"So, you're sure about your desition. You are positive that this place is dead?" Tsunade asked.
"No way whatsoever." Jurosu replied.
"So, what happened?" Naruto asked. "You just told us that there was nothing was left, but you never told us why."
"Okay. I'll tell you." replied Jurosu. "You see, when I saw the past, I saw many people being torchured. The person writing the poem was one of few people who weren't being torchured. That means, that someone of an enemy clan was wiping them out and writing the poem."
"The poem states the following:
The utopia of perfection you seek
Is located as fire in the creek
When down goes up, and up goes down
The land of perfection shall be found
Where wanters live and haters die
Can only be found when Earth's in the sky." Hasuko said.
"The part about fire in the creek is what happened to the clan. They, like when fire meets water, were extinguished." Jurosu commented. Then, I traveled back farther and saw the horrible things the clan did to others.
"The clan had the ability to live for however long they wanted, but could also die whenever they wanted. Everytime they were about to die, they would always keep living. They were the ultimate clan, due to this power, and were the highest in power in their world.
"One day, the clans banned together and instead of trying fruitlessly to kill them, the clans captured them and torchured them until they all chose to die."
"We believe this explains the rest of the poem. We think up going down and down going up is the reversal of the power of the clans. It also may show that the other clans thought a perfect world is a normal one without immortality." Hasuko commented. She also added "the rest describes the clan."
"And the rest of the poem?" Tsunade asked.
"That was the hardest part of the poem to decode of all." Jurosu said. Earth in the sky can't say unless it's attached to something. So, what would earth, more specifically mud, be attached to?"
"The ground?" Naruto said.
"Clean floors?" suggested Sakura.
"A hole?" asked Shizune.
"Pigs" said Tsunade.
"Right" said Jurosu. "Now, why would a pig be in the sky?"
"Flying" said Naruto with a grin. "The poem means that a utopia will exist when pigs fly."
"Exactly" said Jurosu.
Later, Naruto was walking back toward the ramen stand, when he ran back into Neji. It was then when Naruto noticed where he was walking away from; the hospital.
"Neji, when I was on the mission with Sudaru, he said something about killing the shield, what does that mean? And who is in the hospital?" Naruto asked.
"He killed the sword, not the shield, Naruto. Also, it's Lee and Tenten who are in the hospital. Here, let me tell you about it." Neji responded.
Neji sat Naruto down and started to tell him the story.
To be Continued in "Shield, Sword and Bomb"!
Writer's Comments: Thank you for reading! Please, continue with my next story, "Shield, Sword and Bomb"! Find out who is the sword and the shield, and why are they injured? How did Lee and Tenten get hurt? Why is Neji unharmed? And what does Sudaru have to do with it?