Hey everyone, your favorite author is back! i spent the past week trying to unblock my block about what to do in the past, it didn't work, once again i was just staring at my screen and ripping my hair out "i really shouldn't do that, i should enjoy my hair while it lasts :P my dad says he began balding in his twenties :( i hope i stay on my mom's side for hair lol ;)" anyway i refused to post a new chapter until i could figure out what to do in the past, this morning i sat down, shut off the TV, turned my music on "i have a play list that i use on you tube, i love that feature, now if you tube could just stop deleting vids for copyright bs... :P" and i refused to allow ANYTHING to distract me, i stared at my screen for like 10 minutes and decided to just screw it and begin typing, as i began to type, its like a dam broke in my head, ideas began flooding in and i could NOT stop typing, before i knew it, the past part of my story had 5 1/2 pages and was like 3500 words... making it the LARGEST past chapter to date... and that was for the PAST section alone :D i continued into the present time and ended up with OVER 6370 WORDS! "THIS IS BEFORE AUTHOR NOTES, WITH AUTHOR NOTES ITS 7199 WORD" this is my largest chapter to date! I hope that this was well worth the wait for you guys who have been more then patient with me during this writers block :)
Anyway, on with my awesome, great, fantastic, coolest, best, and great reviewers, how i love you all :P
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, yes fanfic loves me again, it allowed me to upload this chapter :P maybe it was mad at me cause it wanted to know more about the past as well ;)
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RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, and no, this story "as i am typing this" has 195 reviews, SoB has 340 i think however i am hopeful to pass that at some point :P i guess it will all depend how many more chapter i have :/
Slop Doggy - Thanks for the review, more on Ino/Suzu in this chapter ;) and thanks for the compliment :D
quintupledots915 - Thanks for the review, yeah, i kind of love twist and turns and the unexpected i believe that's what keep peoples interest in a story, if it was predictable, why would you read it right? ;)
naru-ca-titan - Thanks for the review, and actually Suzu/Yokito/Tamao are all around 17-19 years old, she did mention that when she encountered Shikamaru and Ino that she looked around the same age as she was, and as for the past, you will be happy with this chapter ;) it has an awesomely long past part :D as for the reviews, i duno, i know that i read them and i am always happy to see them ;) specially since you make yours so fun to read lol and do you mean Madara and Masaki there? :P anyway i really hope you enjoy this new chapter :)
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Well that's everyone, i hope that this chapter was worth the wait and i hope it makes up for the no past chapts for the past two chapters "is poked by fans to shut up and post the damn chapter already" alright, alright, i am done :P
so without further delay, the EPIC CHAPTER 27!
Historical Bonds
Chapter 27
IN THE PAST
Masaki was staring at Madara, the pain was still throbbing in his leg. It was going to slow him down considerably however he looked at the sky, the stars were shining brightly in the clear sky, including a full moon, Masaki smiled "What are you smiling about?" Madara asked
"Nothing really, I was just thinking how the moon looked nice tonight" He answered with a grin
"The moon?" Madara said confused as he noticed it was a full moon, however he still didn't understand why Masaki was talking about it. But he didn't care, full moon, half moon, cloudy, clear skies it wasn't going to change anything
Masaki closed his eyes and began to tap into the powers of the night; his body began to emanate a black aura, the pain in his leg was all but gone. The wound itself was still there, however his powers were now blocking most of the pain. He immediately went on the attack, this caught Madara slightly by surprise as he was barely able to bring his blade up In time to block the attack. Both of their blades were pressing against each other and both men were staring into each others eyes, Madara was trying to reapply his genjutsu however for some reason it wasn't working "How is he blocking my Sharingan?…" He wondered "No matter, he will fall either way" Madara said as he applied more pressure on his blade to push Masaki back
Masaki jumped back knowing that Madara now knew that his genjutsus would no longer work on him, it was now time to show him the true powers of the Night Ninjas "lighting blast level twenty!" he screamed out as a bolt of lightning came crashing down towards Madara who was barely able to dodge it, however Masaki wasn't done yet "red fireballs level twenty five!" multiple fireballs came flying out of Masaki's hand, Madara tried his best to dodge them, however a few did strike their target
Madara had been caught by total surprise; he had no idea that Masaki could summon those types of powers by simply chanting a spell without doing any hand signs. Masaki was grinning, and it annoyed the hell out of Madara "How can this trash think that he is on par with me? I will show him my true powers and then we will see who is grinning!" Madara thought to himself once more "Mangekyo Sharingan!" he shouted out, his eyes began to change as blood began to drip from his eyes, this was the first time that he was activating his Mangekyo Sharingan since he had used his brothers eyes. He could feel that it was different, as if both of their powers had been merged, this was unexpected but welcomed by Madara
Masaki had to be careful, Madara's Sharingan was powerful enough, and now he had unleash another version, one that Masaki had never heard of or seen before. He tapped into his powers given to him by the moon and suddenly vanished from Madara's sigh, however Madara didn't look surprised or even concerned, Masaki appeared behind him and tried to strike with his blade, however Madara had already turned around and blocked his blade, Masaki was shocked, how could Madara be able to follow him at that speed?
