New chapter and summary. I actually have already done a few chapters , and now I have the plot totally figured out.
Reasons:
I like to post no matter what
I'm at a point where the summary is a scene.
Back to the story: previously Hideo's backstory and Kyuubi's chakra.
"That chakra," he spoke out "it can't be." Everyone listened intensely "It's the Kyuubi's chakra."
"W-w-what do you mean?" Hinata asked "Y-y-you don't think Naruto-kun…"
"No, it's much fainter. Like it was released some time ago and is now hanging there like a fog." The wood user answered.
"Do you think that's where this trail leads to?" Shikamaru suggested.
"I'm not sure but it's our only lead now. Let's go." He leaped into one of the trees and began to continue forward, soon followed by the rest of his team.
Their search was filled with silence as Yamato concentrated on the chakra and the Hyuuga focused on any new leads with her kekkei genkai.
"I see something, it's…" she stopped in her run as the colour of her skin left her.
"What did you see?" Shikamaru asked.
Hinata gulped before she said: "It's a man, he isn't breathing … b-but his face i-is the source of the tailed beast's chakra."
"Then there's no time to waste." Yamato started to jump faster as he took the news the best out of the three.
Three hundred meters further they found the man pinned down against the tree. The knife that pinned him down was nothing more than a kitchen knife, even though it was stuck in his chest.
His face was rather a whole other ordeal to look at. Both of the younger shinobis were unable to look at it for longer than three seconds. Consisting out of these three points:
1: What's that?
2: Observing
3: Realization
… They both threw up their breakfast.
The man's face wasn't only beaten up to pulp, but it also received three big scars.
The first two began on both the tips of his mouth, they stretched till far into the cheeks forming a wicked smile. The smile wasn't the only problem, the blood, that was still oozing out of the scars, was slowly streaming over his face before it hit the ground.
The third scar was even worst as it was the biggest and that it only intensified the rest. This wound wasn't made by a knife but something rather acidic. It spread from his mouth till the tips of the other two scars. The area it reached, became red as the skin was gone.
How they knew that, because it was still boiling off from his face.
Finally their captain couldn't hold it either, as his breakfast flew out of his mouth.
The normally silent forest was filled with the sounds of three man observing and adding more and more halfway digested food.
After a minute or ten they dared to look at it again before they puked again. There stomach might not have hold any more substance but that doesn't mean they can't throw out some of the gastric acid inside their stomach.
Another ten minutes later they looked again, this time holding their nutrition in.
"The chakra is emitted from one of those scars." Yamato concluded.
"It-it's the biggest one." Hinata confirmed.
"Let's put it in a body bag before we try to think up a theory about it." Shikamaru quickly suggested.
Without any hesitation Yamato unsealed one and quickly made work of it. "Now that's done, let's come up with a few theories."
"I-I-I think that the third inhabitant caused this." The kunoichi stammered as the horrible images were still flashing through her mind.
"I believe that the third inhabitant was also able to wield the Kyuubi's chakra and is now trying to leave this area." The brightest one of them suggested.
"I totally agree with you guys, but I also think that I might be able to find that person when he or she has the special chakra."
Their captain began to perform multiple hand sings, when his body suddenly changed into wood and multiple clones began to crawl out of him.
"Alright guys you need to scan this parameter to see if you can find the person, dismissed."
All the clones jumped away into their own direction as they scanned for the chakra.
"Increasing your sensing distance with clones, I can respect that." Shikamaru commented, while he picked up the body bag "But couldn't you have left one to carry this?"
The jutsu user suddenly stood right before him, staring right in his eyes. Out of nowhere he took out a flashlight as he shone on his face. "No, I was unable."
"G-guys?" Hinata said as she tried to stop their bickering "It's high time for us to go. W-w-we agreed to rendezvous over an hour."
An hour later when the sky grew dark, everyone was back in the inn. They were seated around the table with a body bag on it.
"Did you guys got the boy to talk?" Yamato started their meeting.
"Yes, his name is Hideo and he lived with the victim, granny, together with his older adopted sister." The kunoichi said.
"Seems we found the third inhabitant." Shikamaru whispered out.
