A.N: Hey guys! What's up? I'm back! Okay. First of all, thank you for all your reviews! I appreciate all of them! Thank you very much!

First of all, let me answered your reviews okay?

To: Raximus. Yeah. I know that the last chapter sounds very rushed. Because it IS. I simply don't have enough time to clean-up the chapter. So I'm very sorry about that. I was planning to clean that chapter before I submitted it. But the time delay was too long. I don't want to keep the readers waiting much longer. Ah, I also check your suggestion on 'Akumu Ryuu' on YouTube. But... I don't understand. What's that supposed to be?

To: ex-ellent. I know that my grammar sucks. I already write about that in Author's Note at the first chapter. But thanks for your review. I like it. Especially because you point out where exactly I messed up. Not just 'You suck.' Or 'Your grammar is rubbish.' So... Thank you very much. I'll fix that if I have time.

One more thing. Ex-ellent and some random person called himself/herself 'no account' suggest me to find a beta. This is actually a good idea. Or so I think. But here's the problem. First, I don't know how to set up a beta. Second, I don't know how to work with a beta. Third, I'm a busy man. So I can't make sure when I can update my story. That's, I'm sure, will bring problems with my beta.

Therefore, I will not looking for a beta. I will let you all who read my story and WANT to be my beta, to PM me or message me about it. But I'm saying this first, I'm a perfectionist. So if anyone wants to be my beta, I will test you. I will give you a story and you will correct my grammar. That's it. If anyone thinks that's too annoying or too much hassle, then it's okay. I mean, who am I that I can command anyone as much as I please?

Now, for the late updates... I'm sorry guys. I'm very sorry. My health is worsened. The doctor just said that I got a high blood pressure. 163. Yeah. I know. It's very high. And... well, things got bad from that and I can't write too much without getting a headache. So... I'm very sorry about it.

Ah yeah. For that 'Li Shuwen' guy from the last chapter, it's based on 'Li Shuwen' from Type-Moon. So Google it if my description is not good enough. And for the technique that Naruto use, Ikkotsu, it's from Bleach. Just Google it. Google solved everything.

Anyway, that's all I want to say, I'll present to you... Chapter 7!

"Character speaking"

'Character thinking'

THIS IS PURELY FANFICTION, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN DON'T READ IT!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Koihime Musou, Naruto belongs to Masahi Kishimoto and Koihime Musou belongs to BaseSon. And I also don't own any other part from any Animes that show in this story. All of them are belongs to their respectively creators.

Chapter 7: Scattering Blood for Goodbye

The sky is crying.

No.

The sky is weeping.

No. That's not right either.

The sky is furious. Wind blows violently. Rain showered everything on earth. Water comes pouring down like a sea being toppled down from the sky. A storm had come to the earth.

In the middle of an empty-street, a man standing alone faces a group of men. His cloak that he wore soaked wet from the rain. His demeanour is calm, yet dangerous. One can see that his muscles are tensing with anticipation. Anticipation for what will come from the group of men he's facing now.

Then, a man from the group, steps forward and bows at him, "Whirlpool-san, my name is Bai. If you may, please follows us. There's someone who wants to talk with you."

Naruto look at him.

Bai look back.

Both of them stand still, glaring each other. Until Bai closed his eyes, "We have no quarrel with you. My leader just wants to talk about business with you."

Naruto calmly answered back, "I assumed, you are from Black Cicada? Correct?"

Bai nodded, "Yes. But as I said earlier, we have no grudge against you from the tournament. Therefore, we asked you to come with us peacefully."

"And if I refuse?" Naruto asked calmly.

"I'm afraid I don't take 'No' as an answer." Bai's eyes glared at him dangerously, "Even if it cost our live, we will bring you with us. Therefore, please, come with us peacefully."

Naruto stared at him, thinking hard, 'What an admirable devotion. Too bad his vision is too narrow.'

"Very well" Naruto nodded, "I will come with you."

