It's time for another chapter of New Life in Naruto?! XD

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Chapter Thirteen: Arrival at Destination

It has been a week since Shisui Uchiha found me in the ruined village of the Kurosawa Clan and decided to take me with him back to the Hidden Leaf village. We didn't say anything to each other throughout that week aside from small talk. Well, to be more accurate, Shisui did the talking while I just listened because I didn't trust him yet and didn't know what to say to him. I know I have no reason to not trust him, but I couldn't for some reason. Whenever I look into those pitch black orbs, fear seems to tightly grip at my heart and wouldn't let go. Even though I never talked to him, I still helped him when we set up camp by using my chakra to light the campfire, soften the ground so it was more comfortable to sleep on, or pull fresh water from the air when his back was turned. Isobu suggested it thinking it would be good practice for my chakra control and for when I start training in the future.

Naturally, Shisui was suspicious about all of this, but shrugged it off probably thinking I made a spark with the wood and found a river near where we set up camp. It was a relief that Shisui didn't seem to suspect that I was actually using my chakra to do all that. I didn't want to reveal that I can use two different chakra natures let alone three just yet. I tried to avoid using my earth nature very often out of fear that Shisui would get suspicious that we keep "conveniently" finding a clearing with soft soil to set up camp.

I was currently riding piggyback as Shisui jumped from one tree branch to the other occasionally stopping to rest. As the scenery flew by me, my thoughts would wander back to when I first met Shisui and the unexplained fear that welled up inside me. I don't know why, but I was really scared of Shisui's Sharingan when I saw them. Was it because I knew what they were capable of that scares me? Or was it Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan that scares me? No matter what I think of to explain my fear, it always sounds wrong to me.

"We should camp here for the night." Shisui's voice brought me out of my thoughts as he crouched down for me to climb off his back before pulling out a scroll from his flak jacket. I didn't pay attention to what he was doing as I was looking around to see that we were in a clearing surrounded by trees and the sky was a brilliant shade of orange from the setting sun.

'I should probably go find some firewood.' I looked back to Shisui to see that he was setting up a tent that was probably sealed in the scroll he had. I bit my lower lip anxiously before going to the nearest tree to find some fallen branches being sure that I was still within Shisui's field of vision. 'What's wrong with me? It's been a week and I haven't said a single word to him.'

"Kojiro, is something bothering you?" Isobu asked curiously as I went deeper into the woods when I couldn't find any fallen branches.

'I don't know, Isobu.' I mentally replied with a troubled look on my face picking up any branches I managed to find as well as some decently sized stones to make a fire pit so the fire doesn't get out of control. 'I just can't seem to say anything to Shisui ever since we left that ruined village. I can't even look him in the eye.'

Isobu hummed in thought leaving me to my own thoughts after I deemed I had enough sticks and stones before walking back to the clearing. "It might be because of nervousness. It has been a while since you interacted with someone for more than a day."

'I'm not sure that's the problem.' I thought as I processed what Isobu suggested what was wrong with me. 'It's true that Shisui's the first person I was with for more than a day since...' I quickly shook my head when my thoughts were going down a depressing direction. 'But it doesn't explain why I'm having trouble trusting him despite knowing he's not a bad person.'

"Give it time." Isobu advised as I spotted the clearing where Shisui is. "You'll be able to trust him eventually."

I sighed when Isobu's advice didn't really help that much with my dilemma about why I'm having trust issues all of a sudden. 'I'll try to have a conversation with him, maybe if I do that it'll help.'

When I got back to the clearing, I saw that Shisui was scratching the back of his head with a confused look on his face until he eyes landed on me and crossed his arms. "There you are, where were you?" I showed him the sticks and stones in my arms and his face showed surprise. "Did you went to get those?" When I nodded he let out a sigh before walking over to me and crouched down to look me in the eye and I fought off the urge to look the other way. "Next time, tell me when you're going to look for firewood. I thought something happened to you."

"I'm sorry." I apologized, lowering my head feeling bad that I worried him. I felt a hand rest on my head and I looked up to Shisui to see that he had a small smile on his face.

"At least you're okay, that's all that matters." He moved his hand from my head to the sticks in my arms and took them before standing up. "Why don't we set up the fire now? it gets pretty chilly at night." I nodded and went to work using the stones I picked up to make a fire pit before Shisui positioned the sticks in it and reached into his flack jacket pulling out a piece of flint which confused me.

