Well here is the new Chapter! Its another long one :) i have decided to post MINIMUM twice a week but will try for more, i am more busy during the summer then i was during winter/spring time, i am out enjoying the sun and stuff :P so i don't have as much free time, but i promise that i will STILL post faster then the average fanfic author :P
Anyway time for the review response :)
Cecixx19 - Thanks for the review, and well the answer to that is in this chapter :P although its nothing major, hope you like
naru-ca-titan - Thanks for the review, i admit right now there is not a lot of action, however, you will notice that it is building up, actually its building up in both time lines, so stuff/action would begin in a few chapters :D
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, and Nah, she gets a free ticket on board :P ALTHOUGH you know that she would have went either way, there is nothing stopping Yuki when she wants to do something ;), although there are others who may have to resort to that :P...SHHH i didn't say anything
RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, and you know what? Until a few days ago, even i didn't know who it was going to be, but i had a stroke of genius! you will need to wait and see now ;)
Well that is everyone for this chapter, please keep the reviews coming, i often get ideas from them as well as its always nice to know if i am doing good or not :)
Well enough rambling, chapter 8 awaits!
Historical Bonds
Chapter 8
PRESENT TIME
Yuki was walking along the river until she saw who she was looking for "Hanabi!" She screamed to get her attention. Hanabi was meditating, she had just finished training. She ignored her friend at first, smirking inwardly knowing it would annoy her. Yuki finally arrived in front of her, she had not moved and had stayed in her meditated state "Hanabi, wake up! This is important!" Yuki told her
"Everything you say is important, or so you would like to have us believe, if it's about your birthday I already received the invitation, you could at least allow me a day to respond..." Hanabi said without opening her eyes or showing any emotions. However, she was enjoying herself, knowing Yuki was getting more and more annoyed at her
"Forget about that! This is more important than my birthday!" Yuki said in a slightly annoyed tone Hanabi opened her eyes, surprised by Yuki's response, what on earth could be more important than her birthday? At least to Yuki anyway. Yuki grinned, knowing she now had Hanabi's full attention "We are to assemble team Naruto for a possible dangerous mission that would include protecting Naruto Sensei"
Hanabi's eyes widen, Yuki wasn't kidding when she said this was important "What kind of mission!?" She asked
"I don't know yet, but Sensei asked that we assemble the team so he doesn't have to repeat everything multiple times" Yuki answered
Hanabi got up to her feet "Where is our fearless team leader?" Hanabi said with a slight grin, Konohamaru had been made team leader while they were on missions without Naruto
"I don't know, I saw the idiot in town earlier but he ran off and I lost sight of him"
"Ohhh so you were spying on him? Naughty, naughty girl" Hanabi said with a growing grin
Yuki was getting annoyed, normally she would argue with Hanabi but not this time "Look, we don't have the time to be fooling around, we have to find him and get back to Naruto Sensei"
Hanabi suddenly stopped grinning and nodded "Alright, should we split up?" Hanabi asked
"No, I would rather we stay together so then we don't have to search for each other once he is found"
"Alright, then let's get going" Both girls nodded at each other and disappeared
Meanwhile back at the Hokage Mansion, Toshiro and Sakura had finished updating Naruto on everything that had been going on since he had passed out "I see, so that's the plan then... We have Itachi, Sai, Hiyori, you two and myself, and we need to find the rest of the team before tomorrow" Naruto said
"Yeah, but I haven't been able to find anyone else, we are still missing six people" Sakura told him
"Here is a list of people I know are not on missions and that I know would be able to help us" He said as he wrote down the names on a scroll and handed them to Sakura
"How do you now there all here?" Toshiro asked, Sakura was also waiting for an answer while reviewing the list
"Because, I just know..." Naruto simply answered
Sakura scanned the list, Ino, Shikamaru and Shizune "What about Sasuke?" Sakura asked
"We cannot take him" Naruto simply answered
"What? Why? He is strong and we could use him on this mission...Wait you can't say that you don't trust him?!" Sakura asked
"Of course I trust him... I trust him like a brother, but we cannot leave Konoha defenseless. With all of our forces stretch thin, I need someone to take care of the village while we are gone and I know he would give his life for the village" Naruto told her
Toshiro looked at the list quickly "Wait, there are only three names here..."
