DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): Can't wait for Friday...Dunno why though, but what the hell. It's still Thursday and that makes me sad... :'(
TO THE STORY!
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Chapter 82: The Return Of Bad News
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"Go on..."
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"UUURRRAAAAHHH!" Naruto roared as he shot off another Bijuu Dama into the empty expanses of the training field. The explosion happened what seemed to be miles away, but the shock wave could still be felt as it made both Bee and Cole brace themselves. "Hey yo! You've gotten better at that bro! You even added some kick to that trick!" Bee rapped in congratulations to the blond, who responded with doubling over while his cloak faded. He was breathing hard for a few seconds before he caught his breath enough to speak. "Yeah...I was able to...increase the speed...I make them at...but...Three is my limit...before I'm drained..." he said between deep breaths.
Cole smiled at his son and patted him on the back. "Hey, it's a lot better than before though. You used to only be able to use one and then you were done...was that any good Bee?" he said to the rapping shinobi. The man just shook his head and gave him a thumbs down. Cole hung his head in defeat when Bee said his rhyme wasn't any good. "Darn..." he mumbled.
Naruto smirked a him and chuckled a bit. The blond raised a fist to Bee and his fellow blond bumped it. "Nobody raps like me! The almighty Kiria Bee! WHEEE!" he rapped as he thrust a hand up in the air with his fingers looking like horns. Cole sweatdropped at the man and sighed. "Well anyway, Naruto. You can keep working on the Bijuu Dama tomorrow. Once you get your chakra levels back up to snuff I want you working on your Taijutsu in that form and try to get used to the speed boost. There are going to be enemies that can keep up with you so you'll need to do something other than just crashing into them." Cole ordered the blond. Naruto groaned a bit before nodding. "Hai Sensei." he said in a dejected tone.
Cole laughed at him and nudged him towards the door. "Come on, lets get some lunch." he said to the blond as they walked out of the glowing chamber. As soon as Naruto's foot crossed the threshold of the chamber doors a plume of smoke appeared next to him. "Finally! Where the heck were you! I've got a message for ya!" Gamakichi said as he appeared next to Naruto. Cole raised an eyebrow and Bee looked confused at the toad. "What's up Kichi?" Naruto asked the toad. Gamakichi shrugged and took the scroll he had off his back and tossed it to Cole. "I dunno. I was just told to deliver this to Oracle-sama by Jiraiya-sama. By the way, you got any snacks?" the little red toad asked, letting his gluttony show. Cole chuckled at the toad. "We were just about to get some lunch..." he said as he started to read the scroll. But then he stopped as his eyes widened from behind his mask. His grip on the scroll tightened until the paper nearly ripped. Naruto saw his father tense and got a bad feeling in his stomach. "Dad? What's up, what's it say?" he asked in a worried tone. Cole's hands erupted into fire as he burnt the scroll to ash. "Naruto." he said sternly, Oracle mentality set in place. "Hiraishin us back to Konoha, now." he ordered. Naruto flinched at his fathers tone and quickly nodded. He turned to Bee and fist bumped him one final time. "See ya around Bee," he said quickly as he grabbed his fathers arm and Gamakichi jumped onto his shoulder. As soon as he made contact the three of them all flashed out of the chamber in a yellow light.
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Tsunade sitting at her desk, resting her face in her hands as she rubbed her temples in complete rage. It was then a bright flash of yellow light appeared in the office and she heard a shout. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SASUKE HAS ABANDONED THE VILLAGE!" her adviser Uzumaki Seinaru shouted as he and Naruto Hiraishin'd into the room. Naruto's eyes bulged when he heard this and wheeled on Tsunade. "WHAT!?" he yelled in confused surprise. Tsunade growled and slammed her hand on her desk...smashing it. "ENOUGH YELLING!" she roared at the two. Cole and Naruto leaned back away from her fury and tried to calm themselves.
Tsunade huffed angrily as she sat down behind her now destroyed desk. "Yes, it's true. Sometime last night Sasuke slipped out of the village without anyone seeing him. He even left a note." she said as she passed a piece of paper over to Cole. He took a quick read over it and scowled angrily. He should have known. He began to growl as he handed it over to Naruto. The blond quickly snatched the note out of his fathers hands and started reading.
