AN:
-Hello!! I tried to update soon, so here I am.
-I thank the guys and the girl (hehe) that took the time to review my story.
-Ok, change of plans. I had planned to reveal all the mystery in this chapter, but I decided to postpone that plan for later, maybe in the next one.
-This chapter explains what happened to Naruto while Sakura fought for her life.
-I hope you enjoy the chapter and review, some feedback is always nice. That way I can know if I'm doing a good job or not.
It was night time in the country of fire, it was a clear night. The moonlight bathed the landscape making possible to see the forms that normally would be hidden by the darkness. Right now the vast green forests of Konoha were visible, the occasional cold breeze rustling the leaves. Even though it was night the place was very lively, the nocturnal animals' sounds, movements and interactions made sure of that. The sounds of the crickets or the occasional flapping of the wings of an owl going for a prey filled the air. In this scenario we found a silhouette moving swiftly between the high branches of the trees, unlike its surroundings the silhouette moved silently in an almost undetectable way, this way of movement continued for a while until the silhouette reached a specific tree branch, one that had a perfect view of a valley ahead. There it stopped, now under the dim moonlight we are able to recognize the presence of a man, a tall man, blonde hair, face hidden behind a fox mask, dark clothes barely visible in the darkness and a wakizashi (a type of sword) on his back. He stood in the tree branch while placing his right hand on the trunk and took in the sight of the valley ahead, there were a couple of houses and the place looked like it was used for agriculture.
-"hmmmm. I´ve still got at least one day of travel before reaching the fire country's border." He said to himself before jumping forward and continuing his way.
Six hours ago he said goodbye to Sakura and he´s been travelling without stop since then. Currently the 24 year old ANBU and Fuin Jutsu Master (seals master) Namikaze Naruto was on his way to Iwagakure. The reason?? He doesn´t know.
-"oi Fox!! Will you tell me already what's going to happen?? Said Naruto to his prisoner.
-"I told you already kit, not yet. I will tell you when the time is right".
-"Dammit you bastard!! Why won´t you tell me? He let out frustrated.
Kyubi ignored the insult.-"That´s why Kit, if I tell you; you will freak out and stop thinking straight"
-"So?"
-"SO? It doesn´t matter how much I hate you and all the others lowly humans. If you stop thinking straight you´ll get yourself killed and you know what that means to me"
-"damn! Even if his reasoning is based in selfish reasons he´s right. I hate it when he´s right! Thought Naruto to himself.
As you can see Naruto still keeps some of his impulsive attitude, but he has matured enough so he can realize when he has to stop to think things before taking action. He can be very smart when thinking in both battle situations and outside the battlefield; of course he is not a genius at Shikamaru´s level, but he´s brilliant enough to lead an ANBU team with a mission success rate over the 85 percent, something very rare in these days. There were various factors, besides time, that influenced his maturation. One was his own promotions in Shinobi ranks, as he went from genin to chunin, jounin and finally ANBU more was asked of him making him realize the seriousness of his job. Another factor was the fact of finally know who his parents were. When he was 20 years old Tsunade decided that was the right time to tell him. Being the son of the Fourth brought a huge weight over his shoulders because now he was the last member of a clan, the Fourth´s legacy and a publicly known figure (In addition to being the Kyubi´s container). This last aspect is not very appreciated in the shinobi line of work, especially if your father and his legacy have a whole ninja village holding a grudge against him. Iwa´s attempts to assassinate Naruto didn´t wait long, however the timing to make the information public was right, because now Naruto was able of protecting himself, that fact can be confirmed by the zero survival rate in the "Assassinate Namikaze Naruto" mission. Until the present they still keep trying, they or the bounty hunters that have an Iwa´s bingo book where Naruto has a considerable sum over his head, dead or alive. But the attacks have been less and less often recently. The final factor that influenced his growth, and probably the most important, was the disappearance of "Ero-sennin". He went to spy the Akatsuki leader and never came back. Two of his older frog summons informed Tsunade of the way he disappeared and later a crushed Tsunade informed Naruto. He didn´t take it well and he hasn´t found Pein yet to return the favor. But even now Naruto hasn´t stopped believing that Jiraiya might be alive somewhere out there peeking in some thermal baths, doing some "research". This event made him realize that even the best shinobis with vast experience are vulnerable to die or in this case go missing. It was a lesson in humility. There´s no such thing as an invincible shinobi and he worked pretty hard to overcome his weaknesses, especially his attitude and his Heaven (knowledge).
