And i am back with a new chapter! Yep, this is a big one guys :) and i had lots of fun typing it, so i hope you guys enjoy it :D
Well then, time for my beloved reviewers to get some attention :)
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, and i hope you enjoy the latest chapter :)
blackmoon124 - thanks for the review, and maybe ;) find out in this chapter :D
RSfan - Thanks for the review, i added some more to that subplot in this story, although not much :P I will be working on that plot more as the story progresses ;)
Fuumetsu LP - Thanks for the review, Did Konohamaru do enough good to outweigh taking her pouch? Duno, find out in this chapter though :) And uh... well i shall say nothing more about that other thing ;)
naru-ca-titan - Thanks for the review, wow one of your shortest reviews in a long time :P hehe hope you enjoy chapter 12
chickenman00712 - Thanks for the review, and yep, that girl isn't backing down from Yuki
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, yeah, her teammates left her alone to face Yuki, i feel sorry for her too :P
quintupledots915 - Thanks for the review, and great, i hope you are enjoying this story as much as saving old bonds, although from what i have been seeing in the reviews so far, its taken a while before the story found its spark :P, its hard to fallow up such a success like saving old bonds hehe :) and as for sims, Sakura gave me 2 sets of twins... ALL BOYS... I want a girl :( i gave them all names from the series as well, i have Itachi and Sasuke as the first set of twins, and the second ones are Kiba and Konohamaru, they all have blonde hair except for Sasuke, he has pink hair :P he has black highlights though, so it actually looks cool anyway enough about my Sims 3 :)
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, and wow, thanks for the compliment, i don't really know if this story is up to the great Kishimoto-sensei standards, but i try my best, i would just like die if he were to read my story and give me a good review :P LOL as if that will EVER...EVER happen lol as for the three ninja's, i duno, find out soon though :D
RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, and yep, Sakura is there as well, although Yuki ran up first
That's everyone, i had lots of reviews this time and i loved it :) so keep them coming, now then, without any further delay, i give you CHAPTER 12!
Historical Bonds
Chapter 12
PRESENT TIME
Yuki went to grab a Kunai from her weapons pouch by pure instinct, but she quickly remembered that she didn't have it, and that THEY had it. She clenched her fist in anger as the other girl got ready to defend herself "GIVE ME BACK MY POUCH YOU NO GOOD, STEALING STOWAWAYS!" Yuki screamed out, making Konohamaru want to just jump overboard… For many reasons.
The girl stared right into Yuki's eyes without any fear as she clenched onto her kunai "I DON'T HAVE YOUR STUPID POUCH YOU CRASY PSYCHOTIC BITCH!" she screamed back
Just as Yuki was about to launch an attack she is stopped by Sakura "Yuki stand down, that's an order!"
"But…" Yuki tried to plead
"That is enough, we have them now. If they have your weapons pouch then we will find out soon enough, but I want you to calm down RIGHT NOW, there is no need to fight"
Yuki was unhappy however she knew that Sakura was right. There was nowhere for them to run now, with Naruto and Konohamaru with them there was no way any of three could overpower them. Plus they all looked like genins from the village, Toshiro and Hiyori had finally caught up. Hiyori was in shock when she saw the three stowaways that they had been searching for "Hamako, Jun and Kanji!?"
