Chapter 5 – Realise, Understand the Danger

"I think Kazekage wants them.. To be dead.."

There was remaining only 6 hours before time expires. Kazekage-sama would not like, if blondie would not be outside of the villafe after that remaining 6 hours. Three Konoha Shinobi just didn't know about that timeline.

"They are pretty good of misleading us."
"Should we just give up? Ih he doesn't want to go back to the village, so why bother?"
"Iruka, Genma. Haven't you noticed, that guards amount has grown?"

Kakashi said, while they moved to direction where they thinked that boys could be. Both Chuunins nodded.

"Isn't that strange.."

"I think, that Kazekage haven't told us everything. He wants Naruto out of the village more than I thought."
Genma said, and Kakashi nodded. Iruka haven't said his thoughts earlier, but now he thinked, that they might be quite right.

"Kakashi, Genma.. I think Kazekage wants them.. "
Kakashi and Genma waited, what Iruka wanted to say.

".. To be dead.. Even his son, that Gaara boy."

Silence was with them while they moved. Nobody didn't say anything in a long time. Suddenly Iruka went to other direction.

"Hey, where are you going? Iruka!"

"Sorry, I have to go and check few things! You two, try to find Naruto before guards!"
Kakashi and Genma didn't know, what Iruka had in his mind, but they thinked, that something was really, really wrong, because Iruka looked so worried. They increased their speed.

Some guards runned by hiding place, where boys were. That was really close, they somehow had managed to get in time in shadows, before guards saw them. Naruto sighed with relief.

"Naruto, I think that we can't keep long just hiding like this.."
"That's true. Too true.."
Naruto looked carefully, was way clear.

"Gaara. Before we keep going, I have to ask you a question."

"What kind of question?"

Gaara looked his friend. What he had in his mind this time?

"Gaara. Normal people would not chase me this long. And you know what it maybe means?"

Gaara didn't say anything, but he had a thought in his mind.

"I think, your father Kazekage is trying to kill me. Maybe you.. But me, preferably.."

Gaara wasn't surprise. His father had tried to kill him so many times, that he couldn't even count. But Naruto.. Why him? Why Naruto?

"But.. Why? Why he would do that? You haven't done anything wrong.."
Expect borned.

Naruto thinked sarcastically.

"Maybe for same reason, as he did with you.."
Naruto said very quietly. Gaara put his hand on his friends shoulder. They both standed there sometime, in silence.

"Naruto.. I'm with you."
Naruto put his hand on his friends hand in his shoulder, but didn't turned his head. But he smiled a bit.

"I know, Gaara. I know."

Sametime, Iruka was gathering information. Finally he catched one guard to talk with him. Surprising thing was, that guard was one those, who lead the operation.

"Kazekage haven't told us everything. Now, tell me, what's going on in here?"
"We are not allowed to tell to Konoha shinobis."
"Oh, and why's that? Kazekage's orders again, I guess.."
Iruka putted his kunai very fast on mans throat. He glared him straight to the eye, very dreadfully.

"Now.. Tell me. Everything you know.."

Iruka said with very cold voice. Man shivered, but started to talk. And Iruka breaked away immediatedly when he get the information he wanted. He had to hurry.

"Genma, I see them!"

Kakashi's eyes were very sharp, and he saw one false move in the shadows, which betrayed the location where boys were. No one else would not be hiding like them right now. At the same time when they get boys cornered, Iruka arrived.

"Iruka, finally! What.. You look very pale.."

Iruka turned his glance to the boys. They looked pretty scared, it was fright after they saw that Kakashi and Genma had cornered them.

"Naruto, please don't run away anymore."
"Why I would not do that? Let us go!"

"Naruto, please, listen to me. You are in danger, if you stay here!"

Naruto looked confused, and Gaara too. They really didn't know, what was going on, and everything what happened put their mind wild.

"Iruka.. Tell, what you know."
Kakashi said, and Iruka nodded. Flashback came in his mind.

Flashback

"Now.. Tell me. Everything you know."
Iruka said with very cold voice. Man shivered, but started to talk.

"K-Kazekage-sama gave us an order.. That we must kill that blond brat when we find him. He said that he is dangerous to our village, and we have to get a rid of him. And quickly.."
"Why he would do that?"
"I-I don't know.. That kid haven't done anything, why we should kill him.. But order is an order.."
Iruka saw it. Man didn't tell everything. He pressed kunai more on man's neck.

"I said.. Tell me everything. I know, that you know, why Kazekage wants him.. Them.. Dead.."
Man swallowed.

"Because.. Because.. He said.. That boy from Konoha is a monster.. Like his son, Gaara.."

Flashback ends.

Everyone listened. And couldn't believe what they just heard. Expect Gaara.

"Nothing new for me.. Expect that it's not father himself who tries to kill me.."

He turned his glance on Naruto. He looked a bit sad.

"You were right.. He really tries to kill us.."
"I won't let that happen! I promised, don't you remember?"

"Naruto.. Promises just won't help in a situtation like these.."
Kakashi said, and Genma sighed. Naruto glowered into Konoha shinobis, but they were right.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"Maybe we should get Naruto out of the village.."
"No way! I'm not leaving without Gaara!"
"Naruto, keep your voide down. We can't take him with us. It would be problematic."

"You adults are problematic! If Gaara stays here, he can get killed, and in Konoha he would be safe, and..!"

"There they are! We found them!"

Everyone turned their head. Guards had found them.