So here we found a grown up Naruto travelling to Iwagakure while listening to advice of his hated prisoner.
-"I hope everyone will be ok"
-"I´m surprised that Baachan gave me permission to come on this mission, I thought she would be more reluctant". He thought while he ran through the field.
FLASHBACK
After a long talk with Kyubi, Naruto resigned to listen to his warnings. The problem was how to break the news to Baachan. Even if he was a grown up shinobi Tsunade was very, and I mean veeeryy careful when giving missions to Naruto. Of course he was able to go to difficult and dangerous missions, but not before a carefully devised plan was put on her desk. This didn´t happen so much when Naruto was a genin, but by now you should be able to recognize the cause of this behavior… yep… Jiraiya. Tsunade has lived a long life, especially for a shinobi and during this life she has lost too many important people. The disappearance of Jiraiya drove her to a more overprotective nature of her loved ones, especially when regarding to Naruto who seemed to be in more danger more often that all her other loved ones put together.
Naruto stood outside of the Hokage office. He took a deep breath with closed eyes before sliding his mask to the top of his head and knocking the door twice.
-"Come in!!" Came the reply from the other side of the door.
-"Hokage-sama".Said Naruto.
Tsunade instantly raised an eyebrow.-"Ok, something is really wrong here. First he didn´t call me Baachan. That doesn´t really bother me, but… Second, he came through the door…walking and third he took his mask off. ARg!! I´m not going to like this."Thought Tsunade
-"Naruto! What´s wrong?" She asked concerned.
-"actually I need your permission to go on a solo mission"
-"What?" She said as she quickly stood from her chair.
Naruto winced a little at this. He stood there quiet while expecting the obvious next question: Why?. But Tsunade surprised him asking the really dangerous one instead.
-"Where?" She said in a serious tone. Shizune, that has been in the room since the beginning, was hoping that the earth swallowed her right now. This was looking waaay too dangerous.
-"Damn!!" Naruto cursed inwardly. "Does she have some kind of mother's instinct or something? How did she know?"
-"Hehehe… he… he". Naruto let out a nervous laugh while putting his right hand behind his neck.
-"Where!?" She repeated louder this time.
-"I…Iwagakure" Said Naruto even more nervous.
Tsunade´s eyes widened at this.-"WHAT!!" The outburst was so loud that a couple of people walking on the streets outside the tower stopped on their tracks to see what was going on.
Naruto jumped backwards while putting his hands at chest level with his palms facing Tsunade in a defensive fashion.
By now Shizune was practically glued to the wall, refusing to take one step forward.
-"Are you out of your mind!! Why would you want to go to a place full of people that would try to kill you on sight!! Even worst!! You want to go alone!!"
-"Ba-Bachaan, please listen to me" He tried to respond.
-"I´m not going to listen to you!! Do you have a death wish!? If you really want to die I could execute you myself, that would save us time!!"
-"Ok, Bachaan lost it. I better calm her down." He grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her a little while screaming "Tsunade-sama!! Please calm down!! This is important!"
Tsunade became silent with her face looking down.-"Baachan, you know that I'm not the impulsive brat anymore. I wouldn´t ask you this if it wasn´t important"
-"Yes I know" She said while going back to sit on her chair."Well, are you going to explain your reasons or not?"
-"Hai"
Naruto explained the warning of the Kyubi, the change in the air that only he could feel and the seriousness of the Fox.
Tsunade wasn´t sure of how to react. The risks were too great, sending one of her loved ones to a mission that pretty much looked like a suicide one and putting the entire village in alert for an unknown danger. This didn´t convince her one bit.
-"You have to admit that your request isn´t reasonable Naruto"
-"I know, but the prediction of the Fox occurred and I really doubt that he wants me dead while I still hold him sealed"
Tsunade let out a defeated sigh."You´re going to go anyway don´t you?"
-"I really don´t want to disobey you Baachan, but I think that the village might get something important if I go"
-"Won´t you reconsider taking a team with you??"
-"No, you will need all the help you can get""We don´t know when will happen, but judging by the how much the Fox has been bothering me lately I would say that soon."
-"Fine! I´ll let you go and I´ll put the village on alert. Just promise me that you will return alive"
-"Of course!! Thank you and be careful too Baachan. Shizune-neechan make sure that she doesn´t overexert herself"
-"OK" said Shizune while smiling.
With that said Naruto put his mask on and jumped through the window.-"Bye!!"