"What's wrong Masaki? Is this the best you can do?" Madara said arrogantly
"Not even close!" Masaki answered as he jumped back and raise his free hand "Azure flames level thirty!" blue flames began to ignite wherever Masaki was pointing his hand, Madara was dodging them all with ease as he kept on grinning, Masaki immediately launched another attack against Madara while he was busy dodging. He used his full speed to try and strike at him, however Madara's blade was always just in time. Masaki began to chant again "Fireballs of destruction level forty!" fireballs began to erupt from Masaki's hand, they were much larger than the last ones. Madara's Sharingan began to spin around as he dodged or used his blade to strike at the incoming flaming balls, Masaki once again launched an immediate attack but just like before Madara had somehow been able to stay focused on both attacks and had blocked him
"Amaterasu" Madara screamed out, black flames began to erupt on anything that he gazed at, and his gaze finally set itself upon Masaki, his cloak was now engulfed in black flames
Masaki quickly took it off and threw it on the ground "Damn it, my new cloak..." He thought to himself sadly, he tried to pour water on it to save it, however it was useless. The black flames would just not go out "This power… Is truly terrifying…" Masaki thought to himself as Madara grinned
Madara knew that he had Masaki on the defensive, however he couldn't just keep using Amaterasu at will. Every time he unleashed its flames it would take a large chunk of his chakra. His goal was to show Masaki his power and that at any time he could unleash it "You were trying to use fire against me in your previous attacks, you are a fool! I am an Uchiha, we are lords of the flames" Madara told him with a smug and confident grin "You who claims to be lord of the winds are no match for me, because the wind only feeds the flames and make them stronger!"
Masaki was running out of ideas and running low on chakra. He had one last trump card left, however he would barely have enough chakra to keep it going for long "You are correct, I do command the winds… However you have not seen my full power yet, I never unleash this power unless I have no choice… You will be the second person to witness my true and full powers…" Masaki said panting,
Madara wasn't convinced, Masaki looked like he was finished and was now trying to bluff "You can barely stand, you are finished, however I never thought that you would be the type to resort to bluffing" Madara said with a grin as he was getting ready to strike at Masaki and finish this battle once and for all
Masaki raised his arm and pointed his blade at Madara "Kaze no kami… please lend me your strength, Ban-Kai…" suddenly the winds began to pick up, and Masaki slowly began to disintegrate until there was nothing left of him
"What is this?! Did he run away?" Madara wondered "No… The winds have not gone back to normal, he is still here… but where is he? I can't detect his chakra anywhere… Wait yes I can, its faint… but it's everywhere!" Suddenly Masaki appeared in front of Madara and swung his blade, Madara was able to block it just in time, however he quickly grabbed a Kunai and tried to jab it into Masaki's chest, but to his surprise once the Kunai reached its target it began to disintegrate. Once he retracted his Kunai Masaki's chest returned to normal "What is this power?!" Madara thought to himself as he couldn't figure it out
Masaki was grinning "I told you, I am the lord of the winds…" he said as he vanished completely again causing Madara to doubt his ability to defeat Masaki for the first time "You claim to be the lord of the flames, but are you really? You can control the flames, but I can literally become one with the wind…" Masaki's voice sounded like it was coming from everywhere, yet nowhere, however his chakra was draining at a fast rate. He had Madara up against the ropes; however he barely had the chakra left to truly finish the job. If he couldn't win in the next five minutes it would be over for him. His next attack had to be the one that would end it all. Masaki gathered all of his remaining chakra for his final move
Madara was on the defensive, he had no idea where the next attack would come from. Suddenly the wind began to pick up and five Masaki's appeared around him "What is this?!" Madara wondered however Masaki didn't waste any time all of them began chanting different spells at different levels and launched an all out assault on Madara. Fireballs, lighting strikes all directed at Madara who tried his best to dodge or deflect them and he was doing a good job considering his situation, however he then felt five blades penetrate his body
All five Masaki's had launched an immediate attack as Madara was too busy trying to dodge everything. Four of the five Masaki's disappear in a POOF as he grinned "It's over Madara, five of your vital organs have been punctured and…" however before he could finish his sentence the Madara that was in front of him erupted into water, Masaki looked at his blade and there was no blood. It was simply wet, he had reverted his blade back into its regular form to save chakra, but Masaki was shocked "What the…" however he then felt a blade penetrate his body from the back, he turned his head and saw Madara who was panting heavily. Masaki dropped his blade as Madara retracted his own blade from Masaki's body
