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And now for the moment that you have all been waiting for... CHAPTER 42!

Historical Bonds

Chapter 42

PRESENT TIME

Naruto and Kami had spent almost the entire day avoiding the mob of people who were still searching for him "I don't understand, so many things are not making any sense" He thought to himself "I should have woken up hours ago, and why hasn't the mob given up yet and who is this girl and why is she the only one trying to help me?" he continued to think

"The sun is going down, it will be night soon. We should find a safe place to sleep for tonight" Kami told him "But you should seriously consider facing them or else this will never end" She added

"Oh it's going to end… Trust me, I just have to keep on waiting" He told her

She looked at him with a slightly confused look; she looked very cute "I don't understand… Do you plan on attacking them? Or you can't mean that you are going to be leaving the village! Hokage Sama you can't abandon us, you just have to face them!" She pleaded with him

Naruto smiled "No, I would never leave Konoha, there are just things you can't understand… But thank you for everything that you have done for me. My only regret is that I haven't met you until now" Kami smiled back at him, once again Naruto found himself staring at her. He forced himself to look away pretending to be on the lookout for an attack "Look, get some rest, I will take first watch" Naruto told her

"I am fine, if you want to rest I can keep a lookout" Kami answered

"No, you have been looking out for me since we met, it's my turn now so please get some rest"

"As you wish Hokage Sama" She said with a bow. She then found a spot to lay down, it wasn't long until she fell asleep

"She must be exhausted, she has been protecting me all day, always on the run…" he said with a sigh "I am not worth protecting… I am just a big coward who can't even face his own people…" He said with another sigh

He sat down and began staring at the sleeping Kami, she looked peaceful and defenseless in her current state. He found himself unable to take his eyes off of her, but he couldn't figure out why. Why did this girl grab his attention like no other girl had done before, except for one, Sakura. Was he truly becoming like his master? Could he be the next Ero Sennin? Or his sensei Kakashi who was constantly reading his Icha-Icha paradise books, he shook his head "No of course not, I am not like them; I am a family man… Yet this girl, for some reason she means something to me, even thought I never met her before!" He continued to stare at her as she slept

Hours went by, the sun had long since set and the moon had risen and the stars had appeared. Naruto had not taken his eyes off of the sleeping Kami for a second lost in his thoughts and his desire to ensure her safety as she had done for him. However he was beginning to feel tired himself, he thought it odd. He had spent the entire day without eating and he didn't feel hungry at all yet he felt tired "I should wake her… If I were to fall asleep we would both be…" but he couldn't finish his thought as he collapsed on the ground passing out almost instantly

"AHHH"

Naruto woke up to a scream; he could feel the warm rays from the sun on his skin as he opened up his eyes. He quickly realized that he was still stuck in the nightmare. He got back to his feet as fast as he could, he was horrified to find out that the source of the scream was Kami who had been caught by Sasuke and Konohamaru

Sasuke held her from behind while Konohamaru held up a Kunai to her throat. Sakura was also standing beside them, he looked around and saw other people he knew well, Kakashi, Itachi, Kiba, Shikamaru, Hinata and a few more surrounded them "Well well, your awake" Sasuke said with a grin on his face "I hope the traitor had a pleasant rest, because it will be his last!" He added

"He probably fooled around with this whore!" Sakura said angrily

Sweat was beginning to drip down Naruto's brow; he couldn't run this time, it wasn't only his life at stake this time. Kami had helped him and now she was paying the price for it "Let her go, she has nothing to do with this. It's me you want right? Then take me, torture me, kill me, do whatever you want with me. I won't run away anymore, just let her go!" Naruto told them

"NO! Hokage Sama you can't give up, you have to confront them!" Kami told him

Konohamaru applied pressure to the Kunai causing a bit of blood to begin dripping from her throat "Shut up bitch, no one is talking to you!" He told her as he spat at her face "Traitor!" he added before returning his attention to Naruto

"So do we have a deal?" Naruto asked once more

"It seems that you two have become really close in the small amount of time you have spent together, just what have you two been up too I wonder" Sasuke asked with a grin

"NOT ONLY IS HE A TRAITOR BUT HE IS A CHEATER TOO!" Sakura screamed out in rage as she took out a Kunai and drove it into Kami's stomach causing her to scream in pain as blood began spilling from the wound

"STOP!" Naruto demanded as he took a few steps forward

"Nah ah!" Konohamaru told him as he reapplied pressure causing more blood to spill from her throat "Not so fast, back off or that stab wound will be the least of her worries!"