A brief look of relief can be seen from Bai's face. Then, he gestured for Naruto to follow him. "Good. Please follow me."

Naruto come with Bai. The rest of the men that Bai brings along surrounded them. Or more precisely, surrounded Naruto, keeping him from fleeing.

Naruto followed Bai until they reached an abandoned building. Bai gestured Naruto to come inside. The building is very big, but empty. The windows are closed, he can hear the wind blowing from the outside. Since the windows are closed, the light is very dim. Normal people will find it difficult to see clearly, but not Naruto. He's channelling some chakra to his eyes, making his eyes sharper. Around him, standing a dozen people more, excluding the peoples that come with Bai. All of them carrying a weapon like sword, metal rod, and spear.

Standing in the middle of the room is a man with a very bad sense of style. He's wearing a very old fashioned style of clothes. A toga. A pure-white toga. But he's also wearing white shoes. Underneath the toga, he's also wearing a white trouser, and a white long-sleeves-shirt. He's wearing white gloves.

'And I thought my style-sense back then was very bad. My orange-jumpsuit will look very stylish than this.' Naruto thought.

The white man spread his arms, "Welcome, oh the great all-mighty 'Whirlpool'. We've been waiting for you." He ended with a little bow. Suddenly, several men bring out a table and two chairs. Then he sits at one of the chairs, he's also gestured Naruto to do the same, "Please, have a sit. There are a lot of things I want to talk with you."

Naruto sit down and look at him without emotion. The white man look at him smiling, "Now, then before everything else, I believe introduction is must. My name is Huilin, I'm here as a representative from Black Cicada."

'Surprise' thought Naruto sarcastically.

Huilin look at Bai and nodded once, and then Bai brought out and put down on the table a big box. Huilin reached out the box and opened it. Inside the box is a lot of money. So much that you could buy a small city with it. Huilin smiled, "Money. The main reason why we lived." Huilin then closed the box, "Whirlpool-dono, I want to offer you a contract. I want you to join us, join Black Cicada, and we will give you a wonderful life. A life that anybody dreams. A life that prosperous. A life without trouble. A life where you will bath everyday with money and glory!"

Huilin stop for a second, then he look at Naruto, "So, 'Whirlpool'-dono, what will your answer?"

Naruto look at him with disdain in his eyes, "That's all?"

Huilin smiled, "Ah, of course not. You see, we need you to participate in the tournament every year. As our representative of course. Then, we need you to help us if we ever got any problem."

Naruto look at him impassively, "That's all?" He repeats the same question from before without any emotions.

"Yes. That's all."

Naruto closed his eyes, "I pity Li." He let out a small sigh, "He's a good man. What he's done wrong is to meet you."

Naruto stand up and walk calmly to the exit door.

"So this is your answer, Whirlpool-dono?" Huiling asked him from behind.

Naruto look back at him, "My answer is already decided far before you sent Bai to meet me. And it will never change."

Huiling's eyes met Naruto's. Two pairs of eyes locking each other. Stare down each other. Both of them refuse to blink. Until one of them said his last command, "Take him down."

As soon as Huiling said it, all the men in the room charge at Naruto, weapons ready to strike down. Huiling just smirked at this, that man will join Black Cicada, no matter what it takes. But before all of them could move more than three steps away from their spot, numerous people in black clothes came down from above. These people quickly killed all the men, except Huiling and Bai.

Huiling surprised at this counter attack. He surprised at the fact that so many people manage to enter the building without anyone noticed. He surprised that all them manage to killed his best men. He surprised that when they take off their mask, all of them have the same face with 'Whirlpool'.

Naruto nodded at one of his clones, who nodded back, "Continue the plan. Dispel at once after you finished."

"Yes sir." The clone answered.

As soon as he said that, the clone walks to Huiling, whereas Naruto walk out from the building. Huiling try to run away. But two other clones held him on the spot. He can't get away.