"They boy didn't knew a lot about the murder itself, but he did tell us a lot about his sister." She continued.
"His sister, Hohoemi, wasn't exactly living there for a long time." Naruto said as he picked up the rest of the story "She rather recently arrived there, as an unconscious patient. Sadly enough she seemed to have amnesia when she woke up. In the time she stayed there, she grew surprisingly close with them. Even tills the point that the boy calls her 'his sister' and the old woman calling her 'the daughter she never had'."
"Do you have any kind of details about her appearance."
"We do but it isn't much, if you would look at the boy's condition." Ino stopped with her sentence as she thought about his story again. "She was a young lady, who's a burn mark on her left side. The most distinctively ones run over her arm and face. She might have changed her clothes by now, but she wore a jacket and had her left hand bandaged."
"Do you know what caused the scars?" Their captain asked.
"Probably from the chemicals that drifted on the water, where she was found." Answered Naruto.
"If you two are done I had like to start our story." Getting a nod from them Yamato breathed deep in "We started at the house and found a track leading towards the bandit. When we found the bandit, he… wasn't in the best shape."
Everybody tensed as he paused to find the right words.
"We were also able to conclude that he received a scar caused by the Kyuubi's chakra."
"H-how?" Naruto stammered out in shock.
"We aren't sure, but we guess that she's able to wield that chakra." Shikamaru answered.
"I've also send out a bunch of wood clones to look for her. I believe that was everything, isn't it,"
Shikamaru gave an approving grunt as his mind started to drive of again while Hinata said: " Y-y-you forgot about the box."
"Box?" Both the uninformed shinobi asked.
"Yes, I forgot. We also found a small box which had a seal on it that blocked chakra. But it was only closed off with a simple code-lock, so tomorrow I will bring to the smiths."
"I don't believe that's necessary," Ino suggested "maybe the boy knows how to open it. After all it's his property now."
"Good idea," Yamato paused as he looked at the body bag before his face paled "I guess it's time to look at the corpse for any kind of clues towards the disappearance of Hohoemi."
They zipped open the bag as the body slowly became visible. First the feet then the chest with the knife and lastly the head.
1…
2…
3…
…the two mentally unprepared shinobi ran towards the bathroom.
Ten minutes later after observing and re-tasting their breakfast. They entered the room again.
"If you are ready, we can begin."
The body got slowly pulled out of the back and got spread over the table.
Yamato started to analyze the foreign chakra, Hinata activated her Byakugan and Ino started to use her medical chakra on the wounds.
Meanwhile Shikamaru was about to drift off and Naruto was still worried about the Kyuubi's chakra 'Who could also have this power? And would this happen if I accidentally did the same to someone?'
He was about to answer his own questions as he spotted something. "Guys, he's holding something in his hand."
Shikamaru who was snapped back into reality, walked towards the man's hand and began to observe it from up close.
"It's a dark red piece of fabric."
"Do you think it's from the killer?" The spotter asked.
"I'm almost hundred percent positive about that. I believe that he wanted to give us at least her scent in his final moments. Too bad we don't have a dog with us" he said as he sealed the evidence away.
"Interesting…" Ino suddenly said "this chakra is blocking my medical chakra."
"Troublesome, but that means…"
"That the wounds on his face will never fade away. Those scars a permanent." Ino finished.
Hours past as they observed the body before they went to sleep. The next morning the set out to visit the boy.
"Hideo are you there? I've come with some friends." Ino said as she knocked on the boy's door.
"Yes I'm here." He answered. Ino opened the door and saw him sitting on his bed with a bright smile.
"He there Hideo. I'm back with some friends." Naruto called out excitedly.
"Naruto how could I've not noticed you. I could smell your ramen odor from a kilometer away." Naruto eyebrow began to twitch as he smelled his armpit. "Hi there, my name is Hideo what are yours?" He continued completely obvious by his friend's behavior.
"Hi, my name is Shikamaru."
"I-I-it's nice to meet you, Hideo. My name is Hinata."
"Hey there, you can call me Yamato. I had like to ask you a favor."
"What do you mean?"
Yamato grabbed for his pouch as he got the box out of it. "I'm sorry for your granny, but we have investigated your house and we found a small sealed box. We had like if you would open it for us, we get it if you don't want to."