A vein popped in Tsunade´s forehead.-"Use the door!! You brat!!"
FLASHBACK END
Naruto giggled a little at the last part of that memory.-"Thanks Baachan"
Naruto reached the end of the valley and entered again in the forests of the Country of Fire.
It was late and he had been travelling for hours.-"I guess I should rest a little" He though while looking for a place in the forest that was suitable to set camp. He found a place that appeared to be used for that same reason many times before, so he got some wood from the forest and set a fire with a little Katon jutsu. He got a scroll from his belt and opened it. He bit his thumb and spread some blood on it, a second later a tent appeared on the scroll. Naruto put his hands in a cross handseal and yelled "KAGE BUSHIN No JUTSU". Three clones appeared.
-"Ok guys let's put this tent together"
-"Ha!" they responded.
Five minutes later the tent was ready and Naruto went to sleep, but not before saying.-"Stand guard", saying more than that was unnecessary. If a weak enemy appeared the clones would take care of him, if a strong enemy appeared Naruto would wake up when the memories of the dispelled clone would get back to him.
There were no incidents during the night and Naruto woke up in the morning when his clones dispelled themselves after spending all their chakra.
He got up, packed his tent and sealed it again. He was about to start moving when…
-"Kit!"
Naruto stopped.-"What?"
-"Find a place where you can be secure for at least an hour"
-"Che! Will you tell me why or do I have to ignore your "suggestion" until you do"
-"damn you Kit!! Just do it!! I will tell you when you find a place"
-"You and your mystery are starting to piss me off"
Naruto travelled for two hours before finding a suitable place. A waterfall of at least 15 meters high with enough plain space on its base so it would be easier to spot enemies if they approached. Again he used his crossed hand seal and yelled "KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU", this time ten clones appeared.
-"Secure the perimeter guys!"
-"Hai!" the clones said before quickly disappearing in all directions.
-"OK Fox!! Place found, perimeter secured. Will you talk already?"
-"Fine Kit. Come to your mind landscape and I will tell you."
-"Shit. He orders me around like he was some kind of superior race of something. If Konoha wasn´t in danger…" He thought before sitting on the ground close to the waterfall and started meditating.
Soon he found himself in the so familiar sewers. He walked until he could see the bars that kept the beast trapped, behind them the familiar red eyes looked at him.
-"So you´re finally here"
-"Yeah, yeah. I missed you too" replied Naruto sarcastically.
-"You insolent-
-"Will you tell me already or do I have to go back to Konoha?"
Kyubi went silent for a while before responding.
-"Damn!! I never win arguments with him! This is getting creepy!
-"Ok Kit. The so expected event will happen tonight" Kyubi said in a calmer voice.
-"What!? So soon? I didn´t expect to be so soon!"
-"For that reason I need you to prepare with this" Said kyubi while showing a drawing in the air in front of his cage.
Naruto narrowed his eyes while inspecting the drawing. At first sight it looked like a drawn flame, but looking more carefully he could see some intricate patterns.
-"Oi Fox!! That´s a chakra amplifying seal. I don´t need one of those. Besides using that thing brings out too much chakra at a time and worst, it hurts like hell."
-"Hehehe" Kyubi chuckled."It´s good to see that you know your stuff, but in regards to you don´t needing it, that´s only true until today. From tomorrow on you will need them in emergencies."
Naruto raised an eyebrow."Them? As in more than one? And what do you mean that I will need them tomorrow?
-"Will you stop with the questions so I can explain"
-"Fine!" Sighed Naruto.
-"Tonight, between others things, a worldwide chakra sealing will occur…
-"What?" Naruto interrupted.
-"Shut up!!"
-"Right, I´m sorry ok, It´s just that this is becoming too much to handle"
Kyubi ignored the excuse and continued…-"nobody will be able to use more chakra than the needed to survive, forget about abilities boost and don´t even think of your lowly jutsus. That´s why you need to put one of these seals in both arms and legs. It must be before the sealing occurs or you won´t be able to place them.
-"Ok, I understand. But when will you tell me what and why is this happening??"
-"I will tell you all when we get to our destination, now get out of here and put those seals on"
-"you say it like it was like changing clothes" said Naruto before he complied.
Back to reality Naruto opened his eyes and took off his clothes until he was just in his underwear. He bit his thumb and started drawing the seal on his left forearm. Meanwhile he was in deep thought.
