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Stitched Kitsune: Chapter 11

Land of Snow (2 weeks after the failed invasion): With Naruto, Fu and Karin

Naruto was laying down in a hammock with Fu and Karin on either side of him as they all laid down enjoying the nice weather; the day after the invasion Doto found the Koyuki family treasure which was a heat generator. The land closest to the generators and the castle were now in spring like conditions while the rest of the country was still covered in snow.

Doto was pissed at first but soon afterwards just said 'fuck it' and moved on; Doto paid the group their cut for assisting in holding off the invasion but decided to give Naruto a little bonus. Doto had a small cabin built for him near where the Koyuki family generator was; to which Naruto gladly accepted as his new home.

Currently Naruto was relaxing with both Fu and Karin by his side as both of his new girlfriends were asleep; Naruto still remembered how it all happened.

*flashback* 2 weeks ago

Naruto was sitting down in a chair as both Fu and Karin stood over him "so what is it you want to talk about" Naruto said and Fu stepped forward.

"Naruto we've been together for a while now" Fu said and Naruto nodded "and well… over that time I grew… feeling for you" Fu said with a light blush and Naruto nodded.

"Okay well I don't understa- "Naruto began until Karin stopped him.

"Naruto, I also like you… for a long while now" Karin said blushing as well.

"Wait so you both like me" Naruto said and both girls nodded.

"Yes, Naruto we both like you" Fu said "so that's why we want to ask you a question" Fu said and Naruto listened. "Do you like us back" Fu asked as both she and Karin looked on in anticipation.

Naruto looked down and nodded "yeah I do" Naruto said looking at both Karin and Fu "you both are great girls; you care about me and you treat me well" Naruto said as he pulled now his mask. "You don't see me as a monster or are frightened by my looks; you both see me as me" Naruto said with a smile "other than Hinata back in Konoha, you 2 are my only 2 friends I have" he said and both girls smiled.

"We're glad to hear that Naruto" Karin said with a blush "the reason we are asking you is because both me and Fu want to ask you something" she said. "We are both wondering if we could be your girlfriends" Karin asked and Naruto went wide eyed.

"We don't have to follow the old rules" Fu said "we are outlaws, we answer to nobody; so, who cares" she said. "We just wanted to aske you; you don't have to if you don't want too" Fu said as both she and Karin grabbed Naruto's hands "but we would be happy if you did" she said.

Naruto looked at the both of them and nodded "ok sure" Naruto said and both girls smiled "but I'm not going to play favorites; I'll like you both equally" Naruto said. The next thing Naruto knew he was tackled by Fu and Karin; both girls gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek making it official.

*Flashback end*

Naruto still smiles at the memory as now he has not one but 2 girls who care about him.

"Having a little vacation; blondie" Came a familiar voice; Naruto sat up not waking up Fu and Karin and saw Gato and 2 body guards standing a few feet away "how's it going" he asked. Naruto got off the hammock and walked up to Gato.

"Hey Gato; what are you doing here" Naruto asked "and how did you find me" he asked and Gato smirked.

"Straight to the point, I like it; Sasori told me you live out here" Gato said "I need to speak to you, Kakuzu and your 2 girls there" Gato said pointing at Karin and Fu. "I have a job and I think some extra muscle would help out a lot" Gato said and Naruto nodded.

"Ok give me a minute" Naruto said as he walked over to wake up Karin and Fu.

1 Hour later: Naruto's cabin

Naruto, Kakuzu, Fu and Karin were all siting in Naruto's cabin one side of a table while Gato and his 2 body guards sat on the other side of the table.

"I have to say when I heard of your exploits here, I was very impressed" Gato said "to be honest I had a feeling I stuck gold when I hired you last; looks like I was right" he said.

"How did you know we were here" Naruto asked and Kakuzu answered.

"Obviously our reputation grew for working with Doto" Kakuzu said making Naruto, Fu and Karin look at him "news travels fast in the underworld; the more jobs we do the more out reputation grows, which means more clients" he said.

"Bingo" Gato said "now then the reason I'm here; I have a job that needs to be done and I want the 3 kiddies here to handle it with my other guy" Gato said.

"What's the job" Naruto asked.

"How much is it going to pay" Fu asked.

"And who are we working with" Karin asked.

"Damn you kids act like more like adults than most adults" Gato said with amusement "the job is in wave country; I want to expand my business but the damn people there are fighting back, they have a union of dock workers and one asshole in particular Kaiza is a considerable pain in the ass" he said. "The pay will be 1,000,000 Ryo for each of you; it's not much but to make it up on the back end I will also give you the same amount in stocks for my companies" Gato said and Karin nodded.

