Hey! I am back, well this isn't a big one, two things caused it, #1 my sister is visiting from Caimen iles "Yes, she lives in a tropical paradise...:P Anyway i spent a lot of time with my nephew and stuff "he is 5 and cute, and lovable and i love him" so that has caused reason #2 lack of motivation/Inspiration because i was always thinking about them, they are only down for like two weeks :( anyway, i hope that the next post is better then this one
anyway, on to my reviews
chickenman00712 - Thanks for the review, hope you like the new chapter :)
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, and lol, truth be told, i was debating on whether or not to make him do it :P but decided against it ;)
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, hope you like chapter 21 :)
mch90 - Thanks for the review, it will be a while before we find out what happens back home, but i will tell you this, they will NOT receive help from the night, and that's all i can say without giving anything away :P
blackmoon124 - Thanks for the review, and lol, yeah, i am evil :P
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airnaruto45 - Thanks for the review, and i go to the past on Sundays :)
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Akenshi - Thanks for the review, i know how you feel, i had a few stories where the authors have gone AWOL.. :( so i want to be known as the author who cares for his readers, the author who posts often :)
jraywolf - Thanks for the review, and yes, Itachi is on the ship :P here is a list of people on the ship, the original 12 Naruto, Konohamaru, Toshiro, Hiyori, Sakura, Yuki, Sai, Shikamaru, Itachi, Shizune, Ino, Hanabi, then Hamako, Jun and Kanji sneaked on board :P Hope that helps in a recap of who is on that boat :P as for Ichigo...you will need to wait and find out, for all you know, we may not even see him, or maybe we will ;) and finally, i am very sorry, i REALLY wish i could draw...i really do, but i SUCK as drawing, i can make stick men...you want a stick men drawing of the team? :P lol jk but seriously...i cannot draw :( however, if someone else wants to take up the challenge, i would love to see your work :)
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, and yes, indeed, i am evil, and yes, torture IS fun :D muhahaha... as for Jiraiya, yes he did die fighting pein BUT remeber, my story is only cannon up to the point where Naruto fights Sasuke in shippuden, everything after that is NOT cannon, and thus, Jiraiya never died fighting pein :)
Historical Bonds
Chapter 21
IN THE PAST
Masaki and his team were on a small boat heading towards the unknown islands, there was a warm breeze as the sun shined brightly. The ocean was calm and it was perfect weather. They didn't know what to expect and Masaki could only think about Nami and about how he left without saying anything. He wondered if she had woken up yet and if she had read the letter "Captain, I see land!" one of them shouted, bringing Masaki back to reality
Masaki looked out in the same direction as his team mate and could see the shores of the unknown lands that they had been sent to investigate. Once they were close enough Masaki jumped out of the boat with some rope to tied it to something so it wouldn't float away. Once he had secured it he motioned for his team to follow him "First, let's search the coast line, see if we can find their ships" Masaki said as he took the lead
The three man team carefully walked along the coastline looking for any signs of the previous teams as well as traps. They came across the charred remains of what looked like a small ship, Masaki inspected it "This looks like it was one of ours..."
"But what happened to it? Did someone burn it? And where is the crew?" One of them wondered
"Hey look, another one over there!" The other team mate pointed out what looked like the charred remains of yet another ship
"I think it's safe to say that our teams were not welcomed here..."
