So someone on Fanfiction asked, "Whatever happened to red like sharingans or your other sasuke stories?" And since I cant respond to them directly because they didn't log in to ask, I have to answer here. So They are still in the works, I'm sort of off and on writing I'm in a cast trying to figure out the situation with the muscles in my ankles and may need surgery on both soon, but thats a whole thing. Red Like Sharingans, I have ideas and stuff for it, it's just that I need to sit down and actually start typing for it. Like I'm right at the beginning of Volume 3 and I'm just a little stumped because I'm trying to figure out a way to fit Sasuke into the tournament. I'm not sure if I'll have him fight in the tournament or just have him on the sidelines. Like I have everything up to the end of Volume 4 figured out, but just not that little bit.
Gandalf had Frodo put the ring in an envelope.
"Keep it secret. Keep it safe."
He said as he left.
Frodo looked upon Naruto.
The blond stood there, staring at his hand for a time.
Naruto broke out of his stupor when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Is everything alright?"
The blond let out a long exhale.
"I'm not sure. I just... had a bad feeling about this."
Frodo gave Naruto a friendly pat on the shoulder.
"Dear Naruto, you need to relax, the party must have gotten you so stressed."
Naruto gave a small smile.
"Yeah, you're probably right."
Frodo walked towards the door.
"Come down with me and Sam to the Green Dragon and have an ale."
Naruto gave a nod and smiled.
Meanwhile:
Somewhere in the Shire.
A hobbit swung his axe down, splitting a log of wood.
His dog turned, barking at a black cloaked rider.
The Hobbit turned, his eyes widened, backing up towards his front door.
His dog barked and whimpered, backing up inside the Hobbit hole.
The Rider hissed out only two words.
"Shire... Baggins..."
The Hobbit shook his head, sputtering.
"T-There's no Bagginses around here. They're all up in Hobbiton! That way!"
He pointed to his right, backing up into his home, quickly shutting the door.
The black rider swiftly began to ride that way, several other black riders following.
Meanwhile, in The Green Dragon:
Laughing and singing could be heard.
"To heal my heart and drown my woe."
Naruto smiled, singing with the Hobbits.
"Rain may fall and wind may blow."
Frodo skipped around holding mugs of ale.
"But there still be many miles to go."
Merry and Pippin were singing on a table.
"Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain."
"And the stream that falls from hill to plain."
"Better than rain or rippling brook."
Pippin took a swig of his ale and and sung loudly.
"Is a mug of beer inside this Took!"
Everyone roared with laughter.
Some older Hobbitses sitting with Sam and Naruto were talking amongst themselves, everyone smoking from their pipes.
One of them spoke.
"There's been some strange folk crossing the Shire, Dwarves and others of a less than savory nature."
Another shook his head as he spoke.
"War is brewing. The mountains are fair teeming with goblins."
A younger hobbit rolled his eyes.
"Myths and children's stories, that's all that is. You're beginning to sound like that old Bilbo Baggins. Cracked he was."
One of the older ones nodded at Frodo.
"Young Mister Frodo here, he's cracking."
He said as Frodo walked over holding to mugs.
"And proud of it!"
He said, sitting down.
"Cheers Gaffer."
The old one nodded as Frodo slid a mug to him.
"Aye, cheers."
The younger one leaned in.
"Well, it's none of our concern what goes on beyond our borders."
He looked at Frodo and continued.
"Keep your nose out of trouble, and no trouble will come to you."
Frodo quickly raised his mug to him and looked away, taking a sip.
Naruto rolled his eyes, taking another swig of his ale, and took another puff of his pipe.
It was about time for them to leave.
The three said their goodbyes to the other Hobbitses.
The younger Hobbit was completely drunk.
As the three walked out, they heard the younger Hobbit sweet talking Rosie.
Sam grumbled to himself.
"Mind who you're sweet talkin'."
Frodo smiled at his friend.
"Don't worry Sam. Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one."
Sam stopped for a second and then fear filled his face.
"Does she?"
