Hey everyone, yet another update to the story :) Chapter 31 has arrived, hot off the presses..that only exist in my head! cause yeah... Bacon?
Anyway, i shall not respond to the reviews :) "PS some of my regulars have abandoned me :'( come back my beloved, i miss you!"
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, no i have sadly fallen behind in my Naruto Shippuden watching, i am at like ep 100... yes i know i know i am REALLY behind, but i have just been so busy lately :( i am however up to date with the Manga... i would say more about it but another review talks about the manga, so i will talk about it there :P
Slop Doggy - Thanks for review, i still want US/CAN to get that Anime version of windows 7... I WANT MY TALKING WINDOWS GIRL DAMN IT!..She is cute to :( just unfair... anyway :P hope you like 31
Alex Kingetsu - Thanks for the review, you see Sai is an interesting character to play around with he has so many hidden secrets, you think you have him figured out, and he does something that surprises you, This may surprise some of you but he is actually one of my fav Naruto chars, i would have to say he is actually in the top 5
blackmoon124 - Thanks for the review, as i said to Alex about Sai, he is full of secrets and is fun to play with, more will be revealed as the story progresses
RairyuuBlade - Thanks for the review, and thanks for the compliment, i guess i will never be satisfied with my fight scenes because i keep trying to compare myself to the Manga... yeah i know i would never be as good as the manga's story telling, but i try :P
xzavx - x2 - Thanks for the review, uh no actually you reviewed chapter 29 and 30 one after another, so when i posted chapter 30 your review for chapter 29 was not there for me to respond to :P as for chars dieing, you have to admit a story where everyone survives is kind of boring, i am not saying any of them will be dieing here in the night country, but i can assure you that by the end of this story, people will die, you just don't know who, or when, or how :D... Yet ;) "dresses up ad the deathreaper" MUHAHAHAHA "Holy shit, he has gone crazy, quick, lets get the hell out of here before he gets any ideas!" Naruto shouts to his team
quintupledots915 - Thanks for the review, i am ALWAYS happy when i am able to surprise someone :D its one of my biggest goal to make you all think i am turning right, and some of you think i am turning left, but in reality i make a U turn, a donuts and then crash into the railing passing a cop on the opposite side of the road before getting a ticket for reckless driving...:P as for windows 7...YES..."sigh" it will have an anime girl char, the girl herself will be voiced by Nana "Nana = seven in Japanese" AND Nana is none other then the voice of Hinata... the girl char herself is really cute too, look it up, just Google "Windows 7 Madobe Nanami" and check out the images, Madobe Nanami is the name of the char itself
RyougaZell - Thanks for the review, actually i am working on that, what i am currently doing is revising and reviewing the entire Series, from SoB chapter 1 to HB Chapter "ongoing" i am trying to find errors and stuff as well as change very minor details, such as when Ichigo mentions that Naruto's ancestors were from the night country and that it was 200 years ago, i am currently at chapter 40 something, so i will get to HB soon and have it all fixed up :)
demontamer531 - Thanks for the review, and thanks for the compliment, its alright, i understand, i get busy too and find myself unable to make an update :( and i wasn't sure if i was going to make the past as in dept as i did, at first i was just going to show how Konoha got started and how Naruto's ancestors came to be a part of the village, but i guess everyone really liked it so i kept going with it, it now has a very important part in the story as it shows Madara's past as well so it will tie into the current story at some point :) But that's all i can say about that without giving anything away ;) and i completely understand about the typos, i try hard to catch them as i write them, but sometimes i am just trying to get the story out as fast as i can, i often reread the story and find the mistakes and fix them as soon as i can, as i explained to RyougaZell, i am actually rereading the entire thing from SoB both to find typos AND fix the story so it ties into HB better