"I couldn't find any bodies in the remains of the ships, so they may still be alive out there, or captured" One of them said returning from searching the charred remains of the ship
"Hey look, is that smoke?" The other said pointing towards where they had left there ship
Masaki and his team began to run as fast as they could. It was as they had feared, their ship was lit up in flames "Who would do something like that?" One of them asked
"Probably the same people who set fire to the other ships..." Masaki answered "We don't have a choice but to find out what happened to our people now. And find an alternative way of returning home, I have no intentions of dying here!" Masaki said thinking about how Nami would react if he didn't make it back home
"The people who set fire to our ship could not have gone far, we should try to find them"
"I agree, however we will not separate, we will stay together. We don't know how many of them there are, we don't know how strong they are, we know nothing..." Masaki told them
"Aye sir" both men agreed with him
Meanwhile back home Nami was slowly starting to wake up, she was still holding onto the pillow and kissed it as she opened her eyes, that's when she realized that she had just kissed a pillow and not Masaki. She sat up and looked around the room, there was no sign of Masaki anywhere and her clothes had been neatly stacked on the dresser. She knew that it had to had been Masaki who had done it since she had just thrown them on the ground the night before "Masaki?" she said out loud, wondering if he was in the kitchen "Maybe he is making us breakfast?" She thought happily as she got up and peeked outside the bedroom door, but she couldn't see anyone or smell anything cooking "Masaki?" She said again louder, but no answer ever came
She decided to grab her clothes and take a quick shower before getting dressed. She then went to look around the house but there were no signs of him anywhere "MASAKI?!" She shouted out, but again, no answer "He had better be gone out to get me flowers... Or something, because if he shows up without a good excuse for abandoning me and leaving me all alone..." That's when she noticed the letter on her night stand. She smiled "He left me a letter! I wonder if he is asking me to meet him somewhere, maybe he has something romantic planed" She said as she blushed at the thought of having a romantic picnic with Masaki alone in the forest, she quickly opened the letter and started reading
Her smile began to vanish as she read the letter, she then began to feel sad, and finally anger as she crumbled up the paper in her hand, she then left the house in a hurry
Meanwhile Tobirama had returned from his mission with his new team composed of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane. He was in charge of teaching the newly formed team as they were among the first to graduate from the brand new Ninja Academy, although Hiruzen had hoped that Masaki would be there teacher, he was satisfied with having the brother of the Hokage as Sensei "Sensei, what are they doing up there?" Hiruzen pointed at the team who were working on the mountain as they were entering the fire tower
"I don't know, we can ask my brother once we finish giving him our report" Tobirama answered
Hashirama was in his office, he was worried about Masaki. Did he do the right thing by sending yet another team? Yes, Masaki was strong and capable of handling himself in any situation, Hashirama even believed that Masaki could be stronger then himself. But what if Masaki never returned? He would be responsible for sending yet another team of Konoha's strongest to their death; suddenly a Ninja entered the room "Lord Hokage, your brother's team has returned from their mission"
"Ah, let them in" Hashirama simply answered as the man bowed in respect and allowed Tobirama's team to enter "Welcome back Tobi" Hashirama said with a smile, happy to see his little brother back home safe
"Thanks" Tobirama answered
"Hey, Hokage Sama, what are those people doing on the mountain?" Hiruzen suddenly asked, surprising Tobirama
"Hiruzen, I told you that I would ask once our mission report was complete, show a little bit of respect!" Tobirama quickly told the young Hiruzen
Hashirama let out a chuckle "He is not afraid of speaking his mind is he? I like him" Hashirama said with a smile "And to answer your question, some art clan has requested to use the rock from the mountain to create a sculpture, when I ask what it was going to be, they said it would represent the leadership of Konoha and said they wanted it to be a surprise... So your guess is as good as mine as to what it is"
Suddenly they heard a lot of noise coming from the other side of the door and screams "Hey you can't go in there..."
"I DON'T CARE!" was the response given as a ninja came flying in Hashirama's office, destroying the door in the process. The man quickly got back to his feet and took out his weapon to defend his Hokage against the intruder, Tobirama did the same, but when he saw Nami walk through the door he was shocked, confused and afraid all at the same time
"Nami?" Tobirama asked in a nervous tone
"All of you, get the hell out of here, I have some things to discuss with our Lord Hokage"
The ninja who had been thrown into the room got in between Nami and Hashirama "Reinforcements are on the way and you cannot defeat us all, surrender" He demanded from her as more ninja's came running in behind Nami
Nami was pissed off "I don't care how many of you there are!" Nami screamed in anger, scaring everyone in the room
"Everyone, leave" Hashirama ordered
"But Hokage Sama, we cannot leave you alone with that psychotic bitch..."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" Nami screamed out
"...He shouldn't have done that" Tobirama said feeling sorry for the ninja
Nami grabbed him, the sheer strength that she possessed was incredible, and it was enhanced when she was angry. She punched him hard enough for him to go crashing through the wall as he fell onto the ground outsid., Hiruzen ran for the hole in the wall and looked outside, he could see that the ninja was laying on the ground and knocked unconscious "Whoe, she is scary..." was all he could say
"What did he just say?" Nami asked
Hiruzen realizing that she had heard him ran for protection behind Tobirama "Nami...Calm down, he is only a child" Tobirama said trying to avoid getting hit for something Hiruzen had said, especially since it was true, Nami was very scary right now. But what had Hashirama done to deserve such anger from her?
"How can I be calm when this bastard has sent Masaki to that dammed land where no one ever returns from?!" Nami said in anger
"What?" Tobirama replied confused "Hashirama?"
"It's true... But I didn't have a choice; I had to send someone... I know Masaki can do it"
"You should have waited until I returned! I could have gone with him!" Tobirama told his brother
"And I would have gone as well!" Nami shouted
"I had to make a decision... Nami, you know as well as I do that he would never have allowed you to go with him. We need to calm down and believe in him, believe that he will return and return with the information of what happened to the ones who were sent before him..."