Masaki fell down to his knees and finally he fell onto his stomach, he had lost. Somehow, he had lost. Madara was panting heavily, no one had ever come that close to beating him before, no one had pushed him to his very limits. This Namikaze kid was truly remarkable, it was almost a shame to finish him off. He would have made a powerful ally but Madara knew that Masaki was loyal to the leaf and would never join him "Namikaze Masaki, I will acknowledge your power, I will even go as far to say that you are my equal in combat. However you made the mistake of thinking you had won, I will admit that had I not stolen the water clone technique from that old geezer who I killed to become the Mizukage, you would have won this battle" Madara said respecting Masaki's power "It is a shame that your life has to end now, but I cannot allow you to leave here alive. Farewell Namikaze Masaki, I shall remember your name for as long as I am alive as the only person who was my equal" he said as his blade was coming down for the final blow
Just as he was about to end Masaki's life he felt a sharp pain in his back as multiple Kunais struck him, a young girl appeared behind him and was about to stab him with her blade, but Madara jumped away just in time. When he turned to see who had snuck up behind him, he was shocked to see it was the daughter of the former Mizukage "Sako, what is the meaning of this!?" Madara demanded
"You killed my father, you had my brother killed, you took over my country and you order us around like we are your slaves, are you really that surprised? I had been waiting for a chance to kill you and to free my country!" The young girl said as she was getting ready to attack once more
Madara was out of chakra. In any other time he could kill Sako easily but she had truly picked the best time to betray him, he had to withdraw "Sako, I will not forget your betrayal, I will be back… It may not be tonight, it may not be tomorrow, but I will be back and the country of water shall be mine again…" Madara said as he vanished into the night
Sako thought about pursuing him, however she knew it was useless. She could never catch up to him, her attention shifted to the downed and defenseless Masaki who was bleeding on the ground
"He called you Namikaze Masaki right? You are truly remarkable, you fought him head on and almost won. However you did weaken him enough for me to reclaim our freedom, and for that I thank you" She said with a smile
"And what are you planning to do with me now?" Masaki asked, he was still at her mercy
"I could just let you go I guess, however I still owe you for what you did to us earlier. Although had we known that you were just as powerful as Madara we would not have tried to attack you, but you still killed some of my closes friends… And for that, you have to pay" She said as she was about to finish what Madara had started
Masaki was getting ready to die once again, he was powerless to stop her, she began to walk towards him "Don't worry, I will make it quick and painless, it's the least I can do for the Hero who helped liberate us" She was about to strike when her blade is suddenly knocked out of her hand by a flying kunai
"Get away from him!" A voice came from a nearby tree branch; Sako could see that a figure was standing on top of the branch
"Who the hell are you!?" she demanded
The figure jumped down from the tree and walked towards her and stopped once it was in between herself and Masaki. Sako could now clearly see the figure, it was wearing a mask, however Sako could at least tell it was a girl, both by her voice and the long red hair. She also had some sort of a leaf engraved on a band tied around her left arm "Who I am is of no concern to you, all you need to know is that I didn't come here to cause problems, however he is one of us and I cannot allow you to harm him, I have come to bring him back. If you have a problem with this, then your opponent will be me" The girl told her
Sako put away her weapon and turned her back "Fine, But be sure to tell this to your people, if you continue to send those scouting parties, we will continue to kill them. Go now before my people arrive and kill you both" She said as she began to walk away
Once the girl was convinced that Sako wasn't going to try and strike at her once she had her back turned, she bent down to take a look at Masaki. She looked at the wound as the blood was still pouring out of it, she had also noticed the wound on his leg that had gotten worst since it was first inflicted "Damn it, this looks bad" She said as she took out some bandages from a first aid kit she had bought along and began to rip part of his pants to get a better look at the wound. It looked like it had become infected, she did her best to clean it up and then wrapped his leg with the bandage. She then turned her attention to his other wound, it was much worst then his leg wound "My god… This is bad, this is really bad… Damn it Masaki!"