-"I guess this isn´t that terrible, if the whole world will get their chakra sealed then potential enemies will be the same. So if Konoha is attacked they would be on even ground"
He inspected his left forearm in search of any flaws.-"Perfect!! Damn I´m good!! I just would like that these seals didn´t have to be drawn with blood!! If not for the Fox I would be dead from anemia by now."
One hour later he finished drawing the seals. He stood and put his palms together in front of his face, he pumped so much chakra that a blue aura could be seen around him.
-"Haaaaaaaaaaaa!! Flame seal!! He screamed, suddenly all the chakra he pumped was absorbed by the seals that changed color from red to black and were printed to his skin. The seals would not be visible normally because of his ANBU forearms protectors and well… his pants.
-"Hahahaha Very original name Kit"
-"Shut it Fox!" retorted Naruto.
After putting on the seals Naruto rested for half of an hour before he continued travelling.
The rest of the day went on uneventful; the only exception was the feeling in the air. It kept getting stronger like it was some kind of countdown. Naruto thought that possibly that was the case, knowing that "the event" would happen tonight.
After a long day of travelling the night finally came. Unlike the previous night, the moon wasn´t visible today, so it was a very dark night. Normally with this kind of darkness Naruto would just set camp and wait for the next day to come, but things were going to happen tonight and he thought it would be better to be on the move in case someone needed help or he needed to take a quick escape route. Currently he´s jumping from tree to tree while maintaining a little katon jutsu on his right index finger to light the way.
After a couple hours of night travelling through the trees he jumped down to the forest floor when he felt that the countdown was coming to an end. As he predicted, when he felt that the air got the most thick the "event" started.
The earthquake started, it was very violent. Naruto tried to lean against a tree to maintain his footing, but the three fell down. He was trying to stand up again when another three came down directly above him.
-"Damn!" He said as he jumped away.
Definitely a forest wasn´t the best place to be during an earthquake. He had to leave the forest fast. So he started his run out of the forest while avoiding the falling trees.
-"Hahahaha!" Naruto could hear the deep laughter of Kyubi in his head.
-"Are you having fun Fox?" Said Naruto while dodging another tree.
-"The first stage is accomplished; now the chakra sealing will take place"Said Kyubi ignoring Naruto´s question.
-"I´ll have to make sure once this earthquake stops" Thought Naruto. Ironically as soon as he got out of the forest the earthquake came to an end.
-"This is a sick joke!" He said out loud.
He inspected himself searching for any wounds or lost equipment. Luckily he was pretty much unharmed, just a couple of scratches here and there, nothing serious.
-"I hope Sakura-chan, Baachan and everybody is ok""Well, they were all in alert, they should be containing the damages by now"
-"Now to make sure that I can´t use chakra"
-"Not yet Kit, it hasn´t happened yet"
-"but I thought you said…"
-"… That it will take place not that it´s completed"
-"Fine!" Said Naruto noticing the red sky.-"Must be all part of the "event"" He thought. The sky gave enough light that was possible to see the way. So Naruto kept going to Iwagakure, walking this time while carefully looking at his surroundings.
He continued walking for a couple hours without any incidents until…
-"Stop Kit!!"
-"What now?!" As soon as he said that the sky went black so quickly that it looked like someone just turned off the lights. Nothing could be seen, Not even silhouettes.
Naruto stood there motionless trying to feel his surroundings; the air became even thicker and heavier than before.
-"I didn´t think that the air could get any worst!"
The darkness continued for a couple minutes and then suddenly the sky went black with a tint of red. A dim light made able to see again so Naruto took sight of his surroundings, nothing seemed odd though.
-"Now the sealing is complete"
-"Should I try using chakra now?"
-"Just don´t use your seals Kit"
-"I know that!! What would be the point in that?" Said Naruto as he tried to pump chakra while holding a ram handseal. It didn´t work, he tried three more times without success.
-"I guess you were right Fox, now I will try using the seals"
-"Don´t!!"
-"Wha-Why?"
-"Because if you do you will be exhausted afterwards. Listen to me Kit as you said before these seals let you get a lot of chakra at a same time, in the current state of the world they will let you use chakra, but at a huge cost"
-"What cost Fox?"
-"You will consume between 5 to 10 times more chakra to use the same techniques that before""Two KageBunshins are your limit, just that will leave you with chakra depletion symptoms. Don´t even try a Rasengan, you could die"
-"And it will hurt like hell. Shit! What was the point then Fox!? If the seals are so troublesome why bothering putting them on?