Naruto obeyed, yet something was bothering him, why did they only take her? They could have taken them both before either of them would have had a chance to react, and that was another thing why did he suddenly fall asleep like that? Things were not adding up but then again nothing about this place made sense

"You have to face them… it's the only way to get them to back off!" Kami said in a weakened tone

"I thought we told you to shut the hell up, you home wrecking wench!" Sakura said as she stabbed her once more making her scream

The anger inside Naruto was beginning to build up, he would tolerate to see himself get hurt but not others, even if all this was probably all happening in his head he still couldn't stand to see others suffer because of him "SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" He said in anger for the first time since he stepped foot into that dammed nightmare of his

"Oh look, the traitorous dog is going to speak, what do you want to say Night country scum!" Konohamaru said with a grin

"I am NOT a traitor! If you dare call me a traitor then perhaps we should look at it closer! How about we start with you Sasuke? Member of the proud Uchiha clan! Was it not Madara who was the first traitor of Konoha? He attacked our village countless times killing many of our friends and families, and we can't forget about you yourself Sasuke, was it not you who only a few years ago betrayed Konoha? Tell me, who was it that hunted you down tirelessly to bring your sorry ass back home? And let's examine my own heritage, yes my ancestor did come from the night but he was one of the founding members of this village! History states that he designed and helped build the fire tower, the original defenses AND he was the one who had the idea to construct the escape tunnels for the citizens of the village, which alone helped save countless lives. It is also worth to mention that he came close to winning the elections to become the first Hokage, AND it was rumored that he was chosen to be the second Hokage but he refused it, although I have no proof as it was all rumors." He said passionately "And let's take a closer look at me, my father was one of the greatest ninja's to ever be produced by Konoha, during the great shinobi war he was so feared that he was referred to as KONOHA's yellow flash! He then went on to become the fourth Hokage and gave his life to save the people of this village! And not only that, but he sacrificed his only son to become the prison for the fox demon! And finally we have myself, I have lost count of the amount of times that I have saved Konoha, hell the first time I was barely a teenager. I fought hard to earn the respect I now have in Konoha and I am the sixth Hokage, sworn protector of Konoha and the Fire nation and I would put my life to save each and every one of you without a second thought" Naruto finished, he felt as if he was out of breath "So if that is what you call a traitor, then so be it, kill me now but leave her out of this"

Suddenly without warning they all dropped to one knee and bowed down to him, he looked up and saw that Kami no longer had any wounds; she had regained her smile as she bowed down with the others. Suddenly everyone vanished and Naruto found himself in a large field, the wind was blowing gently on his skin as the sun was shining brightly in the sky. Across from him stood Kami, still smiling brightly "I am proud of you, you finally had the courage to face your worst fear"

"Wait, that's what this was all about? Facing my worst fear? Are you trying to tell me that If I would have done this months ago that I wouldn't have had to go through all the trouble of coming to the night country to do this? And just who are you anyway? I have a feeling that there is more to you then you're leading on"

"It is good that you came here, although you are indeed from Konoha, I believe it was important that you came to see where your ancestors came from. The dreams were meant to force you to come here, and as for me I already told you who I was, my name is Kazeno Kami… Well truthfully its Kaze no Kami, which means god of the winds… However It just doesn't suit me, please call me Kami" She said with a bright smile

"You're not what I expected at all…" Naruto said with a puzzled look on his face

Kami let out a small laugh "That is exactly what Masaki said when we first met… "

"It's just you know… Toshiro told me that his spirit was a huge ice dragon… I was expecting something similar"

"All spirits are different in shapes and forms, are you saying that my form displeases you?" she said with a pouty face while placing a finger on her lip