"Because we only need three, the last three will be filled by Konohamaru, Hanabi and Yuki"
"What?! But they are only kids.. You can't possibly be considering taking them along" Toshiro said surprised
"Have you looked at yourself? They are older then you and Hiyori... I know my team, and I know what they are capable of, I trust them with my life" Naruto answered him
"You just don't want to fight with Yuki... You big softy" Sakura said with a grin
"...That's beside the point, anyway I want you to assemble everyone on that list and have them come here now, also get Sasuke here so we can include him as well. I would rather not have to explain all of this more than once to everyone... Now if you don't mind, I would REALLY like to finish eating before this gets too cold..." Naruto said as his stomach began to grumble, he had barely taken a bite since Yuki had interrupted his meal
Toshiro and Sakura nodded as they left the room to get Shikamaru, Ino and Shizune
IN THE PAST
A few more weeks had gone by. The village was growing with each passing day, the main tower had been constructed and the defense barrier was also nearing completion. Everyone had a place to call home, including Masaki. The people had built him a mansion in one of the most beautiful areas of the village, surrounded by trees and flowers as well as the lake "Uh this is too much, all I really need is a nice small house in the village..." Masaki said as a small group of people had assembled
"Nonsense, you have worked just as hard as the rest of us in building this village, you deserve it" Tobirama said with a bright smile
"Yeah, plus we still owe you for saving the kids, this is our token of thanks" Hashirama added
Masaki was embarrassed, he didn't like being in the spot light. He just wanted to do his best for the village and his friends, he didn't expect to be treated differently than anyone else "Come on in, take a look inside your new home!" Tobirama said with a grin as he opened the door and walked in fallowed by his brother and Masaki
It really was a big place, Masaki was amazed at how much work the people had put into the house. It had been fully furnished as well "Welcome to the Namikaze Estate" Tobirama said with a smile "The land all around the house belongs to you, there is a lot of space to even build more houses, perhaps even start a Namikaze clan eh, eh?" Tobirama added while winking and motioning towards Nami who was admiring the house as well along with others from the small crowd, making Masaki blush. Hashirama had noticed this and smiled with his brother
"Well isn't that nice, what a wonderful place for an outsider like him to live in" A voice came from the outside, everyone turned around to see Madara who was staring a hole into Masaki
"What do you want Madara?" Tobirama asked
"Oh nothing, I just wanted to see what the fuss was all about, I can see its nothing much" Madara said arrogantly
"Why don't you go back to your Uchiha compound and leave us alone" Nami said with a bit of anger in her eyes that surprised everyone in the room. Madara switched his attention to her, his eyes filled with hatred, however Nami was not intimidated. She stood her ground and stared right back at him, Madara smirked. He was amused with the young girl, not many had the courage to speak to him in that manner, everyone was stunned when Madara walked away without saying anything else
The next day many of the clans leaders were gathered inside the newly built tower that was constructed at the base of the mountain, Hashirama got up to talk "Alright everyone, we have all worked hard to build this great village, and now that its nearly complete I feel that it is time that we decide a few things. The first is, we should decide on a name for our new nation. The second is, a name for this village, suggestions?" He asked
"A leaf, a twig, anything to find a way. At last a flame, a hope to guide me from my doom. Fire is my life, fire is my hope, fire is my everything." Masaki said confusing everyone
"What was that?" Tobirama asked
"Oh sorry, I was just thinking of a poem I heard when I was a kid"
About fire?" Hashirama asked
"Yeah, never mind, it's silly..."
"Fire can both be your friend or your enemy, it can bring you warmth when you are cold, give you light when it is dark, it can cook your food, but it can also destroy everything it touches and burn you if you misuse it, it will fight to stay lit, to stay alive, if only in a spark, the fire of life burns within us all, for as long as it is strong, so are we..." Nami said with a smile, she had accompanied her father to the meeting, since she was next in line to lead the clan, and her father was getting old
"That was beautiful Nami" Masaki said with a smile
"I agree, Fire... Shall we name our great country, the land of Fire?" Hashirama asked, everyone agreed to the name, making him smile "Now that we have a name for our country, we have to name our village
"Well, we are surrounded by trees, what about the village of Konoha?" Tobirama suggested
"The village hidden in the leafs? That's cleaver Tobirama; I can't think of anything better, can anyone else?" Hashirama asked, no one spoke, some were even nodding saying they liked the name "Well then, let's make it official, who here is against the name?" No one objected "Then from now on, this village is now called Konoha" Hashirama Said with a large smile
"And what about the leader of the village?" A voice that everyone knew all too well, it was Madara's
"I was getting to that. Indeed, now that we have a village and a country, it is time that we chose a leader. However, I believe that the people should pick for themselves, so we should start with nominations, and then let the people decide, let us begin" everyone around the room began giving there nominations
"I Nominate myself" Madara simply said, no one was really surprised
"I Nominate Hashirama" Masaki said without hesitation
"I also nominate my brother Hashirama" Tobirama said with a smile
"I nominate Masaki" Akito said surprising Masaki
"I would also like to Nominate Masaki" Hashirama said when his turn came up