-"They are a last resource; just for extremes emergencies and they will be needed in a ritual in the future.""I know I told you to put them on, but don´t use them Kit. There´s another secondary effect of using them that I will tell you later"
-"More mistery!!" Thought Naruto.
He kept going getting closer to the border of the country of Fire when he saw something in the horizon. Something that could only be described as a Town in Flames. He quickly set to running towards the place.
-"Don´t go Kit!!"
-"Are you out of your mind!? They need help I have to go!"
-"You´re not going to be able to do anything!!"
-"Shut It Fox!! I won´t listen to you this time!!
Kyubi roared in anger.
-"Calm down Fox!! I´m not going to rush in to an unknown danger!! I´ll investigate first!!
This seemed to calm the fox a little.
-"Everyone thinks that I'm still a kid!! Damn!!"
-"Ok Kit, but remember to not use any chakra, don´t even to boost your abilities."
-"OK, OK I got it!"
He continued running forwards until he saw some figures coming his way. He quickly hid on a high branch of a nearby tree and took a look of what was happening. From there he could see five villagers screaming while running away from something. Before he could react they were all on the floor with a set of jaws piercing each of their necks.
-"Damn! I didn´t make it in time!! Thought Naruto. "What the hell are those things?!" He Thought at the sight of Wolf looking beasts, with two horns pointing backwards, furless, a little smaller than a man in height, bloodshot red eyes and claws and fangs drenched in blood.
Surprisingly this time Kyubi answered him straight. –"Those, hehehe, are demons"
-"Demons!! He let out while looking how the creatures howled to the sky.-"You knew that "THIS" was going to happen".
-"Yes".
-"You tricked me!! I have to get back to Konoha!!" He said starting to stand.
-"It´s too late"
-"What do you mean?" Naruto stopped moving.
-"It´s nothing specific, but think about it. You´ve been travelling for more than a day, it will take you the same amount of time to get back. If they are not capable of defending themselves, by the time you get there it will be all be lost""On the other hand if you continue with your mission you might get back to bring some hope to the survivors."
-"Damn you!! Damn you bastard Fox!! He said while clenching his fists.
-"Think clearly boy!! Even if you were there you wouldn´t be able to do much."
Naruto wanted to retort, but he knew that most of the things the Kyubi said were true. Even if he tricked him and even if he was a cold blooded bastard that hated humanity so much that he kept the events secret so they could happen without obstacles. The bastard had the cold reasoning on his side.
-"Sakura-chan, Baachan please survive" He pleaded in his mind. Then he tried to put himself together.
-"fine you Bastard, you win this time. You just don´t know how much my hate for you has grown today"
-"Hmph Like I could care any less!
Naruto was still hidden in the tree looking at the demon wolves below, it was odd though. They were not eating the villagers; in fact it was like they were not interested anymore. Instead they were sniffing the air like…
-"Shit!! They detected me!! Thought Naruto as the beasts howled to the sky and then ran to where he was right now. Their howls were horrible, beside the normal tone of a wolf a second deeper tone could be heard from them. It was like they had two voices at the same time.
Naruto jumped over them and started running in the direction of the town, he was soon followed by the demons.
-"don´t use chakra kit!!"
-"I know you bastard!!" He said while running.
The demons were fast, without his chakra powered speed he wouldn´t be able to lose them and even if he hid they would find him by his smell.
Soon he found himself surrounded.-"I´m caught!" They took their distance from him and kept walking slowly around him forming a circle like a predator getting ready to attack its prey. They let out low growls in an intimidating way. Naruto stood there in the center.-"I guess the only choice now is to fight" He thought as he got his right hand over his right shoulder and grabbed the wakizashi on his back without getting it out of its sheath. That movement pattern continued for a couple of seconds, Naruto watched intently while a sweat drop ran through his face under the mask.
-"Come on!! Come on!! Patience!! They will come soon!
And that they did. They began to jump at him attempting to bite him while keeping the circular formation. The demons didn´t look really smart, so that attack pattern was probably based on instinct.
Naruto dodged as much as he could, but that was proving difficult as well. The multiples scratches on his legs and arms were proof of that. He moved right to avoid one demon, immediately he had to duck to avoid the next, he hadn´t completely avoided the second one when he had to roll to left to dodge a third one. He continued to dodge while looking an opening to retaliate.