Nami broke out in tears, she was angry and yet she knew he was right, Masaki would have never allowed for her to join him. Tobirama was heartbroken at the sight of Nami crying and held her to comfort her "Hashirama is right, let's believe in him alright?" He said with a smile as she continued to cry in his arms
PRESENT TIME
The ship had finally docked and Toshiro led the team off of the ship. Naruto asked him out of curiosity "What is the 7th unit of the 10th division?" Since somehow it had explained why they were on such a large ship with only a few to crew it
"Its the ship building team of the 10th division. Each division is basically like a small nation, they are charged with different parts of the country and are tasked with protecting that section. The 10th division has a large port town in its section and builds ships from there, the 7th Unit is charged with their construction and testing before they are allowed to join the fleet" Toshiro explained
Once the team had passed the port and entered the city they were all shocked at the sheer size of the city. Well all except for Hiyori and Toshiro "How many people are in this city?!" Sakura asked
"A few thousands, however most of them are civilians, however don't let that fool you. Every single one of them are all trained ninjas that would join the night forces in the event of a war, even that florist over there is a trained assassin of the night" Toshiro said pointing at a young girl who was smiling and happily selling flowers
"So this must be like the biggest city in the night then?" Naruto asked
"It is a large city yes, but we have several. Each division has a city about this size but the biggest is the capital city, commanded by the 1st Division Captain who is also the Kurokage. I wonder if they picked someone new yet..." Toshiro explained
Everyone from the Konoha team were just shocked, Konoha was known to be one of the, if not the biggest Shinobi village in all of the great five nations. And it would be small compared to this city, the night country was a mighty country indeed
"Its almost been a year, why wouldn't they have chosen a new leader by now?" Konohamaru asked "It doesn't take us that long to chose a new Hokage" He added
"The night is a much larger country and its political landscape is much larger then Konoha. As i explained already, every division is in charge of a section of the country and most of the time when a new Kurokage is chosen, its one of them. If there are multiple captains who have a claim on the title, it can be years before one is finally chosen, until then the country is simply governed by the captains and the council" Toshiro answered
"So where do we need to go for Naruto?" Sakura asked
"The holy temple is near our capital city, so we will have to travel for a few days before we reach it" he was interrupted by a large alarm and many ninja's screaming out
"DEMONIC ATTACK! DEMONIC ATTACK, THEY ARE ATTACKING ONE OF OUR BORDER TOWNS!" one of the ninja's stopped in front of Toshiro's group "You, come with us"
"What's going on?" Naruto asked
"It's a Demonic attack, they are attacking a nearby village, they won't be able to withstand unless we intervene, I don't care what division you are in. As the vice captain of the seventh division, I am using my authority to draft you until this situation is over" the young girl said with authority
"Understood, our blades are at your disposal" Toshiro answered
"Head to the gate, our forces will leave from there in ten minutes" She said as he continued to run down the streets
"What's a demonic attack?" Itachi asked
"On this continent, there are two dominating forces, the Night Country and the Demon Country. We both excel in fighting in the night and ever since we met their forces over one hundred years ago they declared war on us for no reason, and we have been fighting ever since. Their country is smaller than ours and we outnumber them, however... Their strength is unreal. We once tried to invade their village that they call the village hidden in the shadows, our forces were almost all wiped out, including 6 captains and the Kurokage of the time. We had sent three thousand men and only five of them returned, it was believed that they were allowed to live only so that they could tell the tale of what had happened... We have not tried to launch a full scale attack on them since and have mainly been defending"
"Whoe...That's incredible..." Ino said, at a loss for words
"Well, we should head towards that temple, let's go" Sakura said
"No...We have been drafted, we are to head towards the main gate to head out with the defending forces" Toshiro told her
"Why? This isn't any of our concern" She told him
"No, but we have been drafted, if we do not join them that vice captain will charge us with treason and have us all hunted. It will make our mission next to impossible, plus, she is counting on us. If she goes out now, she will have fifteen less then she thought she had, innocent people will die and this is still my country..." Toshiro said sadly
"Let's go" Was all that Naruto said as he took the lead and began walking towards the main gate
"Naruto?" Sakura asked
"Whether they are night, leaf, sand or whatever, I will defend the innocent and this means a lot to Toshiro, so come on let's go"
Toshiro looked at Naruto with new found respect, he didn't think that it was possible but Naruto had risen even higher in his esteem "Thank you so much Ho...I mean Naruto"
"Don't worry about it, let's go" Naruto said as everyone followed him towards the gate
End chapter 21
Well that's it for now, i hope you liked it :) I know it was a short post for a sunday, but as i said, i have been spending time with my family, so see you all next Wednesday :)
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