The nominations continued, but in the end, the only candidates were, Madara, Tobirama, Hashirama and Masaki
"We will hold a village wide vote within the next few days to find out who will be the first leader of Konoha" Hashirama said with a large smile
Everyone got up and began leaving the room, Masaki walked up to Hashirama "Why me?!" He asked
"Why not?" Hashirama simply said with a grin
"I am an outsider... You are the one who deserves to lead, this is your dream after all" Masaki tried to explain
"So what? I have no desires for power. My dream was to unite the people and build a great nation so that we can stop fighting and killing each other. That dream has been fulfilled, and you are no longer an outsider, you may be from a far away land but now you are one of us. We are all in this together, we all share the same...Will of fire" Hashirama said with a grin "And you worked harder than even I did to build this village, this entire tower was built under your supervision. You helped dig the emergency shelters yourself in the mountains, you helped design the defense barrier. You my friend are just as deserving to lead as I, or anyone else here" He continued on making Masaki feel embarrassed
"Masaki!" A voice came from behind them, Hashirama smiled when he saw it was Nami, Tobirama had told him about their first encounter and he was happy that Masaki was continuing his life here with them
"Nami?" Masaki answered
"Come! I want to celebrate the creation of our new nation! Do you happen to like Ramen by any chance?" She asked him
"Uh, You could say that" He said with a grin as he joined her
IN THE PRESENT
Yuki and Hanabi were jumping from rooftop to rooftop, they hadn't had any luck in finding Konohamaru so far. They had checked every place they could think of but they couldn't find him. Suddenly Yuki saw him from the corner of her eye and abruptly stopped, causing Hanabi to do the same "There!" She said pointing in the direction she saw him, Hanabi looked but couldn't see him
"Where?" she asked
"He went into that shop" She answered.
They both jumped down from the top of the building and ran towards the shop, Hanabi looked at the sign "Sewing and Supplies?! What would he be doing in there?" she said and wondered
"I don't know, and we don't have the time to make fun of him right now..." Yuki said as they entered the shop
The shopkeeper was giving Konohamaru a bag of what looked to be supplies of some sort, they couldn't see inside the bag. He paid and turned around, but to his shock and surprise he saw Hanabi and Yuki "Oh no, did she find out? She is here to kill me, I knew it...oh god..." he began to panic as he hid the bag behind his back "Uh...Girls?"
"As much as we would love to question you right now, you are lucky enough that we are needed by Naruto Sensei, come with us right now" Yuki told him
"Does that mean she hasn't found out yet? Oh god I am saved, thank you, thank you, oh thank you!" he thought to himself as his heart rate began to slow back down "What's going on?" He asked
"I told you, we have no time to explain, we have to go NOW" she said grabbing his arm and dragging him out of the shop, the shopkeeper smiled as he wished he was that young again
At the same time Hiyori's team were walking around looking for something to do, they were bored "Where do you suppose Hiyori Sensei went?" Kanji asked
"Probably making out with Captain Toshiro" Hamako said with a grin
"Oh come on, he is so clueless about her, I doubt he even knows she cares about him" Jun said with a slight laugh
"Yeah, your right" Hamako agreed, suddenly they saw Shikamaru run pass them fallowed by Shizune and Sasuke "Shikamaru?" Hamako said, but he didn't hear her and continued on his way
"Hey guys look, isn't that Lady Sakura, Captain Toshiro and that nurse from the hospital...Uh Ino?" Kanji said pointing out at three figures jumping from building to building together, you could clearly see Pink hair, white hair and blonde hair
"Yeah...What's going on?" Jun wondered
"Let's fallow them!" Hamako said as she began to run in the same direction
"HAMAKO!" both boys cried out as they began to run after her, they continued to run until they reached the Hokage Mansion and suddenly they saw Yuki, Hanabi and Konohamaru arrive
"Isn't that the Hokage's personal team and body guards?" Jun said as he watched them enter the mansion
"Yeah, That was team Naruto, why are they all meeting?" Kanji asked
"Hey...Maybe it's a party!" Hamako said with a grin "If Toshiro is there, then odds are Hiyori Sensei is also there! Let's sneak in!" Hamako said with a large grin
"Uh Hamako, if they catch us..." Jun said trying to stop her
"They won't catch us, come on, or are you afraid? Are you boys going to let a girl show you up?" She said taunting them
"NO WAY!" Kanji said joining Hamako
Jun on the other hand was still having doubts, he knew that Hamako was just trying to provoke him "Fine, stay here, me and Kanji will go without you, have fun alone" She said as she began to walk away from him fallowed by Kanji
Jun let out a large sigh "Wait for me...damn it" He finally said caving in
Inside the mansion everyone had gathered, Sasuke, Itachi, Shikamaru, Ino, Shizune, Sai, Toshiro, Hiyori, Konohamaru, Hanabi, Yuki, Sakura and Naruto. Naruto explained the ENTIRE story from start to end, even if some of them knew everything, he figured it was best to make sure everyone was on the same page, he began with the nightmares, the cause, and the plan "So now that you all know the situation, I have to tell you all that this will be a Super S Ranked mission, I would trust each and every one of you with my life and even though we are in need of all of you, I will not force anyone who feels that this mission is too dangerous or don't want to come to feel pressured to come because you believe that I do not have anyone else to turn to. If I must, I will postpone the mission until Kakashi and the others return" He told them all
Toshiro whispered to Sakura "What is he talking about? The longer he waits, the more dangerous it gets for him, we must leave tomorrow!"
