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Naruto's eyes continued to rapidly blink as his teeth clicked, his fingers jittering as he sat in the carriage, still fiddling with his clothing.
Kushina meanwhile looked back at Souken, "Souken, be honest with me, this…chakra rush…?" she said trying to find the right words for what Naruto was experiencing, "I know you said it would wear off in a few weeks, but by any chance do you know if this will adversely affect him?"
Souken looked at Naruto, who was rapidly glancing about the carriage while grinding his teeth together, "Well, I truly am unsure. I do not know of any incident where this has occurred." he said referencing Naruto's continued twitching.
Kushina sighed and scooted closer to her son, gently placing her hand on his shoulder, "Sweetie, are you feeling alright?"
Naruto looked up at his mother and nodded rapidly, "Y-yeah, I am doing perfectly alright Kaa-chan." he said quickly, Kushina barely being able to pick up most of what he said.
Housho meanwhile smiled, "Awww, he is so cute." she said suddenly reaching over and patting him on the head.
Naruto blushed slightly, still not used to the positive attention and jittered, "Thank y-y-you." he said quickly.
Kushina smiled softly and kissed Naruto on the top of the head.
Souken coughed slightly, "Kushina-sama, may I ask where we will be headed first?"
Kushina seemed to deflate at his question, and sighed softly, "Though I wish to avoid it, it seems the first stop will be Kumogakure and Rai no Kuni. Of the nation's we will be stopping in, Rai no Kuni and thus Kumogakure will be the simplest to get to. From there we will go to Ta no Kuni and finally Takigakure."
Souken nodded his head.
Kushina continued, "In addition, I am having several trackers head to Umi no Kuni to find the young girl that helped Naruto get on the boat to Rai no Kuni."
Souken smiled softly and looked out the carriage, and saw the nearing coastline.
Hi no Kuni
A man sighed as he scribbled away at the paperwork on his desk, the rain beating down above him, barely being covered by the overhanging roof. He grunted and cursed under his breath as a sudden gust of wind sent some rainwater on the paperwork, "Son of a…" he cursed and crumpled up the paper and tossed it to the side, before looking behind himself, "Hey, think it would be too much trouble to get a better roof? We're running out of paper for the paperwork!"
From in the back, a gravelly voice called back, "The budget doesn't give us enough to get a new roof, just try to keep the paper dry until the storm passes!"
The man growled and snapped, "What the hell do you think I'm doing." he said throwing his pen at the desk and sighing heavily with an annoyed groan as he rubbed his temples.
As the man was rubbing his throbbing temples, two cloaked figures walked up to his desk. The shorter of the two figures walked up and spoke, "Uhm, excuse me?" the figure spoke up in a feminine voice.
The man looked up, and sighed as he grabbed his pen, which somehow was not broken and looked at the figure, "What can I do for you?"
The figure spoke up as they removed their hood, revealing themselves as a young female, "Yes, we are trying to get to…" she said whilst pulling out a map, "…here." she said indicating the landmass across the sea.
The man looked at the map, scoffed with a laugh, "You are kidding right? You are asking if guild run docks can get you across the sea? We can barely make it up the coastline with these junkers." he said indicating the three large, worn out boats behind him, "Even then we still have to charge a hefty fee per ticket just to keep up with repairs." he grumbled and snapped underneath his breath, "Wouldn't be in this state if some people helped out."
"I heard that!"
The man snapped around and shouted in the direction the voice came from, "Good! Now take my 'subtle advice' and get off your drunk ass!" he snapped back around and sighed, "Sorry you came all this way for nothing, but we don't have the funds to repair any of these boats to the level they would have to be at to get across the sea."
The taller figure piped up, "By any chance do you know of anyone who is able to?" he asked with a discernibly masculine voice.
The man looked up at the figure, "Now sir, I don't make it a habit of redirecting customers to economic rivals, what with the need for money and all that."
The two figures simply looked at him, before the woman sighed and nodded, "We understand, have a good day sir."
The man waved his hand as he went back to his currently damp paperwork, "Good day." as the two figures walked away, he scribbled on the page, causing it to rip. He growled and slammed his fists on the desk, "Damn it!" he turned around and shouted to the back, "Fix this damn roof or so help me-"
The two figures meanwhile walked up to a nearby café, where they sat at a table already seating three others, two females and one male.