The boys returned to Hamako's side, all three of them bowed at their sensei "Hiyori Sensei…" Hamako began to talk, but she was quickly cut off
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She demanded from them
"…We are here to help Hokage Sama" Jun said trying to support his team members
"Do you know how much trouble you caused us? And how many more problems you will cause for us now?" Toshiro told them
"We can fight! We won't be a burden on you, we swear!" Hamako told them
"I am very disappointed in you three; I thought I taught you better than this... Let me guess, this was all Hamako's idea, right?" She said asking the two other boys
Both Jun and Kanji looked at each other and nodded "No Sensei, this was a decision made by the entire group" Jun began
"Once we learned about the Hokage's mission and how important it was, we all decided that we also wanted to help" Kanji finished
Hiyori wasn't convinced that Hamako didn't have a larger part in convincing them to come, but it appeared like they were going to support each other. At least it was one good thing they had learned "We have to turn around and bring them back" Hiyori suddenly said
"What? NO we can help!" Hamako kept on trying to convince them to let them stay
"I don't want to hear another word out of you three, is that understood?" Hiyori said with anger
The three genin suddenly saw a side of Hiyori that they had never seen before, she had always been one of them, more of a friend then a sensei. But they could see that Hiyori was angry with all of them, they simply nodded not wanting to get themselves in anymore trouble then they currently were
"We can't turn back, yet we can't bring them with us…" Toshiro said at a lost as to what to do
"Why can't we just turn back?" Konohamaru asked
"Because, we are just over two days away from the port, turning back now would waste 2 more days, and then we would need 2 more to get back here; we do not have the luxury of wasting time"
"Why not? I mean we were willing to wait a few extra days to replace anyone who was not going to come…" Konohamaru added
"Truth be told, we were going to leave regardless… I just didn't want anyone to feel pressured into accepting the mission…" Naruto told them
"So what are we going to do with them then?" Sakura asked
"I don't know…" Toshiro said
"So, what is the problem then? We can just take them along, or is it that we don't have enough supplies?" Konohamaru asked once more
"It's not the supplies, it's the uniforms. We only have enough for twelve people, if we are caught by the Night Navy and they board us for an inspection then how do we explain them?" Toshiro tried to explain
"Can't we just hide them?" Naruto asked
"I think you don't understand how the night navy conducts inspections on ships that they have no information on… They will take a full squad to search the ship room by room, if anything is out of the ordinary, then they will take us in for questioning" Hiyori told them "So if they were to find a bunch of leaf ninja's on board, how do you think they will react?" She added
"So, it's just the uniforms then?" Konohamaru asked
"Well yeah, but like I said we don't have enough" Toshiro told him
"Leave that up to me" Konohamaru simply told them
"I don't see how you can do anything about this" Toshiro told him confused as to why Konohamaru felt confident in being able to fix the situation
Konohamaru flipped opened his leg pocket and took out what looked like a sewing kit "I was lucky enough to inherit my mother's skill at sewing, I can make you three uniforms no problem, as long as I have the material, which I know I can find" He said with a grin
Toshiro let out a large sigh "It's not like we have any choice, BUT they must be perfect, a night ninja's uniform is his pride" Toshiro explained to him
"Don't worry about that" Konohamaru told him with a growing grin
"Aren't we forgetting something here?!" Yuki said in an annoyed tone of voice "They still have my weapons pouch, and I want it back!"
"Hamako, do any of you three have her weapons pouch?" Hiyori asked her
"No sensei, I swear to you that we do not have it, the only thing we took were supplies, we never went near any rooms or items that didn't belong to us" Hamako answered
"Sorry Yuki, they don't seem to have it" Hiyori told her
"WHAT? That's it!? You're not even going to search them? You're just going to take them at their word?" Yuki said upset with how the situation was being handled. her anger began to boil once again
"These three are a part of my team, and although they are in big trouble for what they just did, I know that they are not liars. If they say that they do not have your pouch, then I believe them" Hiyori said trying to defend her team, even though she was very angry with them at the moment
"Sensei, if it makes her feel better she can search us, we have nothing to hide" Hamako offered
Yuki stared at her; she couldn't see any deception "Whatever… But if they don't have it then who does!" Yuki said accepting that perhaps they really didn't have it
Naruto began to talk in a low tone of voice "Hey Konohamaru, maybe now would be a good time to…" but he suddenly realized that Konohamaru had vanished, he turned around but he was nowhere to be found "Running away won't save you Konohamaru…" Naruto thought to himself
IN THE PAST
The people of Konoha had begun voting. However Masaki didn't care about that right now, he was more worried about Nami and the issues with her clan. He didn't want to lose her, but he knew that she was faced with an impossible decision. She would need to do what is best for the clan and he would have to accept it. After all, he wasn't a part of her clan and didn't have any say in the matter. Suddenly he saw Nami walking alone in the streets, he was surprised. What would she be doing out alone? Shouldn't she be trying to fix up her clan? Perhaps looking for someone to marry? But she looked sad and depressed; she was walking while staring at the ground and not really looking at where she was going. He was debating whether or not to talk to her, would it be easier for her if he just disappeared from her life? He wondered, but he shook that idea out of his head quickly. He decided that he was going to talk to her, after all, it looked like she needed some cheering up, they could still be friends right? Just like she is with Tobirama. He tried hard to put on a smile for her, after all if he also looked sad how was he going to cheer her up? "Hey Nami!" He said with a smile
Nami lifted up her head and saw Masaki with his bright smile "Masaki?" She asked surprised "Shouldn't you be at the tower? Aren't the elections going on right now?"