Masaki was having a hard time to stay conscious, he actually didn't know what was going on right now as the lost of blood was making it hard for him to stay focus on anything. He realized that someone was trying to tend to his wounds, he even recognize the voice "…Nami?!" he asked as he tried to turn his body onto his back to get a better look at his savior, but the girl stopped him
"Don't move! You might make it worst…" She told him as she lifted up her mask to revealing Nami's face and tears pouring down from her eyes. She then began to rip part of his top off so she could do the same thing with this wound as she did with the leg wound. However she could tell that he had internal injuries and that a simple bandage may not be enough, but she wasn't a doctor. There was nothing more she could do for him other then basic medical attention. She cleaned the wound as best she could, she then slowly and carefully turned him onto his back. Madara's blade had gone completely through his body and out the other side however Masaki could finally see her face and the tears running down her cheeks. It broke his heart to see her like this as she cleaned the wound on his chest
"Nami… I am truly sorry" He told her in a weak voice, just staying awake was a battle that he was starting to lose
"You should be… You idiot!" she said trying to be angry with him, but she couldn't. She finished cleaning up his wound and applied the bandages with care, she knew that his life was not out of danger. He could still die from internal bleeding, she had to get him to the hospital back in Konoha as soon as possible but she was afraid of moving him, and even if she did move him it would take her a few hours to carry him back to the boat
Watching her from a distance was Sako, although she had begun walking back towards her village, she was still intrigued by Masaki and his power, plus she thought he was cute. And even thought she was about to kill him she really didn't want to see him die. She saw Nami trying to lift him up but was having a hard time doing so "She is never going to make it like that, she is going to aggravate his injuries… But why do I care? He killed my friends... But we did kill his… And he did save us from that bastard Madara… So I guess I owe him" she thought to herself. She jumped down from the tree and walked over to them
Nami immediately laid Masaki down and brought her Mask back down as she got into a defensive position reaching for her Kunai "So you decided to come back?" Nami asked
"Calm down, I am not here to fight, I am here because… Whether I want to admit it or not, we owe him our freedom…" Sako told her
"So… Why are you here exactly?" Nami asked
"Because… I am a medical Nin, I can try to take care of his injuries then help you take him back to your boat. That way I figure that would make us even… I hate owing other people anything" Sako explained
Nami didn't know if she could trust her or not, but Sako had not tried to reach for any weapons and seemed to be sincere "If you can do anything to save him… Please do" Nami finally said lowering her weapon and allowing Sako to tend to his injuries
Sako bent down to examine the bandages "You did a good job in cleaning and patching up the wounds, however he has already lost a lot of blood and is still bleeding internally quite badly. I am not sure if I can save him at this point, but I will do my best" Sako said as she pulled out a kit from her bag and opened it up, inside were bandages scalpels and other instruments that doctors used on the field
She began by injecting Masaki with a sedative to make sure he wouldn't be awake so he wouldn't move while she was operating on him. she then injected him with some pain killers to make sure he wouldn't wake up from the pain, she then began tearing off the bandages that Nami had places and opening up the wound with her tools. Nami couldn't bear to watch as she turned around trying to stop herself from crying "I could use your help…" Sako requested
"What?! But I don't know anything about operating on someone" Nami told her
"I know that, but there is sweat that is starting to form on my forehead. I can't use my own hands… I just need you to wipe it off of there before it starts to drip down my face and breaks my concentration…"
Nami wiped away her tears and did as she was asked; she got a cloth and wiped away the sweat that had begun forming on Sako's head.