"He knows that, however he doesn't want them to feel pressured, he wants them to decide on their own free will. We are leaving tomorrow regardless" she whispered back to him
"So, if you do not wish to be a part of this mission, please, feel free to leave right now" Naruto said as he waited for them to either stay or leave, not a single one of them even gave the door a single glance "Alright then, now that you have all decided to come, I want you all to go home, rest up, because tomorrow morning we meet at the gates and we head out" Everyone began to get up "Sasuke, not you, I need you to stay here" Everyone else continued to leave as Sasuke stayed behind with Naruto
"What did you need?" Sasuke asked him
"You are not coming with us" Naruto simply answered him
"WHAT?! What do you mean I am not going with you, wasn't the entire point of asking me to come to help out! Wait, you can't say that you don't trust me, Naruto I thought I had proven my loyalty to both you and Konoha by now..." Sasuke felt like he had done something wrong in order to be left out of the mission
"Sasuke, I trust you more than anyone, you are my brother, and that is why I am asking you to stay here in my place" Naruto tried to explain
"What do you mean?!" Sasuke asked
"With me gone, as well as the rest of the team, the rest of our forces are spread thin, either on patrols or missions. I need someone that I can trust to keep an eye on Konoha, I have already spoken to the council about the mission and in my absence they will run the day to day stuff of the village, but in the event of an attack, or an emergency they will follow your orders. And in the event something happens to me, I have nominated you as the seventh Hokage..."
Sasuke was speechless "Naruto...Don't talk like that, you are coming back!" Sasuke told him
"That's the plan, however we are going into enemy territory and anything could happen to me" He handed Sasuke what seemed to be a blank piece of paper
"What is this?" Sasuke asked
"That paper has been saturated in my chakra, for as long as I am alive it will remain whole. However, if I die, it will burn up. If that happens, I have fallen and it will be up to you to lead Konoha" Naruto explained
"NO I don't need this thing, because I know your coming back" Sasuke tried to give it back to Naruto
"Sasuke... don't make this harder than it already is, please take it. There is more as well, while I am gone I am leaving Naoto in your care. I cannot bring her with us, and you are the closes thing to family she will have here, in the event something happens... Just make sure that she lives a long and happy life. Oh and chase away any bastard that gets near her..." Naruto said with a tear forming in his eye "And finally, take these" Naruto gave Sasuke an old scroll and 10 small veils of red liquid
"What's this?" Sasuke asked as he opened up the scroll
"That is the Fox demon contract, I am entrusting it to you. If I do not return you are to give it to Naoto when she becomes of age, she will be the last Namikaze left and thus the Kyuubi's powers will belong to her, and only her"
Sasuke read the names on the scroll, the newest being Naruto's and he was shocked at the others "Oh my...These names..." Sasuke said
"You can read that?" Naruto said surprised
"Yeah, its ancient Uchiha, the last name before yours is Uchiha Madara... He really did control the Kyuubi" Sasuke explained
"That explains a few things...It even explains why the scroll went missing for all those decades... But anyway, those ten veils are full of my blood, you can use them in an emergency to summon the Kyuubi. He has been instructed to obey your orders as he would mine, as long as they do not go against the contract, well that's everything..."
Sasuke and Naruto stood silent for a few moments "Naruto... I want to thank you for everything you have done for me, I know I already said thank you and apologized for everything I have done, but I feel like I must say this. Without you, I would either be on the run right now or dead, you are the best friend I ever had...you are my brother, and I know you will return" Sasuke said with a smile
Hidden outside the window, the trio of Hamako, Jun and Kanji were speechless
End Chapter 8
Well the team has been assembled, what will happen now? And what is Hiyori's team up too? Also who will win the leadership for Konoha? "...If your a Naruto fan you should know already :P but SHHH its a secret!" anyway chapter 9 coming soon :D
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