One of the girls leaned forward and spoke, "Well?"
The taller figure sat down and pulled off his hood, sighing, "Dead end bust, just like the other two."
The shorter figure sat down as well and pulled off her hood, just as the waitress brought them their food.
The other male sighed and pulled out a pamphlet he picked up on the way, "There are still six more private docks here, there has to be one that can get us to Uzu no Kuni."
The female figure who had just sat down looked at him, "And if there aren't any?"
The male sighed and looked at the map, "How many other towns on the coast of Hi no Kuni are there?"
The female pulled out the map and looked it over, "I think sixteen, give or take the ones not marked on the map."
The male sighed and grabbed his cup, pouring some tea in, "Well let's hope there is one in this town that can get us to Uzu no Kuni then." he swiftly downed the tea before setting the cup down, pulling up his hood, and walking out of the café.
Six more docks to go.
Naruto
Naruto slowly stood up as the carriage was pulled onto the boat waiting for them, and they were let out as the boat set sail towards Rai no Kuni. Naruto was still jittery and had actually started to bite his nails.
Kushina sighed and stood behind Naruto, gently pulling him closer to her, "Sweetie, are you ok?"
Naruto rapidly nodded his head and continued to bite his nails.
Kushina slowly got down on her knees and gently picked Naruto up, "Come on, let's go inside." she then carried him to the ships lower decks.
Souken and Housho remained up top, staring out at sea.
Housho looked over at Souken, "About how long until we reach Rai no Kuni?"
Souken shrugged and looked around at the skies, "Well, assuming we are not hit by a storm system, we should get to Rai no Kuni by tomorrow. Maybe a bit earlier if the sea allows it." Souken turned his gaze to Housho, "Why so eager to get to Rai no Kuni."
Housho looked at Souken confusedly, "I beg your pardon?"
Souken shrugged, "Well, understandably you want to do as your Uzukage commands, but your desire to get there seems to be a bit more…personal." he looked at her curiously
Housho's eyes widened slightly, "Personal?"
Souken sighed, "Housho it is no secret, your obvious admiration for Uzukage-sama…nor is it a secret how close you two are. I only hope your personal reasons for helping Uzukage-sama do not get in the way of your professional reasons for helping her."
Housho stared back at Souken, before she rapidly turned her head, a tint of red on her cheeks.
Meanwhile, below deck, Kushina hummed softly as she carried the still jittery Naruto.
Others who were traversing the halls stood aside as Kushina walked past them, bowing and muttering, 'Uzukage-sama', something Kushina either did not notice, or did not pay any mind to, the latter being far more likely.
Finally, Kushina stopped in front of a door and gently set Naruto back down on his feet.
Naruto's eyes twitched a few times before he looked up at the door, then at his mother, "Kaa-chan?"
Kushina looked down at Naruto and smiled as she lowered herself so he did not have to look up at her, "Yes Sochi?"
Naruto blinked twice, one of his eyes blinking several extra times as it quivered, and he bit his lip, seeming unsure of what to say.
Kushina noticed this and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Sweetie, go ahead…what were you going to say?"
Naruto bit his lip again, his eyes blinking rapidly, "Is this our room?" he asked with uncertainty, and slight apprehension, as if afraid of the answer.
Kushina frowned, knowing the reason for why he was afraid of the answer, and she quickly wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close, "Oh sweetie, of course this is our room." she hugged him and gently rubbed his back, "I wouldn't even think of putting you anywhere except right by my side."
Naruto's eyes widened a bit at that, a light quivering at the edge of his left eye. He looked at Kushina in shock, before a small smile tugged at the edge of his lips and he slowly wrapped his arms around Kushina.
Kushina smiled as she felt him hug her back. She slowly released him and stood up, beckoning towards the room as she opened the door.
Naruto looked up at her and slowly walked inside, and his eyes passed across the details of the room.
There was a small table in the middle of the room, fastened to the floor since they were on a ship. There were also several chairs, these however were not bolted down, and near the edge of the room, and there was a single bed, big enough for two people. It was not an extravagant room, but it was certainly nice enough.
Kushina walked inside as well and took in a deep breath as she turned to Naruto, a smile on her face, "Come on sweetie, we should get some rest, we have a lot to do once we arrive in Kumo."