Well that's everyone this week, Now 31 is one of those chapters that has a lot of explaining, so i hope you all enjoy it :)
Historical Bonds
Chapter 31
IN THE PAST
A small group of ninjas had gathered inside of the fire tower in a new wing that would become ANBU's future HQ. None of them knew why they were all gathered together. Suddenly the door opened and Masaki stepped into the room "Masaki, what is this about?" One of them asked
"Everybody calm down, I know that you are all wondering why I gathered you here today" he began to speak, the group stopped talking as they listened "Over the past few weeks, each of you have encountered two unknown ninja's" Masaki told them, just then the door behind them opened up, one of them saw a masked ninja walk in
"ITS ONE OF THEM!" He screamed out as all of them took out their weapons "He isn't getting away this time!" he said as he approached the ninja
"Everyone stop!" Masaki ordered
"But he could get away!" another one of the ninjas stated
"First of all, I am a girl!" Nami said as she removed her mask "Second of all, I could probably take the lot of you on and still come out on top" She said with a grin
"What is the meaning of this?!" some of the ninjas began to ask confused
Masaki took out his own mask "All of you have undergone a test, performed by myself and Nami. It was necessary to find out who were the best of the best, and you all made it onto the team" Masaki explained
"What? What team?" one of them asked
"The ANBU, an elite squadron within the leaf who work in secrecy. We answer to one person and one person only, and that is the Hokage himself. I am the director of the ANBU and Nami is my second in command, and as I explained you have all been selected to join the ranks" Masaki said with a grin
"So… What would be required of us?"
"If you decide to join, you will undergo strict and rigorous training. You may be the best the leaf has to offer, but you need to become the ELITE. You will all be required to create a mask like mine or Nami's, you can customize it to your liking as long as it covers your face, I don't care what it looks like. Whenever you're on duty for the ANBU you will wear that mask. You will also be given a code names while on ANBU Missions or assignments, the code name can and will probably change from time to time to ensure security. Now you need to understand that accepting this job means that you will be taking some of the hardest missions. Where others fail, we do not, however the pay will also reflect that" Masaki told them
Some of them began talking among themselves; one of them stepped up "This sounds like it could be dangerous… However if I wanted a safe job I would have become salesmen, count me in" he was only the first as many of them stepped forward and before long, everyone had agreed to join up
"Very good, I want you all to go home now, rest up, because tomorrow the training will begin and it will be harder than ANYTHING you have ever done before. You will also be constructing your masks as well, and remember, speak to no one about this. No one is to know that any of you are a part of the ANBU" Masaki told them as they left the room, Nami walked up to him
"Well mister director, seems like we have ourselves a team now" She said with a smile
"Indeed, Miss Secretary" he said with a grin
"WHY YOU! I AM A CAPTAIN!" She said as she was about to smack him, but to Masaki's surprise he was able to dodge it with ease. It was as if she had slowed down, but that was impossible, Nami trained day and night and was among the strongest and fastest of all Konoha
"Nami… Are you alright?" He asked
"Yeah, why?"
"I don't know... It's just that..." he began but was cut off right away
"YOU THINK I AM FAT DON'T YOU?! YOUR SUCH A JERK! I TRAIN EVERY DAY AND IT JUST WON'T GO AWAY, IT GETS WORST! I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY I AM FAT!" She said as she began to cry
"No no no, don't cry… I wasn't thinking that you were fat at all… I was just worried about your health, It's just I am worried that if you go on a mission and…" Masaki had to chose his next words wisely he thought "And got hurt…"
"Look, you don't need to worry alright? I am going to work extra hard to get back in the shape I use to be in" She said with a smile