'What's he going to do with that?' I mentally wondered as I watched Shisui pull out a kunai and began to strike it against the flint to create sparks. It took a few tries, but the fire came to life and instantly warmed me up which made me realize how cold I was. 'Why didn't he use a fire jutsu?'

"Probably to preserve his chakra in case you are attacked." Isobu guessed and a shiver went down my spine at the thought of being attacked in the middle of the woods. Shisui probably saw me shiver and thought I was cold because he started to gently nudge me closer to the fire and sat me down. "Kojiro, what are your plans for when we reach the leaf village?"

'To be honest, I have no clue.' I replied honestly relishing in how warm the fire was making me feel right now. 'Since Shisui's still alive, I guess the first thing would be to stop the Uchiha Massacre from happening.' I looked down at my hands instantly reminding me that I'm nothing more than a child now. 'But how can I? I'm only a kid and adults never listen to what a child has to say, so warning them is not going to work.'

"Do not forget that you have me to help." Isobu pointed out and I could feel him moving about in my mindscape. "You just need to learn to use my chakra properly, then you will be able to do what other shinobi are capable of."

Our mental conversation was cut short when a metal mug was handed to me and I followed the arm to the side to see Shisui sitting next to me. "Drink up, it's only water but it's better than nothing."

I looked back to the mug before taking with both of my hands and shyly smiled to Shisui. "Thank you." He just nodded before getting another mug while I drank out of mine.

We said nothing to each other as we listened to the crackling of the fire and I couldn't help but think back to when I was on that sea rock and cooked the fish Isobu caught for me by using my chakra. I remembered that I have fire, water, and earth natures with water being my affinity and the speculation that I have a kekkei genkai other than the Kurosawa Clan's.

'Since I have fire and water.' I thought as I watch the smoke rising from the fire up to the sky before it disperses. 'Does that mean I can mix them to form Vapor Style?'

"Let us wait for Shisui to fall asleep to see if it is true." Isobu suggested and I gave a small nod in agreement casting a side glance to Shisui who was cautiously scanning his surroundings with narrowed eyes. His features soon softened which could mean that he didn't sense any immediate danger near us which was a relief. "This is your chance to talk to him, you did say you were going to."

'I know.' I sighed mentally casting another nervous side glance to Shisui who threw a few branches into the fire to keep it burning. My eyes went from Shisui to the fire and I watched how it seems to have a life of its own as the flames lick the wood it was burning like it was an animal handed a treat before rising up out of pure joy. 'But what am I supposed to even talk about?'

"How about why he decided to take you to his village?" Isobu suggested as I took another sip from my mug. "You have been wondering why for a while now."

'I guess it couldn't hurt.' Steeling myself, I looked over to Shisui and softly asked. "Why?"

"Why what?" Shisui inquired never taking his eyes off the fire but I can see that he was slightly surprised that I was the one to start a conversation for once. Throughout the week that we have been together it has always been Shisui who started our conversations, or lack thereof, due to me not talking to him at all.

'No turning back now.' I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and clarified. "Why did you decide to take me with you?"

He didn't say anything at first, but after a moment of silence, he responded. "Because it wouldn't have felt right to just leave a child like you there." I opened my mouth to protest that I wasn't a child but closed it a few seconds later when I just remembered that I was one physically. "You had no one to take care of you and there's no telling what dangers lurked outside the walls of that village."

"But that doesn't mean you had to take me with you." I pointed out turning my eyes back to the fire and reaching a hand into the pocket of my shorts to caress the scroll that holds my parents' headbands and the scrolls from the Kurosawa clan's village. "I'm just a kid and would probably be a burden to you."

"You haven't been a burden." I looked back to Shisui in surprise as he threw another stick in the fire to keep it burning before looking to me. "During this past week, whenever we stop for the night, I know you have been using your chakra to light the campfire and getting us water when my back was turned."

"So he did notice." Isobu muttered while I felt my body go stiff when I heard that Shisui knew it was me that did all that the past week. Sure, it was pretty obvious since we were the only ones in the vicinity who could have done it, but that's beside the point! The fact of the matter is he knew I was using chakra to do all that stuff!

'But, I was so careful to make sure his back was turned when I lit the fire!' I frantically thought as a myriad of scenarios played out in my head what Shisui might do to me now that he knows I can use chakra. 'And I always stayed hidden and brought something to store the water in!'