Huiling look at the clone that move closer to him, "What do you want?!" His voice shows his nervous. Never before he felt something like this.

The clone put his hand on Huiling's head, "What I want is information." And with that, Huiling's consciousness fades away.

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The storm has stopped. The sky gradually began to show her bright blue. For some people this is a good thing. But for a certain blonde, the sky looks like mocking him. Mock him for his existence.

His clone has dispelled a few moment ago. The information that he, the clone, gained from Huiling are... disturbing.

'They know about me.' Naruto thought, 'They know that I hunt them down. Moreover, they know about my true identity.'

Naruto make a turn at an alley. 'And the worst part... They know about the girls.' He increases his pace. He needs to go to the girls quickly.

Then, he stopped.

'Wait. But what will I say to them?'

He stood still in the middle of the alley. The alley is dirty, but not empty. There's a beggar sitting alone near him. He watched him with an interest. Hoping that he will gives some money to buy a food.

But the man, Naruto, just stood still. He's lost in thought.

'If I go with them any longer, they will draged into this mess. But if I left them, there's a hope that Black Cicada or Shiroi-fudo will also left them. Then again, I doubt the girls will accept it so easily. If I left without saying anything, there's a probability that the girls will search for me.'

Naruto walks to the beggar. He drops some money to the bowl in front of him. Then he walks away.

Suddenly, Naruto punched a wall beside him, making it cracked, "Damn it!" The beggar from before jumped out of surprise. He quickly runs away from Naruto, thinking that the man has gone mad.

Suddenly a voice came from behind, "Wow, I never thought that the man who won a fighting tournament with a calm attitude can become this frustrated."

Naruto look back to see who's talking, "Shuhei."

Shuhei Hisagi smiled at him, "Releasing your anger at a wall is not a good thing, especially if the man behind that wall is someone like me."

Naruto look at the wall that he punched and grimaced, "Sorry about that."

"Don't be, I need to change that wall anyway." Shuhei waved it away, "So, what's the news?"

Naruto look at him for a moment, "You don't need to worry about Black Cicada for a moment. The leader of it will come back to this town in a month. But his arrival will be nothing. He's planned to move the base of Black Cicada to another place. This town is yours."

Shuhei smiled widened hearing that news, "I'm glad hearing that. And I assumed that how you get this information is not my business?"

"Correct."

Shuhei extend his hand, "Then I have to thank you for it."

Naruto claps his hand on his, "I might charge a payment for that information."

Shuhei laughed at him, "Of course, anything you want and I will give it to you."

Naruto smiled back, "Actually, there's something that you can help."

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Aisha walks back and forth inside the room. It's been three days and Naruto haven't shown up. They tried to search the town but they found nothing. Nonetheless, this has made the girls worried. Very worried. They can't stay here too long. The money from Naruto is indeed quite a lot. But since Bachou join the group, the expense is elevated a lot. After all, Bachou's appetite can rival Lin-lin.

"Calm down Aisha-dono. I'm sure Naruto-dono is fine." Sei said, try to calm down Aisha.

Aisha snapped at her, "How can you be sure?! It's been THREE DAYS! THREE DAYS AND HE'S STILL HASN'T COME BACK!"

Sei frowned at her, "And that's exactly why I told you to calm down, Aisha-dono. You're not in a state to thinking clearly."

Aisha glares at her, but Lin-lin interjects her, "I'm sure Naruto-onii-san is okay. He's strong after all."

Aisha turns to Lin-lin, "I know he's strong. But if what you tell us is true, then it's not okay to left him alone."

Hearing this, the atmosphere of the room turns into a sour. They have heard Lin-lin's story. And if it's true that 'Whirlpool' is Naruto, then he is in a big trouble.

Suddenly, someone knock the door. All the eyes turn to the door. Everyone hopes that it's Naruto. Sei walks up to the door and opens it. It's not Naruto. It's a man with a wild look. He have a tall and lean-built body with dark grey eyes, short black hair and three scars straight over his eye that lead down to his right cheek. There's a tattoo on his left cheek with '69' pattern. Yes. It's Shuhei Hisagi.