Masaki couldn't believe how fast her moods were changing, one moment she was angry, the next she was crying, now she is smiling, all within two minutes "Well, could you do me a big favor?" he asked cautiously
Nami looked at him "Depends on what it is" she said with a slight frown
Masaki could already tell that her mood was about to change "I want you to go to the hospital for a full checkup alright? I know that you are probably in perfect health, but if you were to get a checkup it would make me feel a lot better, think of it as your mandatory check up as being part of the ANBU" He said with a smile trying not to set her off again
"You just made that rule up didn't you?... Oh alright fine whatever" she said letting out a sigh, Masaki was letting out a sigh of his own, happy that she didn't stab him or something "I will go after lunch, oh by the way, Danzo is waiting in your office as you requested" She added
"Oh great, thanks" Masaki said
Nami let out a large sigh again "What is wrong with me? Maybe he is right about the doctor… But I am sure as hell not going to admit that to him" She said as she left the ANBU wing of the tower
Masaki entered his office, Danzo got up and bowed to him "No need for such formalities, sit down, relax" He said as he sat down at his desk and opened up Danzo's file, Danzo sat down but was still feeling nervous. He had no idea why he had been summoned by one of the strongest and most famous ninjas in the village, had he done something wrong? Masaki looked at him "A few days ago, you were attacked by two unknown ninja's" Masaki began "You were able to hold them off and protect a group of genins while doing it"
"Yeah, but you had to save us, I don't know what would have happened had you not arrived" Danzo told him "Uh did you catch them?" Danzo asked curious
"Not exactly, what if I were to tell you that you were never in any real danger, that the attack on you was staged in order to test your abilities" Masaki told him interested in his reaction
"…" Danzo didn't know how to respond, he had never considered that
Masaki opened up a pocked on his vest and took out his mask, he placed it in front of his face without attaching it "What if I told you that I was one of the two ninjas who attacked you?" Masaki told him as he set the mask on the desk
"But… You were the one who jumped in to save us, how could you have been attacking us?" He asked confused
"That is simple" Masaki made a few hand signs "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Suddenly four extra Masaki's were standing behind him "And I know what you're thinking, but these are not just simple clones, they are called Shadow clones. They have their own mass and chakra reserve, meaning that they can actually help me in a fight, it's one of these that helped you chase us off" Masaki said with a grin as he canceled the jutsu and the four clones disappeared "Myself and Nami have been testing a large number of candidates for a new team that has just been created, so far we have about fifty new recruits who actually passed the test and have just entered service" Masaki explained to him
"So, what about me? Are you saying that I have been selected?" He asked
"You have been…Noticed, you do not possess the skills right now to be a full member, but I see the potential in you to one day be a great ninja"
"So… What does that mean? That I should train harder?" Danzo asked unsure as to what Masaki was asking of him
"Yes, however, I have decided to personally take charge of your training, if you accept then you will become my apprentice and before you know it, you will be a full fledged member of the ANBU"
Danzo was in shock "Are you serious? To become the apprentice of the strongest ninja in the entire village?! Of course I accept!" He said with a grin
"Great, training starts first thing in the morning. Meet me by the lake at exactly six tomorrow morning" Masaki instructed him
"Yes sir!" Danzo answered with a grin
PRESENT TIME
Suzu was walking around town; she was conflicted about what had happened earlier, she knew that the night ninja was evil scum who had just tried to kidnap her, but she couldn't help but want to protect him for some reason. It made no sense, why would she want to protect him? She let out a large sigh as she was getting tired, it would be dinner time soon.