"I knew the Kurosawa Clan had an affinity for water jutsu." Shisui continued, oblivious to my inner turmoil, looking back to the fire. "But I didn't think you had two chakra natures at such a young age."

'What do I do?!' The familiar feeling of fear began to grip at my heart again making it hard for me to breathe properly. 'Should I run after all?! What if he learns about Isobu?! What was I thinking going along with him?!' My breathing started to become shorter with every breath I took and I could hear my heart beating rapidly that it felt like it would explode if it went any faster.

"Kojiro, calm yourself!" I could hear Isobu shout in alarm, but what he was telling me to do was impossible at the moment.

Memories of nearly getting killed and actually dying began to flood my mind and blend together to the point that it was impossible to tell what memory was from which life. My memories continued to overlap with one another this way as my body began to tremble and my heart pounding harder. My hand found itself gripping at my shirt over my chest when I started to feel pain that was so intense that I had to lurch forward and started to sweat profusely.

I gritted my teeth to avoid screaming when another wave of pain coursed through my chest and fought desperately to stay conscious. I could feel Shisui's hand on my back and he was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't hear a word because the sound of my pounding heart drowned out all other sounds. The pain was horrible, so horrible that it felt like I was dying which scared me and made things worse as the pain in my chest intensified with every beat of my heart and I started to feel numb. The pain was unbearable and I wanted to do something, anything, to make it go away. Through the numbness, I felt something strike the back of my neck and my vision went black.

I slowly opened my eyes and let out a groan before opening my eyes again to see that I was laying on my back looking up at the roof of Shisui's tent. My body feels hot and achy for some reason and I have a horrible headache. I felt something on my forehead and brought my hand up to feel that it was a wet cloth, which confused me because I don't remember feeling sick recently.

"Glad to see you're awake." Surprised by the sudden voice, I bolted to a sitting position sending the cloth that was still on my head flying to see Shisui sitting next to me. "You gave me quite a scare last night."

"Shisui?" I inwardly cringed at how hoarse my voice sounded and placed a hand over my mouth when I started to cough. I was so confused that I didn't fight it when Shisui gently laid me back down before reaching to pick up the wet cloth from the ground. "What happened?"

"You were suffering from a panic attack." Shisui replied, placing the wet cloth on my forehead. "It seemed like you couldn't hear me telling you to take deep breaths and nothing I did helped so I had to knock you out."

"A panic attack?" My eyes widened slightly before I remembered what transpired last night and I was indeed suffering from a panic attack that most likely happened because of my fear of what would happen to me now that Shisui knows I can use two chakra natures.

Accelerated heart rate, shortness of breath, trembling, chest pain, sweating. I knew that these were all symptoms of a panic attack from what was described in my medical books back in my previous life. Just the thought of Shisui knowing I can use chakra apparently was enough to cause a panic attack which worries me a little. If it was that bad, what will happen when we get to the village and everyone learns about Isobu?

"Did you have a panic attack last night because of what I said?" Shisui's question brought me out of my thoughts and I looked to him with a confused look on my face. "You were fine until I brought up that I knew you could use chakra." It was then that I understood why Shisui asked me that question before turning my head away from him and slowly nodded my head. "Why did you try to hide it?"

If I'm being perfectly honest with myself, I didn't know how to answer that question. I know that Shisui is compassionate and doesn't enjoy killing people, but there's always this feeling of fear and doubt that consumes me. I've never felt this way before in my life, that is, before my parents' death and nearly getting killed that I started to suspect everyone who comes near me. There were times I wanted to tell Shisui that I could use chakra, but then the fear and doubt took over making me hide it instead.

"It's alright if you don't want to tell me, I'll wait until you're ready." Shisui removed the cloth from my forehead and placed a hand there as if checking my temperature. "Hmm, looks like it's gone down a little." I looked to Shisui in confusion which he saw and explained. "After I knocked you out, you started to show signs of a fever, so I spent the night caring for you until your temperature went down."

'That explains the wet cloth on my forehead.' I thought as Shisui removed his hand from my forehead and I noticed that Shisui had faint dark circles under his eyes telling me that he really has been caring for me all night which worried me a little. "You didn't get any sleep?"

"I'll be fine." Shisui placed the cloth in what I think was a tub of water then pulled it out and twisting it to get the excess water out before replacing it on my forehead. "Ninja sometimes have to go many days without sleep when on a mission, so it won't be a problem."