Naruto looked up at her, "Why are we going to Kumo anyways Kaa-chan?"
Kushina smiled and sat down, and indicated for Naruto to sit down as well, which he did, "We are going to Kumo to try and make an alliance with them, so that in the future we will be able to do damage against Konoha for what they did to you. We are heading to Kumo first because it is the closest; we are also going to be going to Ta no Kuni and Takigakure. We will go to them first since people there helped you, so I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt."
Naruto nodded his head in understanding, in truth he wanted to make Konoha pay for what they did to him, so he was willing to listen to his mother in that regard.
Kushina smiled and was about to get up, when she suddenly stopped, and looked at Naruto, "Sochi…how badly did Konoha treat you?"
Naruto flinched as he lowered his head, sighing, "Do you really want to know?"
Kushina nodded her head, "Yes…I do…" she bit her lip and looked away, "Though, I understand if you don't want to talk about it." she said lowering her head, in her mind thinking how stupid it was to ask such a sensitive question.
Her thoughts stopped as she felt a hand rest on her thigh, and she looked up to see Naruto smiling at her softly, "It's ok Kaa-chan, I don't mind."
Kushina stared back at him and nodded her head, "O-okay sochi."
Naruto sighed and leaned back, "I don't remember much, but what I do remember was that Konoha's mistreatment of me started a few months before I turned three…before they threw me out on the streets…"
Hi no Kuni
A woman sighed as she looked through her papers, "I'm sorry but there just aren't any boats that go out to sea, all our ships do is go up and down the coastline."
Two feminine figures stood in front of her desk, lightly soaked from the rain, "Do you know of any ships that do happen to go out to sea?"
The woman frowned and hung her head, "Look, I wish I could help, but company policy-"
One of the girls interrupted, "Says you cannot redirect customers to other businesses." the girl grumbled under her breath, 'Like we haven't heard that before.'
The other girl shook her head and turned away, "Come on, we've wasted enough of our time here."
The girl sighed and turned and followed after her comrade, while the woman glared after them and sighed before calling up the next customer.
The two girls walked over to a small group, two males and a single girl, "Well?" the tallest male asked expectantly.
One of the girls spoke up, "What do you think? Same story as all the others; no ships that can go out to sea, and a company policy that forbids them from telling us who can." the girl sighed as she leaned against a post and pulled down her hood.
The shorter male groaned and snapped, "An entire fishing town, filled with different boating companies, and not one can go out to sea. Please explain to me how this is even possible."
The girl who had stayed with the two boys spoke up, "Is that a rhetorical statement?"
The guy snapped, "Of course it was!"
One of the other girls spoke up, "Alright calm down everybody. Look there isn't much we can do here. We're just going to have to go to the next town." she looked towards the shorter male, "Where is the nearest fishing town?"
The male pulled out a map and looked it over, "Not far, if we go along the merchant path now we could be there in an hour, assuming the storm lightens up." he said referencing the still storming skies.
The girl nodded her head, "Alright, then we better get moving." she turned and started off to the merchant path, and was quickly followed by the other four.
Rai no Kuni…Next Day
A woman sighed as she looked across the horizon, waiting to see if any ships came in. It had been a surprisingly dull day, almost nobody had come in, or gone out of the docks. It had actually become so dull she started to gamble with herself from sheer boredom.
Sighing in annoyance she pushed another poker chip and sarcastically threw her hands in the air, "Jackpot." before she slumped over and started to tap her fingers on the edge of the lookout post.
She stood back up and stretched as she looked out over the horizon…and her eyes caught something.
There was a ship heading towards them…a big one too.
Quickly grabbing her telescope, she looked through it and peered at the ship to identify any markings.
The only marking she saw was a sort of insignia, but nothing she had seen before.
Removing the telescope from her eye, she looked up at the bell perched nearby and grabbed the rope and started shaking it, causing the bell to ring.
In that instant, the lazy workers piled over each other as they got to work, while quite a few Shinobi headed down to the docks.
The woman stopped ringing the bell and looked through the telescope again…this time she could make out figures on the boat.
One figure definitely stood out though…a tall, beautiful red haired woman was standing on the ship's bow.
And she did not look happy.
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