"It's time I take revenge for my family. Only I can right Itachi's sins and this is a matter of the Uchiha Clan. If you come after me and try to stop me, I will retaliate. I will not return until Uchiha Itachi is dead, by my hands. And even if you try to find me, you won't. My new friend has a way of escaping from anyone.
-The Survivors"
Naruto's eyes burrowed as he read the letter and caught a faint sent of someone he didn't recognize. Naruto looked closer at the end of the letter. "The Survivors...The Survivors?" Naruto said in confusion. "There is more than one?" he asked, almost beginning to freak out. Cole nodded and snarled. "There is one other that is still alive...But I had no idea he would act this early...This isn't right..." he said as he clenched his hands into fists, tight enough to draw blood from his palm. Tsunade looked at him questioningly. "Who is the survivor?" she asked sternly.
Cole breathed a slow outward breath to calm his nerves. "I won't say his real name, for that could provide to be dangerous intelligence that neither of you need to know yet." he said to the two of them. Tsunade was about to start yelling before Cole held up a hand to silence her. "I will not tell you because of my duty as Oracle. I have certain information that must be revealed at certain times, I can't just start telling you everything that'll happen in the future or the timeline will change and I won't know what's going on anymore. Like it just has. Originally, Sasuke fell to the power of the Curse Mark and became Orochimaru's pawn, until he killed him in about three years time. But, with the perfect sealing of the Mark, and the loss of most of Orochimaru's men, that didn't happen...now something completely worse has happened." he said gravely. Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "So you mean you don't know what will happen from here on?" she asked in shock.
Cole nodded. "This is all new to me. This man wasn't suppose to surface for another three years. He likes to go by the name Tobi. And he also flaunts himself as being Uchiha Madara. But those aren't his real names, and I won't tell you what it is either." Cole the two of them. "But," he said. "The man is just about as dangerous as Madara. With his Sharingan he can teleport anywhere he has ever been to before. And, it damn near makes him impossible to hit, since he just fazes through all of the attacks sent at him." Cole explained. When Cole said this Naruto's breath hitched in his throat. "Obito..." the boy thought, remembering the boy from his visions. Tsunade pinched the bridge of her nose. "So, what now?" she asked, fatigue from what has been happening finally catching up to her.
Cole sighed deeply. "Nothing...there is nothing we can do to get Sasuke back. This man has a way of slipping through anything, be it defenses, spies, attacks, even other dimensions. We won't find them, unless they want to be found." he said to her in a defeated tone. He sighed before his eyes began to narrow. "What is the date today?" he asked slowly. Tsunade groaned and replied. "July the eighth, why?" she asked.
Cole sighed once more and sunk into the couch in the side of the room. "Itachi's intel told me that Akatsuki's members would start doing there jobs in earnest, on July the twenty fifth. This is also happening too soon." he groaned. He wiped his face with his hand and looked at Naruto. "Sorry son, but pretty soon, you're going to have to lay low for a while." he told the blond. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "How long? And why?" he asked in tired curiosity. Cole sighed once more before he contninued. The man looked like he was aging the more he kept talking. "Well, for one, when Akatsuki comes after you, they'll use the rumors and attack you in mass. Bringing more than just their two man cell system. So, you'll need to go under the radar. Out of the village, and completely hidden from the world." he explained. Naruto nodded and looked at his father. "How long?"
"Well, I'll need time to set up a few plans. My fail safes, and find enough allies. Also to make sure the rest of the Jinchuuriki are safe. So...about three years..." he said meekly. Naruto's jaw hit the floor. "THREE YEARS!" both him and Tsunade yelled in surprise. Cole nodded. "I need to get things back to the original timeline enough so that I can make an accurate reading of the future. So, with Naruto safe for the next three years, I can go about fixing the shit I messed up by being here. And, it'll also be a good training mission for Naruto, he can go with Jiraiya and travel the world, learn a thing or two." Cole said to the two of them.
Naruto looked horrified. "But still, three years!? What...what about my mission!? What about Hinata!?...WHAT ABOUT MY LITTLE SIBLING!?" he began yelling in horror. He wouldn't be able to meet his siblings for THREE YEARS! This was NOT OKAY.
"You're going to have to make the best of the time you have before leave. Because I don't see any other way for this to work out..."
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(A/N): To be continued...
Don't...don't kill me...please...
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