As she was about to jump away Yokito spotted her and shouted her name "Suzu!" He said happily as he ran up to her "There you are, I had been looking for you" He said with a smile
"You were?" She asked him
"Yeah, your dad gave me a scolding about putting you in danger, he even tried to kill me, I think…" Yokito said with a nervous laugh
"You think?..." Suzu asked confused
"Yeah, he kind of swung his sword at my head, but I was able to dodge it in time… So I don't know if he intended to kill me, or if he was just testing my reflexes, or just trying to scare me…" He explained
"Knowing him, probably all three" She said with a faint smile
"So, did it work?" Yokito asked her
"Did what work?" Suzu asked confused
"Well, our main goal, making your memory come back, did it work? You seem to be remembering more now"
"I don't know, I mean I feel like I am getting better, I am starting to remember things, but it also feels like I know things that I shouldn't. That ninja we captured for example… I feel like I know him. Not only that, I knew his name and for some reason, I have a feeling that he doesn't want to harm me" Suzu said "I am just so confused about all this right now"
"Remember how you said that you were attacked by night ninjas at the river, but I told you that it was impossible?" Yokito asked her
"Yeah, you said it was impossible since we were deep within demon borders and that the night would never attempt to attack us directly" Suzu answered
"Well obviously, I was wrong about that. So it had me thinking, what if you were really attacked? What if they did something to you?" Yokito explained to her
"But you said it yourself, I lost my memory right in front of you guys. How could they have done something to me before that?" Suzu asked
"I don't know, but it can't be a coincidence how they attacked us the very next day, in the same location that you expressed concerns about being attacked in the past"
"Yeah but without my full memory, who knows how long ago that attack was? Or if it even ever happened in the first place, maybe it was just my intuition sensing the attack that was about to happen to us, who knows…" Suzu told him
"Yeah, but still, I would feel better if you had a checkup done, if they did anything to you, I want to know, because I will personally track them down and kill them if they caused you harm" He said as he took Suzu's hand into his own and stared into her eyes "For you, I would follow them into their capital city if I had too" He said with a slight blush
Suzu was also blushing slightly "There is no need… My memory is slowly returning, I am sure that in time I will remember everything. Do you know what they plan to do with the one we captured?" She asked him
"No, but I heard he wasn't the first one we captured today, two others were caught. Some believe that the group we encountered were sent in to try and save those ones, but the council said that it was more likely just a coincidence since they have never sent in a rescue party this deep inside our borders before and the last time they did send one they were decimated" Yokito told her
"I wonder what they plan to do with him and if they would allow me to speak with him…" Suzu suddenly said
"Who? The night ninja we captured?"
"Yeah"
"Well more than likely they will use him as a sacrifice to feed the hollows, I heard that he was extremely powerful. At first they thought he was on the same level as a captain, but they found out that he is actually more powerful then the last Kurokage we captured all those years ago. That means that he will be feeding the hallows for many, many years, everyone was excited about it. The two others are also great catches, one of them is a captain level, the other seems to be vice captain level, those three alone could provide the hollows with energy for the next ten years, some think even more" Yokito explained
"So they're going to be killed? That's horrible…" Suzu told him
"Suzu… It's what we do, you know that, well I mean once you regain your full memory you would know that… My point is that we have been doing this for decades, that's why we are in a constant state of war with the night country, it's much better then when we sacrifice our own people, don't you think?" He said with a smile
But Suzu didn't agree with that for some reason "Why do we need to sacrifice anyone at all?..."
"Suzu, it's the first thing we learn when we enter the academy, it's not a choice, if we don't the hollows will turn on us, many centuries ago we opened the vortex to the hollows world not knowing what we were getting ourselves into, they began pouring out of the vortex killing everything in sight until one of our people was able to make a deal with them, in exchange for sacrifices they would fight for us. We had no choice, it was that or face destruction, in a way it has saved the night country as well, because they would have just enveloped the entire world killing everything" Yokito explained to her
"I see… But still it doesn't feel right" Suzu told him
"I know how you feel… But there is nothing we can do"
"And the rape and murdering? Is that really necessary? Or can you explain that?" Suzu asked him
"… No I can't, I don't agree with it at all, but… I don't want to say I agree with it, but…. You wouldn't be here today had your birth mother not been… No I said something I shouldn't have, Suzu forgive me…..I am such an idiot…"
Suzu suddenly let go of his hand "So you're fine with rape just because I was born from it?" Suzu said slightly angry