Currently, he's wearing a uniform the waiters of the inn wears. In his hand, he brings a tray. On top of the tray, there's a bag of money and a letter.

"Excuse me, I have a letter for Aisha-dono."

Sei look at him for a moment then turn to Aisha, "It's for you."

Aisha looks at him suspiciously but still accepts the letter and the bag, "Thank you."

Shuhei bows and leave.

Aisha closed the door and opens the letter, her eyes widened at the name of the sender. "Girls! It's Naruto!"

Immediately, Sei, Lin-lin and Bachou rushed at Aisha. Lin-lin asked Aisha, "What does it tell?"

Aisha cleared her throat and starts to read it loudly, "Hi girls! It's Naruto. I'm sorry if I made you worried. The business that I take care seems to be more problematic than I thought to be. And because of it, I need to go away to another town as soon as possible. Please don't search for me. I really want to meet you girls, but I'm afraid I don't have enough time. Anyway, the money inside the bag is for you. Use it wisely. It should be enough to cover your expense until the end of month."

Aisha stopped reading, she look at the other girls. All of them have a worried look. Bachou asked her, "Is that all?"

Aisha shocked her head, "No, there's more." Aisha took a deep breath and read the rest of the letter, "About what I did in my business until I have to go is not your concern, actually, it's better for you girls not to know about it. It's not that I don't trust you. But it's because I trust you that I can't tell you. I'm sorry that I have to leave you girls like this. I hope that we can met again... in a better place and better condition."

Aisha stopped and closes the letter, "That's all."

Sei look at the letter suspiciously, there's too much variable unexplained in that letter. This made things more mysterious. Who is Naruto truly are? What's his business is? Why he left them suddenly? And is 'Whirlpool' really him?

Bachou look at Lin-lin, since their battle in the tournament. They have been good friends. She hasn't meet Naruto in person, so she's not that worried about the rest of girls. But she's concern about Lin-lin, she's been sulking since then. And that's because she's worried about Naruto.

Lin-lin is worried. Worried as hell about her beloved onii-san. He's been a brother-like figure to her. True that he's not that talkative and a bit mysterious, but that's fine. Because when you with him, there's this feeling that you will be safe with him.

The last girl, Aisha, is furious. As well as worried. As well as confused. And also feeling sad. And there's a longing feeling. Actually, her feeling and emotions are in mix. She can't really make a point about her feeling. She felt mad because Naruto left her just like that. She felt worried about his well-being, she felt confused about his reasoning, she felt sad because she can't met him again, and she miss him already.

After a long silence, Sei broke the silent, "So, what we are going to do?"

Aisha looks at her with a determination in her eyes, "Isn't it obvious? We're going to look after him."

"But didn't he say in the letter for us not to find him?" Bachou asked.

Lin-lin answered with a big grin, "So? It's just a letter. There's no guarantee it's truly from Naruto-onii-san."

Bachou smiled at her, "I see, well let's get ready. I'm coming with you girls after all."

All of them smiled at each other. Right now, they have one purpose. Find Naruto and beat the shit out of him. Then talk after that.

Unknown to them, two men listening to their conversation outside the room. One of them is the same waiters that sent the letter. The other one is Naruto. They nodded at each other and start to leave.

Shuhei asked Naruto, "So, what are you going to do after this?"

"Exactly as the letter said. I'll leave this town immediately. I have a feeling that we will met again. And my feeling always right." Naruto smiled, "But for you my friend, I have to give you my gratitude. What you have and will do is something that I can't repay."

Shuhei shakes his head, "Nah, don't worry. Besides, I also have a debt to you. Consider this as my payment."

Naruto nodded at this, "Still, I have to thank you."

"I will accept that. But not as a business partner. But as a friend." Shuhei smiled.