"No! Like I said… I was just caught off guard, actually I kind of think your cute, I rather like this better than some grand wind dragon" Naruto said with a smile

Kami quickly regained her own smile as she began to walk towards Naruto "You know, in many ways you remind me Masaki, he would be proud of you" She said as she smiled tilting her head

Naruto blushed a bit, he didn't know if it was due to the compliment, or if it was because Kami was only at arm's length away from him with that smile of hers "Thanks… So what do we do now? What comes next?" He asked her

"Well that's up to you, this is your mind after all" She said with a wink

"No I mean… In the training, what comes next?"

"There is no real training really, the training is just to establish a link between the blade and the Zanpakuto's spirit, obviously you have already achieved that but I guess I should formally declare that I chose you as a partner"

"So that's it?" Naruto said confused

"You almost sound disappointed" Kami commented

"Well I have no idea how to control this power"

"Alright, I will explain the basics, when you use me in battle you can channel your chakra into the blade and mix it with mine, you have already done this by accident, that's how our connection began. That is one of my basic powers, you can take it a step further by releasing my power, all you need to do is call out my name and the blade will react, its different for each individual, for Masaki it turned me into a blade made of pure wind energy, able to cut anything that doesn't have chakra running through it, for you… I don't know what it will do. In many ways you are like Masaki but you have almost double his chakra capacity, and finally your Ban-Kai, I can't tell you anything about that because you have to figure that one out on your own, but like my release form, it will differ from Masaki's"

"If you can't tell me how to reach it, how will I know I reached it?" Naruto asked

"You will know once you reach it" She said with another wink

"…Gee, I wonder where I heard that one before…" Naruto sarcastically stated

Kami let out a giggle "I really like you, I think I am going to enjoy being your partner" She softly kissed his cheek "Call on me whenever you need me…" She then vanished leaving Naruto slightly shocked as the rest of the world vanished around him

IN THE PAST

It had begun to rain as the people of Konoha were gathering to say farewell to those who had lost their lives defending the village. Nami was wearing a black dress; even Masaki had removed his white cloak for the occasion as he wore a black version of his uniform.

A stage had been set up in the middle of the village, the pictures of every ninja who had died was on display with Hashirama's being in the middle. Tobirama was on stage as everyone was mourning "My brother was a great man, a man with a grand vision. He wanted build a great village that would bring everyone together, he wanted to stop the senseless fighting of the clans because he knew that together we are stronger. It's been about almost two years since he himself shoveled the first soil from the ground, look around you. I believe that his vision has become a reality, we the people of Konoha exist today because of that vision and I don't know if I will be able to fill in his place as the new Hokage but I know that I will never be able to replace him" He said with emotion as images of his brother filled his head "We owe him, and all these people a debt that we will never be able to repay" he said as he left the stage as he was to emotional to continue

Masaki went to his side "You did good Tobi…"

"Thanks… You know if you want to say something, you are more than welcomed to" Tobirama told him

"Thanks, I think there are a few things that I would like to say" He said as he got up on the stage

"Some of you may know this but for those of you who don't, about two years ago I came on a ship from a far away land to explore and find out if there were other people on this earth. However my convoy was hit by a storm destroying all three of our ships and taking the lives of their crews. I had washed up on the shores and was near death, had Hashirama and Tobirama not been passing by when they did I would have died right then and there. They saved my life and invited me to join them. At the time I had no idea that those talks would result in the formation of this village or the fire nation and since I was stranded here with no way of getting back home, this became my home. Hashirama gave me much more than just my life on that day, thanks to him I am a proud member of Konoha, thanks to him I am madly in love with the women of my dreams who is bearing our child…" Nami was blushing as he said that causing Masaki to smile "He gave me a reason to continue to live and I owe him for it. I vow to see that the people responsible for this are brought to justice" He said as he stepped down from the stage as he had become emotional thinking about his friend

Tobirama had a faint smile at the words from Masaki "Thanks… I know that he would have appreciated your kind words… You know he always thought of you as part of the family, a long lost brother and I agreed with him" he said as he hugged Masaki briefly