'That's not reassuring in the least.' Because of my knowledge from my previous life, I knew that lack of sleep could cause fatigue which will then lead to a number of health problems. 'And fatigue can also mean that Shisui's fighting capabilities would be greatly affected if we're attacked.'

"Isn't there something you can do for him?" Isobu asked bringing my thoughts to how I can help Shisui even if it's only a little bit.

'If only I had some Rhodiola.' I bit the inside of my cheek at the thought that I couldn't do anything for Shisui when he's here nursing me back to health. 'But they only grow in cold, mountainous regions.'

"Rhodiola?"

'A plant that's said to help fight fatigue.' I explained when I heard the confusion in Isobu's voice. 'It improves brain function and resistance to stress.'

"I see." Isobu said understanding why I wanted some. "That would be helpful."

'Yeah.' I let out a silent sigh in frustration as I thought over everything I knew about Rhodiola. 'Problem is we're nowhere near a mountain or sea cliffs right now and it's too warm for Rhodiola to grow.'

"We'll be staying here a little longer so you can rest." Shisui's voice cut of my conversation with Isobu bringing my attention to him to see that he was moving to leave the tent. "It would be a bad idea to move while you're like this."

"Okay." I nodded in understanding and after he left I let out a sigh that turned into a slight cough as I turned to my side letting the wet cloth to fall to the ground again. "Great, not only am I burdening Shisui by going with him, but now he has to take care of me when I suddenly got sick."

"It's not your fault, Kojiro." Isobu said reassuringly as he brought me into my mindscape. "The fault lies with me." I was surprised to hear this and quickly sat up to look him in the eye. "The reason for your sudden fever is because your body is still adjusting to having my chakra flowing through it."

"That doesn't make any sense." I got to my feet causing ripples on the surface of the pitch black water beneath me. "I've had you inside me for over a week now, so why did I get sick now instead of when I first used your chakra, Isobu?"

"That was because you were using small amounts of my chakra that time." Isobu explained using a tail to lift me up so I wasn't straining my neck to look him in the eye. "By using small amounts of my chakra, your body was slowly adjusting to it. However, because of your panic attack last night, you unknowingly drew upon more of my chakra than your body could handle which resulted in your fever."

"I used your chakra?" My eyes widened in shock at what Isobu told me and I tried to remember what happened last night while I was having my panic attack. When nothing came up, I looked to Isobu who nodded in confirmation. "Did Shisui see it?"

"Fortunately, no." Isobu replied and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. "The only way he would have noticed was if he looked at your eyes that changed to mine, but your head was lowered and your hair hid your eyes."

"That's good." I placed a hand over my chest when it felt like a great weight was lifted from it. "I don't know how I'm going to explain that if Shisui saw that."

"You could always say that it was your clan's kekkei genkai." Isobu suggested reminding me that I was a part of a clan. "It would make sense when you remember what you read about your clan and our imprisoned guest."

A chill went down my spine when I remembered my scaly lookalike that Isobu trapped in a coral jail. I looked down to the pitch black water where I knew where the said jail was and fought the urge to hide behind Isobu. Just the thought of that thing breaking free and taking over my body was enough to give me nightmares for days.

"Don't worry." I looked back to Isobu as he used another tail to pat me on the head. "I'll make sure that thing won't escape and hurt you, my friend."

A smile formed on my face that Isobu called me his friend and that he would protect me. I placed my hands on the tail patting my head and lowered it so I could place my forehead on it before closing my eyes. "And I'll make sure no one uses you as a weapon, friend."

"You should head back now." Isobu said as he lowered me back to stand on the surface of the black water with his tails swaying behind him. "Shisui has been trying to wake you up for the past few minutes." I nodded and closed my eyes as I concentrated in leaving my mindscape. When I opened my eyes, I saw Shisui hovering over my with a hand on my shoulder.

"How are you feeling?" Shisui asked removing his hand from my shoulder and placed it on my forehead. "Hmm, it's still a little high, but not as bad as before." He removed his hand and gave me an inquisitive look. "Do you think you're up to moving yet?"

"I think so." I nodded my head pushing myself into a seating position since I actually did feel a lot better. My body didn't feel as hot or achy as before and my headache was nothing more than a dull throb now. "I can probably handle travel for a little while longer."