Naruto smiled back, "It's always nice to have friends."

Shuhei start to laugh, "It is, isn't it?"

Naruto also start to laugh, "It truly is."

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If we left our hero and heroines alone for a moment and go back to the abandoned building from earlier, we'll find there's a man standing in the middle of the building. He's wearing an unusual outfit. A brown-greyish pants, a dark blue coat and a white cape. There's some gold lining on the cape. Above the white-cape, there's some kind of another cape. But this one is blue-greenish.

The man is wearing glasses. His hair is short and blue. His eyes are purple. There's also some kind of mark in his forehead. This man name is Ukitsu. This man is considered a higher-up in Shiroi-fudo. He's been sent here to meet Huiling. Or at least he was. Standing in front of him is Huiling's corpse. The state of the corpse was... unsightly. The head has been chopped off from his body. There's a big hole in his chest, blowing his heart. There's also a hole in his forehead. The hole is so deep until it comes through the back head.

He looks at the corpse with a frown. This was not in his plan. He's just coming here to tell Huiling to move the men and any other as soon as possible since the date of the moving is being rescheduled. But this... is absolutely not in his mind when he came to this town. With Huiling dead, the group may as well as disbanded. Tosen Kaname has already lost his interest in this group. That's the reason why he left this group in Huiling's control. Then again, that man doesn't have a luxury to organize a small group like this. He has... a bigger role to say the least.

"He looks like a shit isn't he?"

There's a sudden voice behind him. But Ukitsu, recognizing the owner of the voice didn't bother to turn around. "We need to tell Tosen about this, Saji."

Saji, the owner of the voice is a young-looking man. He wears the same clothes as Ukitsu. But the marking on his forehead is different from Ukitsu's. His hair also shorter and spikier. He also has more feral looking and attitude, while Ukitsu's calmer.

"Right, not that he cares about those men." He sneers at the corpse.

Ukitsu look at him, "Nevertheless, we need to inform the leader about this. Anyone who can do this is dangerous for our plan. Even more if the one behind this is THAT man."

Saji just shook his head hearing this, "So what? He can't be that strong. I mean, even if he's strong, I'm sure I still can beat him."

"Don't be so haughty, our report about him is still vague. We need to be more careful." Ukitsu scolded him. Honestly, he may be older than he looks, but he's still a young-short-tempered-rascal for him.

"And you are too calculating. You need to show more actions than just words and plans." Saji snapped back at him.

Ukitsu just shook his head, "Do as you wish. Anyway, why are you here? Don't you have another task in your hand?"

Saji waved his hand at the question, "Nah, already finished that. I can't see why leader want to use that man. He's just a swindler. Quite a good one, but that's it. Nothing else."

Ukitsu smiled at him, "But that's exactly the reason why we need him. He can't be too good or he will just become a hindrance to us."

Saji let out a sigh, "Yeah yeah. If you say so. Anyway, what should we do about this?" He pointed at the corpse.

Ukitsu look at the corpse once more, "We take it back with us. Maybe there's something that we can learn about the cause of death from it."

Saji give him a blank look, "Really? Well, suit yourself. But I don't want to touch it. This is your job anyway."

Ukitsu laughed a little, "It is. It is my job."

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A.N: That's it for now. Yes I know it's shorter than usual. But I can't think of any other way to end this chapter other than this. I'll try to make the next chapter longer.

Ah, there's also something that I need to tell you. In the process of writing this chapter, I got sick and being sent to a hospital. It seems that I have some nerves problem, there's also some muscle that got torn, to add the list, my blood-pressure is very high. The highest one that still considered normal is 140. Mine, however, is 167. Now that I think about it, it's a miracle that I'm still alive until now.

Anyway, with health issue and some college stuff, I can't promise you when the next chapter will come out. But don't worry. I won't abandon this story. I just need... more time to write another chapter. So be patient with me okay?

Anyway, don't forget to review this and don't bother flaming, because I'll ignore it.