Nami continued to help Sako with her small requests as time went by, it felt like hours, however only fifteen minutes had gone by. Sako smiled as she began to sew the wound shut with stitches, she then reapplied fresh bandages, she then took a quick look at the wound on his leg to make sure that it wasn't opening up. It looked alright however she still wanted to make sure it was disinfected properly before applying fresh bandages, she then let out a sigh "I think I am done… I have stopped the internal bleeding and all of his wounds have been disinfected, however he is not guaranteed to survive. He did lose a lot of blood and I can't guarantee that the wounds won't open back up while you're taking him back home however his chances are of surviving are much better now than they were when I first began…" Sako said as she cleaned herself up
"Thank you so much, I don't know how to repay you" Nami said lifting her mask to reveal her face
Sako was shocked, this girl was really pretty, much more pretty then she had first imagined "Just tell your people to stay away from the islands, at least for now… If we ever decide we want to reach out to other nations, we will be the ones going to you" Sako told her "Now, let's get him to your boat, the sooner you get him home so he can rest in peace, the better" Sako said with a smile as she helped Nami to carry the unconscious Masaki
PRESENT TIME
Yokito and Tamao brought Suzu back home; they were standing in front of her house "Tamao, stay with her while I go break the news to her parents first" Yokito told her
"Got it" Tamao answered as Yokito made his way to the door and began knocking. A rather tall and strong looking man opened up, he had black hair and black eyes "Oh, it's you" The man answered, although the man had nothing personal against Yokito, the fact that he was dating his daughter made him scum "Suzu isn't here" he told him
"Daiki, stop being rude!" A women said as she joined them, she had black hair and red eyes, she was Suzu's mother "Sorry about him Yokito, he is just a big softy who can't let go of his little girl" she said teasing him
"It's alright, but I am not here for Suzu, well I am here regarding her… That is well… You see, Sensei was doing one of his surprise attacks as he normally does with us; we have always been able to counter it before… But this time, we don't know why, Suzu seemed to had been caught by total surprise, Sensei was able to kick her hard enough to send her crashing head first into a nearby wall…"
Daiki was the first to speak up "WHAT?! DID HE HURT MY LITTLE GIRL? WHERE IS SHE!?" he demanded
"Calm down Daiki, let him finish" the women told him, although she was also concern for their daughter, she could tell that Yokito wasn't done yet
"She must have hit her head pretty hard because she has lost all of her memories, she doesn't know who she is, or who any of us are, the doctor said that she will probably regain her memory in time" Yokito finally finished
Daiki was clenching his fist as hard as he could, he wanted to punch Yokito as hard as he could. It would be a good way of venting his rage, as well as making that piece of trash pay for not being able to protect his baby girl. But he knew that his wife would not approve, for some reason she seemed to like that bastard "Where is she?" The women asked
"She is here with us, but I wanted to make sure that you knew before we brought her in" Yokito answered "Tamao, you can bring her in now" Yokito instructed
Tamao lead Suzu down the small path to her house, Daiki pushed Yokito aside and grabbed Suzu away from Tamao and held her tightly "Don't worry Suzu sweetie, Daddy is here now, everything is going to be alright" Daiki said as tears were streaming down his face
"I am sorry… But I don't know who you are" Suzu answered
"Suzu sweetie, it's me Daiki, your father" he told her
"I am sorry… I just can't remember anything" Suzu answered
"Don't be sorry dear, it's not your fault" The women said as she approached them "Suzu, I am Hatsumi, your mother" She said with a warm smile as she joined in the hug "come on in sweetie, we have dinner all ready, it's actually your favorite too" she added
"We will leave her with you for now, but we will come back tomorrow to help. There are some places we can take her that could help make her remember, but for now I think it's best that she is with her family" Yokito said with a warm smile
"Thanks Yokito" Hatsumi said with a warm smile as both Yokito and Tamao walked away
Suzu was walking around the house as Hatsumi got the table ready to eat. A young boy entered the house "Mom, Dad, I am home!" he said as he entered the house
"Oh welcome home Nozomi" his mother answered "Dinner is almost ready, go clean up" She told him as he walked by the kitchen, he ran into Suzu who was still walking around the house trying to remember anything about herself "Oh, it's the princess, didn't think you would be home so soon" He told her
"Uh, and you are?" Suzu asked
"What the hell… Are you an idiot? I knew you were stupid but to forget my name is really…" he began to say but was cut off by his father
"Nozomi, leave your sister alone, she lost her memory. I will explain latter, just get cleaned up for dinner" He told him