"No… Suzu that is not what I meant, it's just… I can't imagine my life without you… Suzu…" But she turned her back on him causing his heart to break, he had screwed up majorly
Naruto's head was pounding as his eyes slowly opened. He could feel his legs dangling in the open he sat up and quickly realized that he was in a cage, he then realized that there was a dead skeleton inside with him causing him to let out a small scream "Naruto Sama!" Hiyori said happy to see him awake
"Hiyori?!" Naruto said surprised as he looked around and saw both Hiyori and Hamako who was still unconscious "Where are we?" He asked
"I don't know, we have only been captured recently, I tried to avoid capture for as long as I could… I promised Hamako that we would be alright but I failed. I was too tired to fight, I can't believe that I was defeated by exhaustion, I literally passed out during a fight leaving Hamako to fight on her own. Next thing I knew, I woke up here, what about you?" she asked
"We were looking for you two, we sent Ino on a recon spy mission to find your location, but something happened, we don't know what, so we went to find her, and we got overwhelmed. I ordered a retreat, the last thing I remember was getting hit by something… And Sai…Sai that bastard left me behind, he had a chance to save me… How could Sai turn his back on me, I thought he was one of us… a fellow team seven member" Naruto said sadly "I trusted him…I trusted him with my life…"
"What do you think the rest of them will do now?" Hiyori asked him
"…I would like for them to abandon us and head back home before anyone else gets captured. Those night captains were right… But I couldn't just leave you two behind" he said with a sigh
"I am sorry Naruto Sama, because of us, now you're stuck here too. More than likely they know how powerful you are by now and are going to sacrifice you along with us, it's the only reason I can see why we are still alive right now…"
"So… Do you know anything about this sacrifice?" Naruto asked
"Only what Toshiro told me, and I am sure he explained it to you by now. What awaits us is a very long and painful death as our life force will be slowly sucked away, once the process begins there is no stopping it, even if they were to rescue us after they have begun sucking on our life force, we will essentially be dead inside already… Again Hokage Sama, I am sorry for dragging you in this, I wish that you would have just continued on your mission, at least the trip wouldn't have been a complete waste"
"Hiyori, there was no way that I was going to just leave you or Hamako behind without trying to save you, the nightmares that my Zanpaktou give me would be the least of my worries. I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that I allowed two of my ninjas to be captured without trying to save them" He said with a smile to reassure her "And don't give up hope, we will get out of here… I just need to figure out a way"
"But…" but before she could even say another word Naruto cut her off
"I don't want to hear any buts, I will only give up hope when I am drawing my last breath, and even then… So don't you give up either, do you hear me?" Naruto said with a forced smile to cheer her up
Hiyori smiled, she admired him so much, she use to look up to Ichigo as the Kurokage, but Naruto had surpassed him in so many ways. Even though she had defected and joined the leaf, and now she faced her possible death because of that decision, she didn't regret a single thing "Alright Naruto Sama"
Meanwhile Toshiro had approached the demon village under the cover of night. So far he had remained undetected, there was a new moon tonight meaning that there would be no light from the moon. This worked both for and against Toshiro, it helped him since the darkness of the night would provide him with the cover he needed, however, without any moon he couldn't draw any energy from it
He slowly made his way to the walls and began to climb them slowly and silently, once to the top he looked around. He felt someone tap his shoulder "Hey you"
Toshiro turned around and was horrified to see a demon ninja, how did they detect him so quickly and easily. He was about to take out his Zanpaktou, but before he could even reach its handle he heard a snap as the demon ninja collapsed, behind him was Itachi who had snapped his neck "What are you doing here?! I thought I told you guys head back towards night controlled territory" Toshiro whispered
"I am sorry, however I outrank you... And I decided that I wanted to help" Itachi whispered back
"What?!" Toshiro asked confused
"I guess you don't know this and perhaps lady Sakura forgot but… I am an ANBU Captain and actually before you came along I held the record for being the youngest ANBU captain in the history of Konoha, my point is I have seniority and I am coming with you" Itachi explained
"…Alright, well I guess I should thank you, now let's hurry before they figure out he is missing"
"Agreed" Itachi said as they jumped down from the walls and ran into the streets of the village
End chapter 31
Well, another chapter done, How will Danzo do as Masaki's apprentice, what's wrong with Nami? Are her mood swings just because its her time of the month? "ducks from the punches that my fan girls will more then likely give me for that remark :P" Will Hamako EVER WAKE UP? Will Naruto find a way to save them? will Itachi and Toshiro be able to work together in order save Naruto and the others, does putting cheese on french fries make sense? "Damn right it does..."
Well i hope that you all enjoyed this chapter :)
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