On their way, Naruto and Frodo smiled and waved to Sam.
Frodo pat the Hobbit's shoulder.
"Good night Sam."
The two walked up the steps, but stopped when they saw that the front door was wide open.
They looked at each other and walked in slowly.
"Who came in?"
Naruto shook his head.
They looked around.
Naruto had his hand on a wooden sword sheathe sitting next to Bilbo's table.
Suddenly, they felt hands on their shoulders.
They quickly turned towards the hands' owner, Naruto quickly unsheathing the sword, revealing it to be a long katana, Sasuke's katana.
Naruto dropped the sword as soon as he saw that it was Gandalf, the teen nearly fell to the floor, holding his heart.
The grey wizard didn't even acknowledge the blade, looking at Frodo.
"Is it secret? Is it safe?"
Frodo started looking through a trunk.
Naruto picked the blade back up.
"Sorry Gandal-"
He was cut off by a strange noise from outside.
Gandalf and the Blond quickly turned towards the window.
"Ah."
Frodo found the envelope.
Gandalf quickly grabbed it and tossed it into the fire.
"What are you doing?!"
Frodo said.
The envelope burned away revealing the ring.
After a few seconds, Gandalf used some fireplace prongs to pick up the ring and looked at Frodo.
"Hold out your hand, Frodo. It's quite cool."
Frodo held out his hand, and Gandalf dropped the ring into his hand.
"What can you see? Can you see anything?"
Naruto looked over Frodo's shoulder, squinting at the ring.
"What are we specifically looking for?"
Frodo was rolling the ring around in his fingers.
The two shook their heads and Frodo said.
"No, nothing. There's nothing."
Gandalf let out a sigh of relief.
"Wait..."
Gandalf's eyes widened.
"There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it."
Gandalf sighed.
"There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here."
He said, turning towards the two.
Frodo looked towards Gandalf.
Naruto's eyes were wide, staring at the ring.
"Mordor?"
Frodo asked.
Gandalf nodded.
"In the common tongue, it says-"
"Gandalf..."
Naruto said.
The wizard looked straight at the teen, staring at the ring.
"Does it...say..."
Gandalf's eyes widened as he spoke.
"One Ring to Rule Them All, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them?"
Gandalf slowly walked towards the boy.
"Yes but how do you know?"
Naruto slowly looked at Gandalf, cerulean blue eyes flashed to red with a slit as pupils and then back to a cerulean blue for a quick second.
"I...I can read it..."
Gandalf's mind was racing, he had the two sit down, and he lit his pipe.
"This is the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom, taken by Isildur from the hand of Sauron himself."
Naruto stared at the ring and then looked up at Gandalf.
Frodo poured them some tea.
"Bilbo found it... in Gollum's cave."
The Hobbit realized.
Gandalf nodded.
"Yes, for 60 years, the ring lay quiet in Bilbo's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age. But no longer, Frodo. Evil is stirring in Mordor. The Ring has awoken. It's heard it's Master's call."
"But he was destroyed, Sauron was destroyed."
The Hobbit said.
A voice from the Ring whispered something in Black Speech.
Naruto quickly stood, the three of them staring at the Ring.
"No, Frodo. The spirit of Sauron endured. His life force is bound to the Ring, and the Ring survived. Sauron has returned. His Orcs have muliplied. His fortress of Barad-dûr is rebuilt in the land of Mordor. Sauron needs only this Ring to cover all the lands in a second darkness. He is seeking it. Seeking it. All his thought is bent on it. The Ring yearns above all else to return to the hand of its master. They are one, the Ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it."
Frodo grabbed the ring and talked to Gandalf, looking for a place to hide the ring.
Naruto sat there, staring at the table, processing everything he'd just heard.
He stood and looked at the two.
"What must we do?"
He asked the wizard.
Frodo began to gather some things, placing them in a bag, and began getting dressed.
Naruto too began to place some things in his own bag, grabbing Sasuke's Katana, and placed it at his side, strapping it to his belt.
"You must leave tonight."
The wizard said quickly.