the tenseigan. As I've told you. But anyways, now I hate the rain."
Naruto nodded, "I can understand why, it must be difficult for you to think about my love."
Hinata nodded but sighed, "I-It's hard to talk about these things, but when I t-tell you about them…I feel better. Like a weight has lifted from my shoulders."
Naruto nodded, "I'm glad you told me Hina. I wish there was more I could do for you."
Hinata responded by nestling in tighter to his chest, "You are doing enough just being here for me."
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When they finally walked into the village they were greeted at the gate, "State your business here." The guard told them.
"We're here as refugees, our village in the land of lightning was destroyed, we are seeking refuge here. I'm a cook, this is my wife, she helps in the kitchen. We bought a shop here already, but still have to set it up. Here are the papers." Naruto handed the man the papers and he scanned them over.
After reading the documents he nodded and stepped aside letting Naruto and Hinata, or as they were now known as Menma and Hikari, into the small village.
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