Finally he found an opening; a demon was coming directly at him while the rest were still recovering from their respective attacks. Naruto unsheathed his sword and unleashed a vertical downwards slash with great ability, the force of the jump of the demon was added to the slash from Naruto´s sword, and as a result the demon was cut in half from face to tail. Both its halves fell to the sides of Naruto while its blood drenched his mask. The demons response didn´t wait long. This time one jumped from the right of Naruto, but he was expecting this, being the first demon to counterattack it didn´t have any support from the others. Naruto leaned backwards to avoid it, when it was just above him he slashed its abdomen so deep that when the demon fell to the floor it lost all its contents. It died instantly.
He quickly leaned forward this time and threw a horizontal slash that clashed with the claws of another demon. However this last attempt of defense left him open for an attack that came instantly. A demon bit his left shoulder while its claws were dug in both his shoulders.
-"AAAAArrrrrggghhh!! Screamed Naruto."Damn!! It´s not letting me go!! It will probably try to bite my neck to kill me like they did with the villagers."Thought Naruto while he winced and blood spurted from his shoulder. He was about to move when a second demon attacked him from the front. He moved his wakizashi and blocked his fangs while it bit it.
-"Things don´t look too good!!" He thought while trying to keep the demon in front of him away.
-"If you really want it that way!!" He jumped backwards with all his strength dragging both creatures with him. He impacted the demon on his back against a tree, it was brief but the beast let go of his shoulder, that was all Naruto needed. He slid the wakizashi from the fangs from the demon in front and made a quick spin slash in 360º; both demons lost their heads above their jaws. More blood spurted on Naruto. Four of the five demons were dead. He didn´t get any time to celebrate though as the last one threw him to the floor, Naruto didn´t react in time because of the bleeding wound on his shoulder. The demon tried to bite him, but again he stopped the bite with his sword. The problem was that he needed both his hands to keeping it busy and the demon stood on top of him, it only needed to lift one claw and thrust it through his head. So the beast lifted its claw to finish him. The creature growled loudly and the claw came down again with great speed.
Naruto closed his eyes waiting for the inevitable.
Suddenly many humanoid type of demons stopped what they were doing in the town, they lifted their heads and looked in the direction where Naruto was fighting.
Going back with the fight, the demon noticed that there was nothing on its fangs and that its claws were stuck on a log. Out of nowhere a sword cleaved its skull from the top. The demon fell to the ground dead.
Naruto fell to one knee while panting.-"I thought… I was going… to die!!"
-"You used chakra!!Damn kit I told you not to!!
-"I… had… to!! I was… going to… die." Said Naruto still panting while grabbing his left shoulder."Besides… it was just… a replacement technique!""AAArrrggg!! Even if it was… just a replace…ment technique… it hurt like hell!"
-"That doesn´t matter!! Now get out of here and hide quickly!!
Naruto noticed the seriousness in the Fox´s voice so he complied. He hid again in the branch of a tree. A couple of seconds later the place was crowded with demons, luckily there were no more wolf types, but there were others that had a more humanoid form, some twice the high of a man and thin, others of the size of a man with big muscles. They were all looking for something, they moved searching their surroundings.
-"Oi Fox!! What are they looking for? Said Naruto having regained some of his breath.
-"You of course!!That´s the final secondary effect of using those seals.In this world where chakra isn´t usable anymore,any chakra burst is like a flare that call for the demons.That´s why I told you not to use it"
-"I see, I get it now""What I don't get is why you don't tell me this things sooner" He said while turning to leave.
-"Hahaha I enjoy your angered and panicked expressions."
-"And they all look at me like I hadn't grown up!"
-"Being serious again Kit, what are you going to do now?"
-"Honestly I need to patch myself up first. But apparently going to town isn't an option. Sadly there wasn't any shinobi in that town so I don't think there´s any survivors. There were just too many demons."
-"I see you´re thinking straight again"
-"I have a problem though; all my things including bandages are sealed in my scrolls so if I want to get them I have to use chakra."
-"Not an option Kit"
-"I know. Hey!! How´s your healing ability??
-"You will heal faster than a human, but slower than before"
-"Then I'll have to avoid any encounters until I recover." Naruto said as he walked slowly through the forest while grabbing his shoulder.
-"I just hope that everyone is ok…" were his thoughts before disappearing in the forest shadows.
CHAPTER 2 END
AN: Finally… In fact this is like half the chapter that I originally planned to write. The other half will probably become the next chapter mixed with some more of Sakura´s experiences.
I hope you like my story so far.
I think I will be doing shorter chapters from now on. The content will be the same, but the size of each chapter will decrease and the frequency of release should rise. (I hope).