He handed over the box to the boy. The boy's hand began to travel all around it as he started to mentally paint it out. "This was from my granny" he whispered out.
Flashback
"Granny what is this?" I asked as I felt a small box getting pushed into my hands.
"It was from my mother. You know Hideo. I'm not getting younger by the day." She said "If something ever happens to me, remember this box. It holds something that might be handy."
"But how do I open it?"
"There's a small lock on top of it, the code is…"
Flashback end
Locks began to click as he entered the code in. Suddenly the box sprung open as the content became visible.
"I-i-it's a necklace." Hinata stuttered out as the boy picked it up. It was a blue crystal with a red spot in it shaped like a small fire.
"There's also a letter." Ino said as the boy took it out. The letter was pretty old but nonetheless in perfect shape as the boy handed it over.
She took the letter and unfolded it, to her to read it out loud.
Dearest love of mine,
It's hard for me to say this let stand writing this down, but you and I knew that this would happen.
It has been a great time with you, we cried, we trained and we laughed. You smile never stopped to amaze me, in the darkest of times you cheered me on, in the most difficult times you comforted your daughter, by the loss of your husband you still supported everyone around you.
You were unique and I'm happy to say that I knew you. I know I can't replace your lost, but I was happy to be a friend of yours. Time dragged on and you grew on me, we started as strangers but I ended in love with you.
This confession might be a big shock for you, but I was unable to say this. I regretted every minute I was unable to say this. But I guess I'm too late.
My brother is stepping down and I'm elected to be his successor. That might sound great but it also has its own downsides.
For one I can't leave the village without a proper reason. I might be in love with you but I can't let my people behind. It's hard for me but I think that we need to break up our relationship.
The choice is hard but the work and stress this job brings me is unbelievable, I wish this could be different. But as stubborn as we are, we know it could never be a 'us', you lived far in the high mountains while I lived in the village covered by a forest.
I could always decline this offer, but in these times of war troubles are about to rise. I swore to defend my village no matter what, and I guess it's now backfiring.
I'm sorry for the sadness that I will cause you but I can't maintain a long distance relationship like this.
Please forget me and live on to see that beautiful daughter of yours grow up.
As my last words for you I will give you a gives. It's a necklace with a fire shaped crystal in it.
May the will of fire never extinguish like the brightness of your smiles.
Live might be hard on you, but what doesn't kill you make you stronger.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise again.
Never let that smile of yours disappear.
Live your life to the fullest.
Loves,
Tobirama Senju
Ino folded the letter back up as tears started to stream down her face.
Suddenly the door opened as boss of the orphanage walked in. "Sorry, did I interrupted something?" He said as he spotted her drying her tears.
"No you didn't, could you please come in." Hideo said as he pointed to the spot next to him.
The man walked towards him and sat down.
Hideo looked at him with the brightest smile he could wear as he shoved the necklace into his hands.
"What this my boy?" He said as he held the necklace in front of him.
"It's a necklace, I'm giving it to you to safe the orphanage."
"Thank but I don't think it would be much of a help, the amount we need is…"
He got interrupted as the other legally adult interfered "It's actually a gift from the second Hokage, this thing could be worth millions."
The man suddenly looked stunned at the realization as he observed the crystal. "I'm sorry Hideo, but I can't accept this."
"Don't worry about it, I insist that you take it." He argued as he tried to smile even brighter.
The man also broke out into a smile as he began to hug the boy "Thank you so much, this will definitely safe the orphanage. No more working days today we're going to party."
"I'm just happy that I could give you a smile just like granny wanted. Now I'm going to make loads of friends and give them all a nice smile on their faces."
Now everyone began to join their hug as they all laughed and smiled. Except one person.
He was listening with a mental link to one of his clones.
"You got to be serious!" he screamed out causing everybody to release their group hug "Guys we have to leave now, my clone just spotted someone. We need to inform Grand that we are going to leave now."
"Don't worry about that," the other man reassured "we will cover that up. Just leave for your mission."
Next chapter: next Friday
What's going to happen: something ;)
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update: 3 hours later(I know, but I kind of forgot to do it the first time)- some typos removed.