Well, seems FanFiction is having some problems, its not allowing me to upload new files! well, i had to be resourceful and edit an old chapter so i could post this :P Bad FanFic, its mad at me for beating the system of posting a website link :( I AM SORRY FAN FIC, I WON'T DO IT AGAIN..."crosses fingers" anyway with that said, i got an other chapter here for you guys, no past yet, maybe chapter 27 will have it! i am slowly starting to get ideas about what to do, so who knows :D anyway, now is the time to speak with my beloved and awesome and always so great reviewers!
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, as always you remain a loyal reviewer, and i hope that you enjoy the new chapter :)
quintupledots915 - Thanks for the review, oh well if you got a Tim Hortons, then your as good as Canadian...:P lol jk ;)
RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, 188 actually :P My goal is to beat the reviews from Saving old Bongs, i think it had something like 340ish? i would be so excited if i could somehow hit the 500 mark :D but doubt i will lol and yes, homework, the evil part of school :/ if it wasn't for homework, school would be fun :P
xzavx - Thanks for the review, and lol, i thought about it, but i figured it wasn't his style ;) then go eat a jelly donut! :D
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, i don't know how "interesting" this chapter turned out, but i know i had fun writing it :) hope you have fun reading it ;)
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, and yeah, this chapter is just over 2000 words, however when you think about it, 2000 words is a lot :P and i wrote it all in like 3-4 hours, i did this chapter once i got home from work ;) as for making the demon people look less demony, its all perspective, from the night's perspective, these guys are demons from the underworld, here to kill them all, an enemy to be feared, from the demon ninja's point of view, the night ninja's are a powerful enemy that outnumber them, and have them surrounded "land wise" they are boxed in and feel the only way to survive is to keep striking at them, so as i said, it all depends on what side of the fence your looking from :P
naru-ca-titan - Thanks for the review, and yes Snowball fights are AWESOME, as a Canadian, it is our privilege...NO OUR RIGHT to throw snowballs at random people...and run into the forest once they see us :P and like i just explained to Alex, it all depends from what point of view you are looking at, i wanted to stress the point that the demon "NINJA'S" are human people, slightly barbaric in there fighting methods, but human none the less, the Hollows are the real creatures from the depths of hell, those are the ones who look like real demons, and lol about the socks :P
Savanin - Thanks for the review, and thank you for the compliment, i am always happy to see people from SoB to continue on and read HB, as for the crossover, i believe the biggest mistake others make is trying to merge two worlds together, an example, taking the bleach world and trying to complete merge it with Naruto's world, in my opinion it would not work and would end up ruining both worlds, what i have done is taken bleach chars and elements from the series, such as there uniforms and even there powers and changed them into ninja techniques that make them unique, so in essence, its not so much as a complete merge as a i took them and brought them into the Naruto universe rather then trying to force both universe to somehow co exist, uh i don't know if you understand what i am trying to say :P lol, as for Naoto's grand ending in SoB, i can assure you that we won't see her as a teenager in this one, however i may already have an idea on a sequel to HB if people want me to continue once its over that would include Naoto as a Teenager and Toshiro as her Sensei :P anyway, once again thank you for the review, i hope you continue to read and enjoy the story, and please continue to review so i know that i am still doing a good job :)
blackmoon124 - Thanks for the review, and alright, i will answer this quickly, no she doesn't, Sakura has no ties to these people or anyone else from the night, she is 100% hot Native Konoha girl ;)
Well That's everyone, i hope you guys continue to read and review because that's how i know that my story is on the right track :) Also, perhaps by the next time i post my story that FanFic will stop hating me and i will be able to start uploading files again :P anyway, enough of that, its now time for the new chapter, CHAPTER 26!
Historical Bonds
Chapter 26
PRESENT TIME
Ino was nearing the Demon village, she was wearing the mask that they had assumed belonged to the young girl. She was getting nervous as she approached the gates of the village. Two guards were standing watch on each side of the gate, she wasn't sure if she had to do something before entering or just walk in. One of them looked at her "welcome home Suzu, your early today" The man told her
"Yeah, it was uneventful, I decided to return home to do some training" Ino said trying not to sound nervous, but it was hard, were they going to go for it?