"Yeah, well I have already cast my vote, and I didn't feel like just waiting around. I mean there isn't much I can do other then wait, so yeah" He said still smiling
"Yeah… I guess your right" She said in a slightly sad voice "Hey Masaki…There is something I need to talk to you about"
There it is, the big reveal. She is going to tell him that she isn't going to be able to go out with him anymore, but he had to stay strong for her "Sure thing, you know that you can talk to me about anything" He said as he continued to smile for her
"I don't know if you know about it yet but my clan is currently in chaos. After the death of my father many have left feeling that I cannot lead, mainly due to the fact that I am a girl" she said with sad eyes
"That is horrible, you are a strong fighter, they shouldn't judge you by your gender" Masaki said trying to support her
"I know, but that's just the way they think. Anyway, they pretty much had an ultimatum for me. Step down as clan leader, or find someone to marry from within the clan… Masaki…"
But he cut her off quickly "It's alright Nami, I understand. After all these are your people, I mean we can still be friends right?" Masaki said with a smile, but it was fake, his heart was breaking up inside. But he couldn't allow her to know that, it would only make things harder for her
"What? No wait, let me finish..." She quickly said, not wanting him to get the wrong idea "I decided to step down as clan leader…"
Masaki's eyes widen as he was in shock "What?" He asked wanting to make sure he understood what that meant
"I… Decided that I would rather step down as clan leader then throw away what we have…" She said with a blush
"But Nami, you can't do that, I mean your clan is much more important than I am…"
But it was Nami's turn to interrupt him "No it isn't, my father had always told me to do what makes me happy, never to allow the clan to run my life even after he would be gone. Leading my clan means nothing to me, you on the other hand… You make me happy, you make me smile, you make me laugh… Losing you would hurt me much more then stepping down as the leader of a clan that cannot see pass their own opinions of me rather than my skills" She said with a smile
Masaki's smile grew, but this time, it wasn't fake anymore, it was genuine as his heart was bouncing with joy. He couldn't hold himself back anymore, he held Nami tightly against him "Nami, you make me happy as well" They stared at each others eyes before finally kissing each other passionately
Tobirama was running throughout the streets in search of his friend, he had big news to tell him. He suddenly saw Masaki with Nami in his arms as she held onto him, he didn't want to disturb them but this was too big "Masaki!" he said to get his attention, Masaki and Nami quickly let go of each other and turned to face Tobirama "Sorry to interrupt… But the votes are in, they are wanting everyone to gather to reveal the results" Tobirama told him
"Oh my, let's go Masaki!" Nami said with a large smile, Masaki smiled back as the three friends made their way back to the tower
IN THE PRESENT
Yuki was very frustrated, She and Hanabi had been searching for her pouch ever since she found out that it wasn't the stowaways who had it, and Konohamaru was nowhere to be found. She wanted him to help as well, she figured that he was probably busy making the uniforms for those brats. Yuki allowed herself to fall on her bed while Hanabi sat next to her "Sorry Yuki, I didn't find it, I searched everywhere" She told her
Although Yuki was frustrated, she was very sad. She had lost the item that meant the most to her, sure it was old and broken and it did cause her problems, but she loved it. She was going to get it fixed eventually, she just didn't have the time, and now it's gone "Thanks for helping Hanabi" Yuki said in a sad tone
Hanabi felt bad, her only comfort was that Konohamaru had told her about the surprise party for Yuki and that he had asked her to keep Yuki off the deck of the ship for a few hours. It wasn't a hard task so far since Yuki had spent the last day searching for her missing pouch "No problem, I am sure that it will turn up, don't lose hope" Hanabi told her friend
Yuki's stomach began to growl, she realized that she hadn't eaten since the morning "Let's go see what they have prepared for dinner" Yuki said as she got up from her bed
Hanabi quickly got up and stood in the doorway "Uh, why don't we stay here for a while longer, I am sure that they will come get us when dinner is ready, or maybe we could even just head down to the supply room and fix ourselves something to eat huh?" She said trying to stall for time
Yuki wasn't amused, today was her birthday and she had to cancel her big party, her pouch was still missing and now she was hungry "Hanabi, please get out of the way, I am not in the mood to play games right now" She said as she pushed her friend out of the way
