Well here is chapter 26, you finally get to find out what happened to Naruto :)

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This chapter was revised on May 30th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged

Saving old bonds

Chapter 26 (Revised)

Naruto could feel his body aching all over as the warm sun woke him up, his body had returned to his regular form as he had run out of chakra. He could feel his ribs hurting as he coughed out blood. He forced his body to sit up and looked around. Where was he? He wondered as he looked around. All he could see was rubble and old abandoned buildings. He forced his body off the ground, feeling a great deal of pain, but he endured it. He walked around "Kakashi? Itachi? Sakura?... Anyone?!" Naruto screamed out, but no one answered "Where am I?" he began wondering as well "Could that jutsu of his have been a transportation jutsu?" He thought to himself but he felt something was wrong. Something didn't seem right. He continued his walk through the rubble, his body barely able to stand up, he finally saw something. It looked like a flag flapping in the warm breeze "That's a night country flag!" Naruto said as he recognizes the moon image. And beside the flag was a large stone tablet, he walked up to it and began reading

"In memory of all the brave souls from both sides that died during the Moon-Leaf Shinobi War, may they find peace in the afterlife as we remember their sacrifice"

A large list of names was written on the tablet, mostly names that Naruto recognized, Hatake Kakashi, Akimichi Choji, Aburame Shino, Rock Lee, and many others, three quarter of this list were Leaf Shinobi, Naruto's eyes stopped on a name… Namikaze, Naruto (sixth and final Hokage of the leaf) Naruto's eyes couldn't believe what he had just seen. This had to be a nightmare or genjutsu, yes it had to be a trick. The Kurokage was playing with his mind. What kind of sick twisted game was he playing? He wondered, his eyes kept scanning the tablet, he was searching for a specific name. The tablet was in alphabetical order so it was easy for him to find what he wanted. His eyes stopped on the H's but the name he was searching for wasn't there. He let out a sigh of relief, Haruno Sakura was missing from the tablet. Meaning she didn't die here if any of it turned out to be true anyway. He felt weak, the sun was hot and he was thirsty. He looked at the lake but it felt so far away. His injuries were starting to take their toll on him as he could barely keep his eyes open. He coughed up more blood as he fell down to one knee "This can't be how I die… I am the sixth Hokage" he said to himself just before he passed out on the ground, both from his injuries and the extreme heat

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, he had a throbbing headache but it would appear that he wasn't dead yet, or at least he hopped. He tried to move but found his hands and feet tied. He tried to struggle out of them but pain shot throughout his body indicating his injuries were far from healed. He sat up enduring the throbbing pain. He looked around, it seemed to be a cave of some sort. Wait, he recognized these caves. They looked like the emergency shelter inside the Hokage mountain. Suddenly he heard footsteps, he laid back down and shut his eyes as he heard someone enter. He was unsure if it was a friend or foe seeing how he was tied up

The unknown person touched his forehead "Well his fever has died down, what do I do with him now? If I bring him to the Kurokage he will surely reward me greatly for bringing him a freedom fighter, but he would be executed" the voice said with a sad tone

Naruto could tell it was a female voice, and she sounded young; he was disturbed by hearing the name of Kurokage

"Maybe I should tell Sensei about him, he would know what to do" she said, still not sure about what she should do "I wonder who he is"

Naruto had decided that she didn't sound like an enemy, more like confused. He opened his eyes, she was surprised and quickly got to her feet and took out a weapon. Naruto was in shock, the girl had pink hair "Sa..Sakura?" he first thought, but he saw her eyes, they were blue. It wasn't her and she had a moon headband. They must also have ninjas with pink hair in their country. He was right about her being young, she didn't look much older than 18 or 19

"So you're awake, sorry you startled me" she said as she put her weapons away. She seemed confident that he wasn't a threat to her for now. She walked near him and looked at him "I don't understand why do you freedom fighters keep resisting" she said as she sat next to him

"Freedom fighters?" Naruto asked confused

"Don't act as if you don't know what I am talking about, this headband with the old leaf insignia, only they still wear them. So, don't try to take me for a fool"

Naruto didn't understand what was going on, what had happened? They had lost the war? How? Was it possible that he was knocked out by some explosion for a few days? If that was the case he would have died, his injuries were too great to go untreated for days

"So, what's your name?" she asked him

Naruto wasn't sure if he should give it to her. After all, if she was a nigh ninja there were possibilities that they were on the lookout for him "My name is… Haku" Naruto simply said remembering his first real mission to the wave country "And you?"