"Ok the pay is at most medium but the stocks will be more than enough to compensate" Karin said as she did mental math "I don't see nothing wrong with it" she said and both Naruto and Fu nodded as they trusted Karin's intuition and intelligence.

"Lastly you will be working with 2 rogue mist shinobi; they are trying to raise money for the rebellion going on in Kiri" Gato said as he got up. "So, what do you say" Gato asked.

Naruto, Karin and Fu all looked at each other and nodded "We'll do it" Naruto said and Gato nodded.

"Great; meet me at the docks in 2 days" Gato said as he got up and walked out with his body guards; Naruto looked at Kakuzu and spoke.

"Well looks like we have another job" Naruto said and Kakuzu nodded.

"Naruto; make sure you get in good with those Kiri ninja" Kakuzu said making Naruto confused "if we are lucky, they could introduce us to the leader of the rebels and we can go to Kiri for work" he said and Naruto nodded.

"Alright Kakuzu" Naruto said as he got up "I'm going to pack my stuff" Naruto said.

"I'll help" Fu said as she walked over and began to help Naruto pack his backpack.

"I'm going to go and tell my mom about the mission" Karin said as she got up "Kakuzu do you know where she is" Karin asked an Kakuzu went wide eyed.

"Uhhh…" Kakuzu said.

Doto's castle: With Mie and Sasori

Sasori and Mie were both naked in bed as they both relaxed with each other; Mie had her head on Sasori's chest and Sasori had his arm around her.

"This is nice" Mie said snuggling into Sasori and Sasori nodded.

"You know Mie I feel a little guilty" Sasori said making Mie look at him "Karin is my apprentice and I'm sleeping with her mother; I've done some bad things but I actually feel guilty" Sasori said and Mie giggled.

"Ok so murder, treason and human puppets are ok; but sleeping with a student's mom is where you draw the line" Mie said and Sasori flicked her forehead.

"Shut up" Sasori said "besides you're the one who came onto me" he said and Mie laughed; Mie leaned up and kissed Sasori on the cheek.

"And I don't regret it" Mie said as Sasori pulled her in closer.

"Neither do I" Sasori said with a smile.

2 day later: Snow country docks

Naruto, Fu and Karin were walking along the docks with their back packs looking for Gato; after walking for about 10 minutes until they saw Gato. Naruto walked up with Fu and Karin and greeted.

"Hey Gato" Naruto said "where are the others" Naruto asked and Gato pointed to the ship.

"They're on board; lets go and I'll introduce you" Gato said and Naruto along with Karin and Fu followed; all 4 walked onto the ship and Naruto was greeted by the sight of 2 people. "Naruto, Karin, Fu; Meet your partners for this mission" Gato said "Zabuza Momochi and his apprentice Haku" he said.

All 3 children looked and saw a tall man with bandages wrapped around his mouth sitting down on some crates with a humongous sword on his lap "hmph… so these are our partners" Zabuzu said "they look greener than Haku" he said.

Naruto and the others turned and saw his partner Haku; Naruto's cheeks reddened behind his mask and both Karin and Fu felt slight jealousy. Haku had long black hair running down the back of her dark grey kimono; she had pale skin, large brown eyes and was holding what seemed to be a white rabbit.

"Lord Zabuza please be nicer; we will be working with them" Haku said and Zabuza groaned in annoyance; Haku walked up and bowed "hello my name is Haku; I'm 10 years old, apprentice to Lord Zabuza here and despite my appearance I'm a boy" Haku said making Naruto and Fu's jaw drop.

"What are you serious" Fu shouted "you look cuter than I do" Fu said. 'Well at least I don't have to worry about Naruto being interested in him' she thought.

"Seriously you're a guy" Naruto said and Haku nodded.

"That's a lie" Karin said adjusting her glasses as Haku and the others looked at her "your chakra signature is that of a girl; and besides looking like that there's no way you're a girl" Karin said and Haku sighed.

"You ruined my fun" Haku said a little let down "I love saying that and messing with people" Haku said and both Naruto and Fu got tick marks.

Zabuza however was analyzing the 3 kids 'so the red head is a sensor huh… interesting; the blonde kid and the mint haired girl must be combat types' he thought.

"Ok enough chit chat; you have a job to do and people to kill" Gato said as he walked away; as he did Haku walked up in front of Naruto, Fu and Karin.

"Well, you 3 seem like nice people; I hope we get along" Haku said before presenting her rabbit "do any of you want to hold him" she said with a smile.

"Bunny" Fu cheered as she took the rabbit and began to pet him "oh he's so fluffy" she said as Naruto and Karin chuckled.

"So how did you end up getting in this line of work" Zabuza asked the 3 children "I mean I thought Haku here was young but you 3 seem to be even younger" he said and Naruto sighed.