Hanabi was starting to panic, she was suppose to stop Yuki at all cost, without even thinking she hit Yuki on the back of the head sending the young girl crashing to the ground, a move that she instantly regretted as Yuki got back up and turned to face Hanabi "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" Yuki screamed at her friend
Hanabi had to think quickly, she grabbed a Kunai and put on a fake grin "We haven't had a sparring match in a while, come take me on if you can"
Yuki was more than annoyed now, "What the hell has gotten into her?" Yuki thought to herself "Hanabi, I don't have any time for this, look, today is suppose to be my birthday, I would have expected you to be more considerate. I am not saying that I regret cancelling it, this mission is more important than my birthday, but what I am trying to say is you could at least be nice to me or something…" Yuki said as she turned around to once again begin walking away from her
Hanabi threw two of her Kunai as they pinned Yuki to the wall by her shirt "So you are making excuses not to face me now? How pathetic" Hanabi told her, actually fearing her own words, "what the hell am I doing?" She is going to KILL me" she thought to herself
Yuki removed both Kunais and turned around once again to face Hanabi "HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU TODAY! FINE YOU WANT A FIGHT, THEN YOU GOT A FIGHT!" Yuki said with anger in her eyes
Naruto was going down to tell Hanabi that everything was ready and that she could stop stalling when he heard the sound of something crashing "More stowaways?!" He immediately thought to himself as he ran towards where he heard the noise coming from, but he was shocked to see both Hanabi and Yuki fighting. It looked like Hanabi was on the defensive as Yuki unleashed all of her frustrations on her "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" He demanded from the two young girls
Yuki and Hanabi instantly stopped fighting each other and turned to face Naruto, both of them bowed in respect of their Hokage and Sensei "I am sorry Sensei, but Hanabi has lost it, she attacked me twice for no reason!" Yuki tried to explain her actions, she knew that she was already in enough trouble with Sakura for her actions against the stowaways and she didn't want to be in trouble with Naruto, especially for something that she didn't start
"Look, I don't want to hear any excuses, we can't afford any mistakes on this mission. You two are part of my team, and as such i have much higher expectations from you then anyone else, is that understood?"
"Yes Sensei" both girls said in unison
"Good, now Yuki, I want you to go and clean the deck up, that should cool down that hot head of yours"
"What…But… I didn't do anything!" Yuki pleaded
"I don't want to hear it!" Naruto said in a stern and angry voice, although he felt horrible inside, his only consolation was going to be seeing Yuki's face once she got on the deck
"What about her?" Yuki said thinking that it wasn't fair that she was the only one being punished
"Don't worry about Hanabi, I will personally take care of her for what she did to you" Naruto told Yuki
Hanabi didn't know if he was just playing along or being serious
Yuki satisfied with knowing that she wasn't going to be alone in being punished began to walk away while Naruto and Hanabi fallowed from behind "What happened"? Naruto whispered to her
"She was leaving me no choice; I had to think of some way of keeping her down here…" Hanabi whispered back
"To actually make Yuki mad on purpose is pretty brave… I only hope that Konohamaru survives as well as you did"
"What? Why?" Hanabi asked
"…You will see, I just hope that Team Naruto still has three team members that are alive by the end of the night…"
"What on earth did Konohamaru do?" Hanabi wondered
Yuki walked out onto the deck "SURPRISE!" Everyone shouted out
Yuki was shocked, the entire deck had been decorated and a big table full of food and sweets had been set up "What's going on?" She asked
Konohamaru walked up to her "Well, you know, since you had to give up that big fancy party you had planned, I figured that you still deserved to celebrate your birthday, happy sixteenth birthday Yuki Chan…" Konohamaru said with a slight blush
Yuki couldn't believe it "All of this is really for me?" She asked, wanting to make sure she didn't misunderstand him
"Yep, and it was all Konohamaru's idea" Sakura said with a smile
"This is why I had to keep you down there at all costs" Hanabi said with a large smile "Sorry for actually hitting you"
Yuki gave Hanabi a hug "You are forgiven" she said with a large smile, she then turned to Konohamaru "You really did all of this for me Konohamaru?" Konohamaru smiled and nodded, without hesitation she quickly hugged him tightly and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek causing him to blush even more "thank you so much, you're so sweet" she added, Konohamaru wished that this would last forever, but he knew that it would end in a moment