Nami joined them "That was really nice Masaki"

The people continued to talk amongst themselves, talking about Hashirama and the others and how much they would be missing them

The day was passing by rather quickly, too quick for Masaki's taste. He had decided to spend the last few hours he had with Nami, but his time was almost up and he would have to tell her very soon

The sun had begun to set as the sky was fiery red, almost as if it was on fire "It's beautiful" Nami commented as she held onto Masaki's hand

"Yeah… But not as beautiful as you" He said with a faint smile

Nami stared at him, she could tell something was wrong "You know, something has me worried… When you were up on that stage, you vowed to bring the people responsible for all this to justice… You plan on going after Madara don't you…" Nami asked him, knowing the answer

Masaki's smile grew slightly "I can't hide anything from you now can I…" He stated "Nami, this is something I have to do, not only for him, but for you too and for our son. I have to make sure that he never threatens either one of you ever again" he said with a tear beginning to form at the bottom of his eye

"Masaki, I don't need a knight in shining armor right now… I need you, and so does he…" She said as she brought his hand over to her stomach "Don't leave us…" She asked him with pleading eyes

"Nami… I am so sorry but I cannot stay, I made a promise… A promise that I cannot break"

Tears were beginning to drip from Nami's eyes, she could tell that his mind was made up, but she couldn't give up "NO! I won't let you go!" She said as she wrapped her arms around him "I am never letting go of you, not ever!"

"Nami… I am sorry about this" without warning he hit her on the back of her neck with precision, he knocked her out instantly without causing her any pain. Although her arms had become limp, they were still holding onto him. He gently pushed them away from him as picked her up in his arms, he stared at her beautiful face and caressed her cheek softly. He carried her over to a bench and gently laid her down and kissed her lips softly "I love you Nami… Please don't hate me for this" He said as he began walking away, tears free falling from his face

Masaki had made his way to the large gates of Konoha, the guard greeted him "Going out for a mission Masaki Sama?" the man asked

"Yeah… you could say that" Masaki answered without emotion

"Good luck then" The guard said with a bow

Just as Masaki thought he was in the clear he heard someone calling for him "Masaki Nii-San…" he turned around to see that Hiruzen was running towards him "Masaki Nii-San!" he shouted once more as he had caught up with him

"Hiruzen? What are you doing here? And why are you calling me Nii-San?" He asked

Hiruzen hadn't realized that he had indeed called Masaki Nii-San "I am sorry Masaki Sama… I have been thinking a lot about you and everything that you have done for me in the past… I always wanted a Nii-San like you... But I will stop it right away!" Hiruzen admitted to him

Masaki smiled a bit, Hiruzen had looked up to him ever since he had saved him from the bandits two years ago, he rubbed the young man's hair just like a big brother would do to tease a younger brother "No, that's fine, I rather like the idea of having a little brother" He said with a smile and a wink

Hiruzen's smile grew "Thank you Nii-San!"

"Well then, what's up? Why were you running after me?" Masaki asked

"Oh right, Nii-San you have to talk to Danzo, he hasn't been himself. He is depressed and blames himself for being unable to protect Nami Chan, you have to believe me when I say that he tried to protect her we both almost died, he was just too strong for us…" He said as his emotions began to show

Masaki remembered what he had done to Danzo when he last saw him, and he hated himself for it. He had taken his anger out on a child "Hiruzen, I don't have a lot of time left, I will speak with Danzo if you tell me where he is" Masaki told him

"That's the thing… Before the memorial he was near the stream, when I went to check up on him afterwards, I couldn't find him. No one has seen him, I am worried Masaki Nii-San…" Hiruzen explained

"I can't help… I am sorry Hiruzen, but he is a strong kid, I should know because he was my pupil and I was often proud of him. He is going to be alright" Masaki told him with some regret

"Is your mission that important? Well I guess you could always tell him when you return"

"Hiruzen… The mission I am going on is a dangerous one, chances are high that I won't be returning" Masaki admitted to him

"What? That's impossible; you are Namikaze Masaki, strongest ninja in the entire world! No one can defeat you, not even an army of trained assassins! My Nii-San is invincible" Hiruzen said proudly

Masaki smiled and fought off a chuckle, Hiruzen literally idealized him "Thanks… But I still need you to do something for me" Masaki asked him

"Anything for my Nii-San!"