"Lost her memory? You're kidding right?" Nozomi asked
"No, now go cleanup" Daiki once again told him
"Yeah… alright" the young boy said as she looked at Suzu oddly, Nozomi had black hair and red eyes, indicating that he was a pure blooded unlike his sister who was adopted as a baby as a half blooded. He leaned in close enough to whisper to her "I know your faking it, you just love attention, princess Suzu" The boy said before leaving to clean up
Suzu didn't know what to think, why did this boy say that to her? She decided to just forget it and went to the table for dinner
Once everyone was seated, Hatsumi came out with the food, Suzu thought it smelled good "I don't know what it is, but it sure does smell good" Suzu said with a smile
"Well it should smell good, this is your favorite"
"Of course it's her favorite, god forbid that we make my favorite for once…" Nozomi said in an annoyed tone
"Nozomi! That is enough" Daiki told him
"Whatever…" Nozomi answered as his mother gave him his serving "Hey Suzu, can you at least pass me the sauce?" He asked her
"Nozomi I told you to leave her alone! She probably doesn't even know what the sauce is! Just go and get it yourself" Daiki told him in a stern voice
"BUT ITS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF HER! YOU KNOW ITS ALWAYS LIKE THIS, THE PRINCESS GETS EVERYTHING SHE WANTS. SHE GETS ALL THE ATTENTION, ONLY THE BEST FOR PRINCESS SUZU! WHILE I GET NOTHING! I AM YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD SON AND SHE IS NOTHING MORE THEN A HALF BLOODED ADOPTED MISTAKE THAT'S NOT EVEN RELATED TO US IN ANY WAY!" Nozomi said in a fit of rage
"NOZOMI!" Both parents shouted out, although Hatsumi was always loving and caring to both of them, she couldn't accept what Nozomi had just said about his sister
"WHATEVER, ENJOY YOUR MEAL WITH PRINCESS SUZU! I AM OUT OF HERE!" He said as he stormed away from the table and slammed the door as he left the house. Daiki was about to go after him but Hatsumi told him not too
"Don't, if you try to drag him back now, it's only going to make things worse" Hatsumi told him
"What are we going to do with that boy…" Daiki said as he sat back down
"Once he cools down, we can have a talk with him. I don't know why he feels this way, I thought that we treated them both the same…" Hatsumi said sadly
"I…I was a mistake?" Suzu asked
Suddenly both Daiki and Hatsumi realized that Suzu was right there with them and heard every word that Nozomi had said
"What? No, sweetheart, you were not a mistake, don't mind what your brother just said, he is just angry right now, he doesn't mean it" Hatsumi told her
"But he said… I was a half blooded and adopted?" Suzu asked again "Is that true?"
Both Hatsumi and Daiki looked at each other, they had never told Suzu that she was adopted, even before she had lost her memory. Daiki was damming Nozomi right now for putting them in this situation "Sweetheart, you are our daughter, there is no questioning that, we love you very much and that's all you need to care about" Daiki said with a warm smile trying to avoid answering the question directly
"But… Am I adopted?" Suzu asked again "Am I really a half blooded?"
Hatsumi let out a sigh "We found you at the orphanage, you were only a few months old. Your father and I were newlyweds and wanted to start a family, we had been trying for a while and nothing was working so when we saw you and we fell in love with you right away. We knew that you were the daughter that we had been waiting for, just because you are not related to us biologically does not make you any less family nor does it mean that we love you any less than your brother, who I found out I was pregnant with only a few weeks later…"
"I see…" Was all that Suzu could say
"But remember, we love you both the same, Suzu I would never want to replace you. You are my baby girl" Daiki said with a warm smile trying to reassure his daughter that he loved her just as much as if she was his own flesh and blood child
The rest of the meal continued in silence and once it was over Suzu went straight to her room without saying a word. This worried both Daiki and Hatsumi "I should go and talk to her" He said
But Hatsumi stopped him "For the time being, there isn't anything you could say. We have to give her time to process everything, right now she feels betrayed and to make it worst, she still hasn't regained her memories…" She told him
"I just feel like our family is falling apart" Daiki said sadly
"Don't worry, their both teenagers, this is normal behavior" She said as she kissed his cheek to reassure him
Meanwhile Naruto and his team were getting more and more worried about Ino "This isn't like her, she should have at least checked in with us by now" Naruto said worried
"Yeah…" Was all that Shikamaru could say, although he didn't want to admit it Naruto was right. Ino would never leave them in the dark for this long without at least reporting in somehow
"Sai, get over here!" Naruto told him
"Yes?" He asked as he approached him
"I want you use your special ability to see if you can find Ino and tell us if she is in any danger" Naruto asked him
"Of course" He said as he got out a pad of paper and opened up his pouch taking out a brush and some ink