"I am Naoto" She responded "What happened to you? I assumed you must have been on the run, your clothing indicates you have been in battle and your injuries were grave. Oh by the way I healed them, I am a medical Nin, your body should take care of the rest"

"I… Was on the run, I was injured but was able to get away and hide in these ruins"

"Well you were lucky I found you when I did, had I just left you there then you would have died"

"Thanks you….So… What now? Are you going to turn me in" He said wondering what she had planned

"I don't know yet, you are a freedom fighter and the Kurokage has ordered that you all be killed" she said, however there was a hint of sadness in her voice

"You're a night ninja, not that I am trying to seal my own fate or anything but why haven't you already turned me in, since that's what your Kurokage wants"

"Because, my sensei has taught me to value life above all else, giving you up to the Kurokage will mean your death"

"Forgive me if I sound ungrateful, but all the night ninja's that I know are brutal killers who only care about conquest"

"Sadly, that is true for most of us… But my Sensei is different" she said with pride

"Naoto!" a voice from the outside came

"In here!" she responded "That's him" she said as she got up, Naruto could hear footsteps

Naruto couldn't risk his life on the hopes that this person would spare his life. Plus, there was no telling what he would do with him, it's not like he was going to just let him go. The foxes power had already healed a great deal of his injuries and he had spent the last 10 minutes slowly cutting the ropes binding his hands. He got his wrists free and got to his feet. He ran down one of the caves, he knew these tunnels like the back of his hand, and was hoping it would give him an edge

"HEY GET BACK HERE!" Naoto screamed out as she chased after him

Naruto was coming near a fork in the caves, he quickly began making hand sighs "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" there were now 3 of him and they all picked a road. Naoto stopped wondering what one to pick as someone else cough up with her from behind

"Naoto, what's going on?" the voice asked

Naoto turned around and bowed her head as the man approached her, he was not a tall man, about five six, he had teal green eyes and snow white hair and looked like he was in his late twenties. He also wore a white cloak with the number ten on it "Toshiro Sensei" Naoto answered "I had found a wounded freedom fighter, I tended to his wounds but he got away" she said with a slight bit of shame in her voice

"That's alright Naoto, as long as he didn't hurt you; let's get you back home, your mother will kill me if I don't have you back in time for dinner" he said with a warm smile

"But what about the freedom fighter Sensei?" She said

"Let him be, the freedom fighters are not bad people. They just feel like they need to resist, perhaps in time they will join us" He said with a hint of sadness

"But there was something about this one Sensei"

"Don't worry about him; let's just get you home before your mother beats me up again… You know how she is"

"I am not a kid anymore" she said with a pout "I wish she would give me my space"

"Don't be so hard on her, after all, you are all she has left. Without you I believe she wouldn't have any reason to live, as sad as that sounds"

"I know, I am sorry. You are right, let's go home" She said with a huge grin as they made their way out of the caves

Naruto was standing on the top of the now ruined Hokage Mountain, he watched as the two left the ruined village. He still had no idea what was going on but one thing was for sure, the Night country had won the war and they had lost… "What do I do now…" He wondered, Konoha was in ruins, most of his people were dead and he had no idea where the survivors were "I have to find Sakura…" He thought, but he had no idea where to begin. That's when he felt that he was not alone

"Hey you!" The voice screamed out

"Oh this is just perfect, what now" Naruto said

"Who the hell do you think you are? Wearing those clothing, we will teach you to show such disrespect!"