"That's good." Shisui nodded holding up the flap of the tent to let me out first before following. He sealed the tent into a scroll before pocketing it and turned to face me. "We're close to the village, so I'm going to move a bit faster than before, can you handle that?"

I just nodded in response as Shisui turned his back to me and knelt down so I could climb on before we were off again. Shisui wasn't kidding when he said he was going faster, he was going so fast, I had to tighten my hold on his shoulders so I wouldn't fall off and everything seem to blur past us. I didn't know how long it was going to take us to reach our destination at the speed Shisui was going, so to pass the time, I decided to meditate to try out my theory from last night. I closed my eyes and took deep, even, breathes as I remembered what Ryuji told me.

'Picture my chakra as a blue flame.' It was a lot easier than when I did it the first time as I pictured a blue flame in a matter of seconds in my mind. I then split the flame into three smaller red, blue, and brown flames and I noticed that each flame had a unique characteristic. The red flame felt hot and flickered wildly while the blue flame felt cool and relaxing and the brown flame felt dry and sturdy. I decided to file that revelation away for later before willing the red and blue flames together again. At first there was some resistance, but eventually the two flames became one and formed a flame that had a lighter shade of red. This new flame flame still felt hot, but not burning, and it gave off a little steam as it burned.

"I believe you just formed the Vapor style kekkei genkai, Kojiro." Isobu said as he observed what I was doing with my chakra. "Trying combining your fire and earth natures next." I knew right away what Isobu was suggesting and split the vapor chakra back into fire and water before willing the earth chakra with the fire chakra. There wasn't as much resistance as with the water chakra and when they came together the flame was red with a brown hue to it. "Now you have formed the Lava style kekkei genkai. It would appear you have three if you include the one you inherited from your clan."

'That's cool and all.' I thought as I released the image of the flames but kept my eyes closed. 'But it seems a bit overkill to have three kekkei genkai.'

"Chakra natures and kekkei genkai are not things you can choose to have." Isobu said with a wise tone in his voice which surprised me. "They are what you are born with."

'I know that.' I sighed as I processed that I had now one, not two, but three kekkei genkai. 'I was just thinking that two would be a lot easier to handle than three.'

"I suggest working on one kekkei genkai at a time, Kojiro." Isobu said after my brain finally processed the fact I have three kekkei genkai.

'Yeah, but which one?' I thought over which kekkei genkai to to train on first, but my thoughts were interrupted when Shisui suddenly stopped and I opened my eyes to see why. In front of us was a huge gate with the leaf symbol on top with the double doors wide open for me to see four heads carved on the face of a mountain on the opposite side of where we are. 'Oh, that's why he stopped.'

"We're here." Shisui said as he knelt down to let me off before standing straight. "Welcome to the Village Hidden in the Leaves."

Now unto your reviews!

Oblivious IJ: Sorry it took so long, but I hope you enjoyed reading it. Peace!

GGPD: Yup, finally. Looking forward to it too, not sure when I'll do that though.

True Hyper Sonic: Yup, Shisui found him. So lucky it's ridiculous. Glad you caught on to that, if it were anyone other than Kojiro I would feel sorry for Isobu. Yeah, must suck for Kojiro to learn about his kekkei genkai. He might have a kekkei tota, he might not, who knows? Good observation in the boil and lava releases though.

Blueowl: Same here, would not have been pretty if it were an enemy. So true, which is exactly why I wrote the previous chapter like that. Sadly, that's not happening this chapter.

SilverDragon1218: It's alright, that tends to happen from time to time. i'm glad Shisui found him too. Lol, nice, I should do the dramatic voice thing at the end of each chapter from now on. And a good day to you as well.

Luckyshot8: Indeed, another curse of being the container of a tailed beast, your chakra control is going to suck when you start training it.

CriticalFanatic: Interesting choices, I'll keep them both under consideration when it's time for me to decide to pair Kojiro up with someone.

guest reader: That will be my little secret until the time is right. If you want to know, then I suggest you keep reading to know the answer.

thepowerfulkira: It's fine, I make mistakes too.

sarahgri99: Yes, Shisui! I hope the wait was worth it!

Before I forget, I just wanted to announce that from the next chapter onward, it will be in 3rd P.O.V. as it will start to get harder to write future fight scenes. Just thought I'd give you all fair warning for you bombard the reviews with questions about the change in P.O.V.

With that being said, until we meet again!