Hanabi was staring at them, confused as to why Naruto had said that Yuki would be mad with Konohamaru "Sensei, I still don't get it, she seems pretty happy with him" she asked once again
"Just wait a few more moments…" Naruto told her
"Yuki… There is something that I want to give you" Konohamaru said nervously
"Oh? You got me a present too! Konohamaru you're the best!" Yuki said with a bright smile
"Before I give it to you, I want you to understand that I only wanted to make you happy…So please don't hurt me"
"Konohamaru, whatever it is won't ruin this great surprise you did for me, so don't worry" She said with a smile, however now she was curious
Konohamaru gave Yuki her weapons pouch and shut his eyes. Yuki took it and examined it, and she was able to tell that it was her missing weapons pouch
"Ha, told you that it wasn't us!" Hamako told them
"Shut up Hamako…" Hiyori told her, knowing that this wasn't the time for jokes
The tension began to rise, no one other then Naruto knew that Konohamaru had the pouch and were now afraid of what Yuki would do next. It was very silent, Konohamaru still had his eyes shut and was praying. Yuki looked at her pouch, it had been fixed up and looked like new. It had even been cleaned and reinforced, it looked much stronger than before. There were even added pockets and compartments but essentially it was her pouch. She opened it up, and of course it was empty, Konohamaru wasn't stupid enough to return it to her with weapons that she could use to stab or kill him with, she attached it to her side where it had always been before. She then clenched her right fist as hard as she could and punched Konohamaru as hard as she could sending him flying into a wall
Konohamaru was half knocked out as Yuki approached him, Naruto ran over to try and calm her down but Sakura stopped him "Don't interfere…" she simply told him
"But… she is going to kill him…" Naruto pleaded with her
"No, I saw the look in her eyes before she punched him, she isn't as angry with him as you think she is" she said with a smile
Konohamaru sat up as his back was against the wall, he saw Yuki slowly walking towards him and he knew that she wasn't done with him, he shut his eyes again and raised his arms to try and protect himself "Yuki, I am sorry" he said as he awaited the next hit
Yuki stopped in front of him and crouched down, she stared at him as she began to smile and kissed his cheek "Thank you Konohamaru…" she said as a blush began to invade her face "But if you ever do it again, you can kiss your life goodbye" she said, making sure that he knew that she was letting him off easy this time
Back in Konoha the two ANBU members had thrown Sasuke in a cell very much like the one he was in when he was first brought back by Naruto and Sakura just one year ago, it was a large cell with bars all around, and on each side there was a seal that suppressed his chakra, making it impossible for him to use it to get out. He slowly began to wake up, he sat up and looked around, there were four guards all wearing ANBU masks. He began to remember being attacked, he quickly got up to his feet and walked up to the nearest guard "What the hell is the meaning of this!" He shouted at him
"Shut up" He simply responded
Sasuke then realized that his vest had been taken from him, it contained the Fox scroll along with the ten veils of blood needed to summon the Kyuubi, and he then began to remember about Naoto "Where is Naoto! What have you done with her!" he said worried that they had possibly hurt her or worst
"That is none of your concern" The man answered "Now shut up"
"Like hell it isn't! Do you know what the Hokage will do to you once he finds out about all this?" Sasuke answered back.
But the man didn't respond. Sasuke was getting frustrated, if he could have he would have used his Chidori and blasted his way out of the cell. but there was nothing he could do. Suddenly the doors opened and an old man began to walk over, Sasuke recognized him; he was walking with a limp "You!" Sasuke shouted at him.
The man smiled at him "Welcome Mr Uchiha"
End Chapter 12
Well an other chapter done! Hiyori's team joins in, and its thanks to Konohamaru for saving the day, speaking of Konohamaru, i know it wasn't the epic battle that you were all waiting for, :P Yuki was actually happy with what he did, he gave her a great party, just for her, and he fixed up her pouch so that its even better then before, however, she has an image to uphold and couldn't just let him get away without some form of punishment ;) Oh i also liked Hanabi trying to keep Yuki from going up to the deck, that was fun :D lol anyway i hope you all enjoyed it as much as i did :) please ,read, rave, review, them 3 R's are awesome!