"What's his ability? Painting?" Rukia asked
"Just watch" Naruto answered
Sai drew three birds on the pad of paper, suddenly they began to move and flew right off of the sheet of paper and began heading towards the village, both Rukia and Yoruichi were shocked "Why didn't we use that to begin with?!" Yoruichi asked
"Because, they are useful for monitoring, following and finding targets. But information gathering is by going into a building and looking for books or records or reports is not exactly something they can do" Sai answered "And their range is limited, so I couldn't use them to search for Hamako and Hiyori, this country is too large" Sai added anticipating it to be the next question
"But we can at least use them to find Ino and see if she is in trouble" Naruto added as well "It's better than just sitting around doing nothing
Meanwhile Hamako and Hiyori were standing in front of a very large opening; it was the entrance to the caves "It looks dark and spooky…." Hamako commented
"I know, but we don't have a choice, if we stay out here, they will catch us" Hiyori told her
"But if they find out that we are in here… We will be trapped" Hamako told her
"Perhaps, who knows what's in this cave, there could be tunnels that we can use to hide in, for all we know there is an exit… What I do know is that if we do not go in there, we will be captured for sure" Hiyori told her
"I guess when you look at it that way…" Hamako said as she followed Hiyori into the cave. Hiyori lit up a torch since it was pitch black inside the cave, and the deeper they went in, the darker it got. Hamako turned around and couldn't even see the light from the entrance anymore, when she turned to face the front again, she could have sworn she saw something move in the shadows "Sensei, did you see that?" She asked
"See what?" Hiyori asked back
"There, I could have sworn I saw something!" Hamako said pointing in the direction of the movement
Hiyori used the torch to light the area, but she couldn't see anything "It was probably just your imagination playing tricks on you, let's keep on going" Hiyori said as she kept walking
Hamako began to follow again, however she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something in this cave with them, but Hiyori was probably right. The cave was dark, damp, and spooky, it was easy for her mind to play tricks on her and make her see things that weren't actually there. Yeah, that had to be it, right? Hamako thought nervously as she fallowed Hiyori deeper and deeper into the tunnel until they reached a split "This is PERFECT" Hiyori said with a smile "If these tunnels continue to go deeper and deeper and separate like this, they will never be able to find us. Hamako, we may get out of this!" Hiyori said with a confident smile "We have enough supplies to last well over week, and I am sure they will give up searching for us by that time"
"But Sensei, if these tunnels keep splitting, how are we going to keep ourselves from getting lost?" Hamako asked
"Don't worry, we will mark our way" she said as she took out her Kunai and began carving something in the rock, it looked like an arrow of some sort, however she made sure that it looked natural "There see, this way, we will know what way we took, and it looks like it has always been there" She said with a smile "Now let's continue" she said as she lead the way
Just outside the cave a few hours latter a large group of demon Ninjas had gathered around "Sir we found no trace of them, they must have entered the caves" He informed his commander
"The caves? Why would they enter the caves? Don't they know what's in there?" He asked
"They probably don't sir, I recommend that we pursue. They just made our job much easier" He told his commander
"Indeed they did, indeed they did" He said with a laugh as the moon was rising in the sky
Back in the village Suzu was laying in her bed and had wrapped her arms around her pillow "Who am I? What the hell is Konoha? Are these really my parents? If they are, why do I have memories of some other place… Who am I…" she continued to wonder as had doubts about her identity and even her family and friends
End chapter 27
Wow, now that was long... as i stated before, i really do hope this chapter was worth the long wait :) anyway will Masaki survive the trip back home? and if he does, will he survive Nami's wrath? What happened to Ino? Has she truly lost her memories? or is it Suzu who lost her memories? and if that's the case, where is Ino? And what were those ninja's talking about something being in those caves? And what was that thing Hamako saw? or was it just her imagination? I just ordered pizza, will it be here within 30 minutes? or will it arrived cold and i tell the driver to go screw himself? :P anyway that's all for me today :) i am off to eat some well deserved pizza "as soon as it arrives that is"
oh btw, i just had a friend read it asking me why didn't Sako use medical ninjutsu, the way i figure it, Tsunade is one of the reasons that medical jutsus advanced so much during the wars, so i figured that back then, they must not have had any, or very few of them, so that's why Sako was using tools rather then medical jutsu to heal Masaki :)
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