"In the event that something does happen to me… I want you to look after my son, make sure that he lives a happy life, just in case anything happens to me" Masaki asked him with a serious face

Hiruzen was shocked "But…" He wanted to protest, it was as if he didn't expect to come back; however he didn't want to upset him "…Yes Nii-San, I will look after my little brother and protect him with my life" He finally answered

"Thanks Hiruzen, tell Danzo that I forgive him, tell him that I was proud to be his Sensei and that what happened to Nami was nether your or his fault" Masaki turned around "… Live a good and long life Hiruzen" and in a flash he disappeared leaving Hiruzen shocked at his last words

"… He really isn't coming back is he…" He thought sadly to himself as he began to realize that Masaki was on a suicide mission, or so he thought anyway

PRESENT TIME

Naruto's vision was slightly blurred when he opened his eyes, finally everything began to come into focus. He was still in the same position he was as when he began, and Master Aida was still with him "Master? What happened…" He asked confused as to why he wasn't hungry after spending an entire day and night without eating

"What do you mean? Were you finally able to speak with the spirit?" He asked

"Yeah… But it took me an entire day to figure who she really was… Have you been with me the entire time?" Naruto asked confused

"My boy, it's only been an hour since you began" Aida informed him

"But that's impossible…" But Aida cut him off quickly

"Actually everything that happened was happening in your mind, everything is possible in your mind. What to us was only an hour to you was an entire day, but I am happy that you were able to contact your spirit"

"Thank you for all of your help Master Aida… Tell me, have you come to a decision regarding Yuki?" Naruto asked still concerned for her

"Actually yes... Come with me, I will inform you all of my decision" Aida told him as he walked out of the room

Rukia and Yoruichi were both in the lounge area trying to relax a bit, since the past few days had been quite hectic "Naruto, Master Aida, that was a short training session…" Rukia commented

"Short for you perhaps... I just spent an entire day getting to know my Zanpakuto's spirit" Naruto announced proudly

"Really? So it worked then! That is good news" Rukia said, knowing that at least that part of their mission was over; the only part left now was Yuki

"And I have made a decision regarding the young Talho…" everyone suddenly gave him their complete attention "After clearing my mind of everything and thinking about calmly, I have decided that you are right, she wasn't responsible for her actions thus she shouldn't be punished for them. However that being said… I still don't think that the guards are going to understand or believe us" Aida told them

"I actually have a plan for that Master… If I may?" Naruto said stepping into the conversation

Rukia and Yoruichi were both intrigued "Yes of course" Aida told him

"Well, what if we simply just tell them that she is going to be executed? We just say that Captain Shihoin came here to find out what happened to her apprentice, and that once she found out what she had done then as her captain she decides to take her away to be executed. The guards would be able to believe that, I mean after all she is a captain AND the head of the assassination unit. You swear the guards to secrecy about it, because with all due respect, who among them wants it to get out that a small blonde teenage girl was able to defeat the entire temple guard unit? I think that you will find them to be very cooperative about that" Naruto said with a grin "And since we can't separate the blade from her, we can make a replica since no one else is able to wield the blade, no one will ever notice the difference, right Master? Only the four of us will know it's a fake…"

"That is an ingenuous plan, you are truly meant to become a captain one day my boy, however what happens if one of the guards see's her in the future?"

"Simple… I mean she is only a teenager right? Her body is still changing, by the time she comes back to the city she could look completely different… Not to mention that she can simply cut her hair and dye it or something" Naruto answered him "She is after all a Talho, I think it's worth the risk" He added

"Well Yoruichi, she is your apprentice, what do you think?" Rukia asked her

"Well I believe it can work, but we have to move quickly. The longer she stays here, the higher the chances of another accident happening become" She answered

They all nodded in agreement

End Chapter 42

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