"Really now? Are you sure about that? Aiden, do you buy that story?" The man asked the other guard
"Nope" He simply answered
Ino couldn't believe it, had her mission failed already? What did she do wrong? Had they already figured her out? If so how? "I think she came back to see Yokito, don't you agree Aiden?" The man once again asked the other guard
"Yep" He once again simply answered
Suddenly both of them raised their masks revealing their faces, they looked like they were in their twenties. They both grinned at Ino as one of them ruffled up her hair "You go on along now, have fun" He said with a wink as allowed her to pass, Ino was more and more surprise, however she didn't have any time waste. She quickly made her way inside the village, her next task was going to be finding any information about Hiyori and Hamako and get back to her team
She began to make her way towards the main building in the middle of the village, she figured that it must be the governing building and that any information about captives or other things would be kept there. Suddenly, her eyes are covered and she felt a presence behind her "Guess who" A playful voice asked
Ino had to think fast, she answered the only thing she could think of "Yokito?" it was the only name she knew since the guard had mentioned it
"Good guess" The voice answered as Ino got her sight back. However she felt her mask lift up from her face as her body was twirled around and without warning the young man kisses her passionately
"Oh get a room you two" Another voice came, this one was that of a young girl
The young man that Ino had guessed was Yokito stopped kissing her, however his eyes were still only inches away from hers as he stared at her with fiery and passionate eyes. It was the first time that Ino could finally have a chance to look at him, he had red eyes and black hair and he was really handsome as he grinned, Ino had guess that this must be what Rukia and Toshiro called a pure breed "Don't worry about her Suzu, Tamao here is just jealous" he said with a wink, never taking his eyes off of her for a single second
"Yeah, sure, that MUST be it" the young girl said with a slight laugh, she had black hair and black eyes, another pure breed "Are we still going to eat out tonight? Or are you two going to try and ditch me again?" The young girl asked
"Yeah, don't worry Tamao, we are a team after all" Yokito said with a grin as he held Ino's hand
"Oh crap, guys look out, its Sensei!" Tamao suddenly told them
Yokito let go of Ino's hand instantly and jumped over to Tamao's side "Suzu, what are you doing? Get over here! We need to stay in formation!"
However before Ino could do or say anything, she felt a kick to the back of her head. It sent her flying into a building head first as she lost consciousness, her vision had faded away
Meanwhile Hamako and Hiyori were still on the run, they had taken cover in the forest "Sensei, they are coming from the this side" Hamako informed Hiyori
"Yeah, they are coming from that side too. I believe they have us surrounded, they are slowly going to close in on us from all side" Hiyori answered
"Oh no… What are we going to do Sensei?" Hiyori sat down to think; they were trapped and would soon be captured unless she could think of a way for them to get away. She opened one of her vest pockets and took out a scroll and opened it "What's that Sensei?" Hamako asked
"Before we left the port city I decided to take along a map in case we were in need of one. You never know when a map will come in handy…" she said as she looked it over "This is the Demon country, and these were the caves we were hiding in earlier" She explained as both of them were studying the map "And this is the forest that we are currently in" she continued "And the enemy is all around this area here, so we have no way of getting away by running in any direction" Hiyori told her
"Then... Its over? We are going to be captured by the enemy?... And tortured…And Raped and…" Hamako began to cry
"Hey, hey, It's not over just yet… I just said that we have no way of getting away from them by trying to run their line. I never said that we didn't have any hope" Hiyori said with a smile to try and cheer Hamako up. Although, she knew that their chances of escaping were getting slimmer and slimmer with every passing moment. They had one chance, and only one shot at it "In these forest, there are some caves. A long time ago a scouting team from the night stumbled upon them, although we never had a chance to really explore them I believe it's our only shot"
Hamako used her sleeves to wipe away some tears that had begun to fall down her cheeks "I am sorry Sensei… I am a sorry excuse for a Ninja… I try to act tough, I try to make it look like I am always in control, however I am not... I am always a pain to Jun and Kanji, I get them in trouble all the time and I know that I must be a pain for you too Sensei. Its my fault that I dragged Jun and Kanji to stow away on the ship, it's my fault that you got stuck babysitting us during this important mission, it's my fault that we are now in this situation… Everyone thinks I am smart just because I am a Nara, but I am not… Just look at the mess I created" Hamako said in a sad tone feeling responsible for everything
Hiyori gave her a smile "It's not your fault Hamako, you are just a kid yet you are so talented. You have yet to even begin to scratch your potential" Hiyori tried to explain to her