Naruto turned around to face whoever that voice belonged too, but he was surprise to see three Ninja's bearing the leaf headbands, somehow they seemed familiar

"No one disrespects Hokage Sama and gets away with it!" A girl said in anger, she looked like a Hyuga

Naruto was seriously thinking that he needed a change of clothing before they got him killed "Hey, please calm down, I can explain…"

"We are not interested in your explanation; you chose to disrespect the one person we respect the most" another girl shouted

They launched an attack against Naruto who did his best at defending, he wasn't sure what to do. It's not like they were his enemies but they didn't want to listen to him, however he couldn't help but think he had seen these three before

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The young man shouted as multiple copies of himself attacked Naruto in unison. Naruto was able to defend against all of his attacks, but he couldn't help but think this fighting style was familiar

"Yeah that's right Konohamaru beat him up!" The girl shouted

That's when Naruto realized, this is his team, he was fighting his own team… But how was that possible? They were all around thirteen and fourteen years old, these guys were in their late twenties or early thirties

"Guys, stop, it's me, I am Naruto!" Naruto tried to explain to them

"Yeah right! Naruto Nii-San died twenty years ago defending our people, he was a great man, you are not him!" Konohamaru shouted in anger. He began to concentrate energy in his hand and launched an attack against Naruto "RASENGAN!"

Naruto was caught by surprise, Konohamaru knew the rasengan?! Naruto's body moved on its own almost by instinct. He gathered energy in his hand for a rasengan of his own, both energy spheres collided sending them both flying backwards

"He can do the Rasengan to?" The girl who Naruto had guessed must have been Yuki said surprised

"Look, it's me guys, you got to believe me!"

"We are team Naruto; your lies will fall on death ears" Yuki said with anger

Naruto had to think quickly, suddenly he knew what to do. He quickly made hand signs he had not made in a very long time "Oiroke no Jutsu" Naruto suddenly changed into a naked girl version of himself and he blew a kiss towards Konohamaru

"What the hell is that? Do you think such a perverted technique would work on us?" the other girl that could only be Hanabi said

"Yeah you said it girl!" Yuki said in agreement "Right Konohamaru?"

But Konohamaru didn't respond, he was staring at Naruto

"KONOHAMARU, YOU PERVERTED PIG! DON'T YOU HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR ME?" Yuki said in anger

"Shut up for a minute will you" he simply said, this surprised both Yuki and Hanabi

"What did you just say?" Yuki said gritting her teeth

"Naruto…Ni-San?" he asked while not taking his eyes off him

Naruto let out a sigh of relief as he released the jutsu and he returned to his regular form "Finally, now do you believe me?"

"What are you talking about, Konohamaru, how does that prove he is Naruto Sensei?" Yuki asked

"No one else knows the sexyno jutsu other than me…And him, he is the one who created it. And taught it to me, but…Is it really you Naruto Nii-San?" Konohamaru asked as he walked up to Naruto to get a better look at him

"Yes, it's me Konohamaru, Yuki, Hanabi…"

"Naruto Sensei!" Hanabi and Yuki said as they got down on one knee and bowed their heads

"Get up, I don't deserve this respect. I let you all down" he said in a sad tone of voice

"You did your best, you fought your hardest. No one could have done a better job than you Nii-San" Konohamaru stated "But, we thought you were dead, after the Kurokage's attack you vanished, no one ever saw you again, that was twenty years ago"

"It has been twenty years? But to me, it feels like the battle was only hours ago, I still have injuries that I am recovering from… Tell me, where is everyone? Are you a part of the freedom fighters?" Naruto asked

"How do you know about the resistance?" Yuki asked

"When I woke up here, I found the tablet in the middle of the village ruins, I then passed out, when I woke up I had been rescued by a night ninja. I was able to get away from her but she told me a bit about these freedom fighters and how she thought I was one of them because of my headband" Naruto said to his old team

"Yeah, the freedom fighters are led by Sasuke Sama, after we thought you were dead he gathered the survivors and began the resistance. We have been working against the night country ever since" Konohamaru answered

"Sasuke Sama?" Naruto said with a smirk "Sounds like he has grown a lot since I last spoke with him" Naruto added, remembering the last time he spoke with Sasuke was in that cold cell

"Come with us, we can take you to him. I am sure he, and the rest of the resistance will be happy and surprised to see you Naruto Nii-San" Konohamaru said with a smile

"…It's hard to be considered your Nii-San when your older than I am now" Naruto commented

"You're always going to be my Nii-San, remember? You told me so yourself" He said as his grin got wider

"Uh Konohamaru, don't you think that they're going to have the same reaction we did when they see him?" Hanabi said

"Yeah, but he will have us to defend him" He simply responded

"I have a feeling it's not going to be that simple" Yuki said as they began walking away from the ruined village of Konoha, Naruto took one last look before joining them

End Chapter 26