Chapter 4: Return of the Scroll
(About a day walk away from the village) "Let's stop and camp here for the night," Kakashi said, "Naruto, pass out the ramen cups."
"Yes, master," Naruto replied tossing them to everyone from his backpack. Once everyone had one, Naruto looked in his backpack, and quickly zipped it looking nervous.
"Anything wrong Naruto," Sakura asked.
"Oh no, everything's just fine," Naruto said in a flustered voice.
"Ok," Sakura said somewhat sarcastically.
"Come on Naruto, pass out the water," Sasuke said.
"Uh…I'd…rather not," Naruto said.
"We're out of water, aren't we," Kakashi moaned.
"Yeah," Naruto said, "I just don't get it, I had enough for 10 days, and it's only been 5."
"That's probably because we used a lot of it making all that ramen you packed," Sasuke yelled.
"Don't you ever think ahead," Kakashi asked.
"There's a stream about a mile back," Sakura said, "Sasuke and I could go fill the canteens."
"Nice try, but I've got a better idea," Kakashi said.
"Sometimes I really want to knock him out," Inner Sakura said.
"Naruto, set up all the canteens upright on that rock, and be sure to unscrew the tops," Kakashi said.
"Ok," Naruto said quickly carrying out Kakashi's orders.
"Alright now stand back," Kakashi ordered, "Water style, tidal raid." There was a heavy downpour over the canteens. They quickly filled with water, and they packed it up and continued their meal. The next day, they reached their home once again.
"Ah…feels great to be home," Naruto said opening the gate. They returned to headquarters and collected their reward. Then, they told Hokage of the Demon Circle.
"Well then, we'd better do something about it," Hokage said, "Come with me." He led them to his house into his scroll room. "This is a scroll that should bring back some memories for Naruto," Hokage said smiling.
"Hey, isn't that the scroll I knocked you out and stole for," Naruto asked.
"Yes, it's the very same forbidden scroll," Hokage replied.
"But sir, if it's forbidden, we can't use it," Sakura said
"Well, I'm de-forbidding it for right now," Hokage said, "Besides, We only need to see a small part." He scrolled past some things until he found it. "Here's the information we need," Hokage said as he pointed, "It's a list of the 12 demons: Recilius/Boar, Gamdori/Horse, Chimian/Lynx, Ortamin/Falcon, Kabador/Rat, Haborson/Shark, Lyamarsy/Bear, Quaten/Bat, Orochimaru/Snake, Mephsal/Tiger, Dargeren/Dragon, Naruto/Fox."
"So there are still 9 other demons out there bent on taking over the world," Sasuke said.
"Maybe even more," Kakashi said, "Remember how Recilius said that the demon circle was recruiting Orochimaru.
"A possible sum of 10 demons," Naruto said.
"Wow, did you see that Sakura," Sasuke said, "Naruto added 9 and 1 without taking off his sandals. Congratulations dunce."
"Shut up Sasuke," Naruto replied, "I'll kill you."
"Now Naruto, What have we said about killing your teammates," Kakashi said, "Stop pestering him Sasuke."
"Looks like there's still 9 to be tackled," Hokage said closing the scroll, "This scroll is still forbidden, and I don't want this to leak out. This is between us, alright."
"Yes, sir," the others said in unison.
"Since this has to be discreet, do you 4 think you can handle the remaining demons," Hokage asked.
"If you keep Ibiki and Rock Lee and his cell as back up, I'm sure we can take them out," Kakashi answered.
"Splendid, you can set out to find them day after tomorrow," Hokage said.
"Only on one condition," Sakura said.
"What," Hokage asked.
"Sasuke or I are in charge of food and water," Sakura replied.
"I think I can arrange that," Kakashi said laughing.
"Then let's prepare for our mission," Sasuke said, "On to the training."
"An excellent idea," Kakashi said, "To the training-grounds, students."
"Oh goodie training," Sakura said enthusiastically.
"Oh goodie…training," Inner Sakura said sarcastically.
"Can you feel it Sasuke," Naruto said, "This might be our finest hour. I bet if it was ranked it'd be an A."
"You may be right," Sasuke said sounding almost like he didn't completely hate Naruto.