"But you Sensei, you're the same age as me… And look at you…" Hamako answered back
"Hamako… You cannot compare me to yourself, Konoha and Night training are very different. Konoha takes it slower than we do, we graduate from our academy at the age of eight, prodigies like Toshiro graduate even faster. He graduated at the age of six, became a seated officer at the age of eight, vice captain by nine and captain at ten. I became vice captain at the age of twelve before I joined the Leaf. The Night needs us to be able to defend our country as soon as possible because of the demon threat. Konoha has enjoyed peace for many years and have had the privilege of taking it slow with its academy students, you only graduate at the age of twelve or thirteen. So you see I was forced to become strong fast… Hamako, you, Jun and Kanji are strong, you just need time to tap into your potential" Hamako said with a smile "Now, we better get to those caves before those demon ninja's reach them and we are blocked from them" Hiyori added as she rolled up the map and shoved it back into her vest pocket, both of them began to make their way towards the caves that could possibly save them from capture
Back in the village
"I don't know what happened… She normally dodges it without a problem" a voice said as a young girl with pink hair laid in a bed, her eyes slowly opening
"Hey, she is waking up, Suzu, are you alright?" a young man asked as he held her hand and looked at her with concern
"Where…Am I?" She asked
"You're in the hospital, that hit to the head was pretty bad. It knocked you right out, you had us all worried" He told her as he was happy to see her awake again
"Who..Who are you?" she asked
"Suzu? Don't you recognize me? It's me, Yokito…" He told her
"Who..Who is Suzu?" She asked
"Suzu… That's your name" Yokito told her
"I am sorry, but I don't know who I am… or who you are. Or who any of you are…" she told them
"This is horrible… That hit to the head must have caused her to lose her memories" Tamao said
"I still don't understand how she didn't block me…" A man said, his masked was lifted on the top of his head, he had red eyes and brown hair. He looked like he was in his late twenties
"You did come faster than you normally do Sensei, she didn't even have time to get into formation…" Yokito answered
"That was the point… We can't expect the night to be predictable, however I thought she would at least be able to block, it's like I caught her by total surprise…"
"Uh… I guess it's my fault you see just before your surprise attack; I kind of gave her a surprise of my own…" Yokito explained
"So… What do we do with her now?" Tamao asked
"Her memory should return with time, we just need to help her regain her memory by making her experience things that she is familiar with. As her team members and friends, I think you two are best suited for the job" the older man told them
"Yes sir" they said in unison
"I will be taking your team off the active list until her memory returns, however don't allow your skills to dull. Because as soon as her memory is back, you will be making up for the lost time"
"Yes sir!" they once again answered as the man walked out of the room
"So… How do we begin?" Tamao asked
"Well, first we need to tell her family about this, they will want to help us as well" Yokito answered Yokito pulled Suzu out of the bed and smiled at her "Alright Suzu, let's go reintroduce you to your family" He said as he kept holding onto her hand leading her out of the room
Not far away from the demon village, Naruto's group were still waiting for word from Ino, Naruto was pacing back and forth, it had already been a few hours and they had not receive any word from Ino "Where is she… She should have returned by now"
"It is possible that she was found out and may have been forced out of the host's body, if that's the case then we should consider returning back to night controlled territory. Look, I will even help you complete your original mission…" Rukia pleaded with him
"I thought I already told you that I refuse to leave anyone behind" Naruto told her
"You just lost another one of your people, how many more are you willing to sacrifice! At some point you have to realize that this mission is impossible… I suggest you do it before you lose anyone else" Yoruichi commented
"Don't write Ino off just yet... Yes she is late, however we should give her more time. Ino isn't stupid enough to get caught, delayed perhaps, but not caught" Shikamaru said while looking in the direction of the village "Ino… Where are you…" He thought to himself as he was starting to worry about his team mate, his close friend… The one that he cared for "You're so troublesome, you're always hot headed, you're always getting on my nerves, however you're always there for me… you're always smiling and I can't imagine life without you… Ino…" He continued to think as he began to realize just how much Ino meant to him
End chapter 26
Well that's another chapter done :D What happened to Ino? Has she really lost her memory? Or perhaps its all a cleaver ruse? If its not a ruse, who is the one who lost her memory, Ino? or Suzu? And what will happen to Ino's consciousness? Will Hiyori and Hamako make it to the caves on time? And if they do, how effective will they be in helping them get away? and will fanfic stop hating me? why won't fanfic love me anymore! :(
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