"It's a long sad story" Naruto said.

"How bad could it be" Zabuza said not expecting it to be that bad.

At Sea: 2 hours later

Naruto, Karin and Fu were sitting on deck with Haku, Zabuza and Gato.

"Holy fucking shit that is bad" Zabuza said looking at the 3 children in front of him "so your village skinned and dismembered you for associating with a girl" Zabuza said to Naruto and he nodded.

"Yep, cut off my skin, my fingers… my boy parts" Naruto said which made Zabuza and Gato grab themselves "if it wasn't for Kakuzu I would be dead or wish I was dead" he said.

"And you were being trafficked to another village to be a weapon" Gato asked Fu who nodded.

"Yeah; Naruto and Kakuzu saved me before I could make it there" Fu said "and I've been with them ever since" she said.

"And you and your mother were being used for medical purposes" Haku asked and Karin nodded.

"Yeah, if you bite me or my mom it'll heal you but at the cost of our own health" Karin said "my mom was about to die until Naruto, Kakuzu and Fu raided our camp and liberated us" she said.

Haku was looking at all 3 of them and had a thought 'and I thought I had it bad' she thought.

"I may be a despicable bastard but even I have limits" Gato said.

"I've done worse" Zabuza said as he leaned back "but to be honest if your villages treated you like that then they deserved you 3 abandoning it" he said. "But you know you kids seem to be a little too trusting; after all you're telling this to 3 wanted criminals" Zabuza said pointing at him, Haku and Gato and Naruto shrugged.

"I mean it's not like you 3 could go to the police; and if you did who'd believe you" Naruto said.

"Kid has a point" Gato said "oh howdy ho officer; I ran into 3 children acting as mercenaries and 2 of them have demons sealed in them" Gato said.

"Well, I mean, if you put it like that" Zabuza said rubbing the back of his head; Haku stood up and bowed down.

"I appreciate your trust in telling us this" Haku said and Naruto grinned.

"No problem Haku; you seem like a nice person" Naruto said making Haku blush "unlike Mr. No brows here" Naruto said pointing at Zabuza.

Zabuza was about to retort but stopped "eh… I'll give you that" Zabuza said; Gato got up and stretched.

"Well, I'm heading to my cabin; we'll be in Wave country in 2 days, so get comfortable" Gato said as he walked off.

After Gato walked off Karin looked at Zabuza and Haku "so what are your abilities and specialties" Karin asked "so we can work together better" she asked. Zabuza and Haku looked at her not entirely trusting her "I don't mean specifics but just the general stuff" she asked.

"I'll go first" Naruto said raising his hand "I use my threads as my main fighting style but I also have wind release" he said confidently.

Fu stood up next "I have water release and I can fly" Fu said as she brought out her wings making Zabuza go wide eyed and Haku look star struck.

"Oh my god" Haku said running up and looking at Fu's wings "they're real; you almost like a fairy" she said and Fu chuckled.

"Thanks, Haku" Fu said "when we get to wave, I can take you on a flight" she said and Haku nodded vigorously.

"I'm next I guess" Karin said as she opened a scroll and brought out her puppet "I'm a puppet user but I'm still new at it; I'm also a sensor type" she said.

Zabuza looked at the 3 children in thought 'they really just told us their secrets' he thought "fine" Zabuza said. "I specialize is the hidden mist Jutsu, kenjutsu and water release" Zabuza said keeping his skills vague.

Haku seeing this stood up and a few feet away "I can use water and wind release jutsu but also…" Haku began as she raised her hand in front of her; Haku proceeded to make a single ice mirror before walking into it to the astonishment of Naruto, Fu and Karin. "I can combine both elements to use my kekkei genkai; ice release" Haku said.

"Holy crud" Naruto said as he got up and walked up to the mirror and tapped it with his knuckles "that is so cool… no pun intended" Naruto said making Haku giggle. "Hey you know we just came from spring country; they have literally thousands of different kinds of ice jutsu" Naruto said "maybe you can come visit and can learn some; I only know one basic one" he said and Haku looked at him surprised.

"You have ice release kekkei genkai" Haku asked and Naruto shook his head.

"Nah I don't" Naruto said "Snow country ninja just combine wind and water chakra like you; but it's more like mixing water and earth to make mud jutsu's" he said and Haku nodded.

"Can we go to Snow country Lord Zabuza" Haku asked and Zabuza thought about it.

"We'll see" Zabuza said making Haku smile before he got up "I'll be below deck in our cabin; don't get in too much trouble" he said as he walked away. Haku was left with Naruto, Fu and Karin and unsure what to do.

"Well, we have 2 days until we reach wave; lets do some training on the deck" Naruto said as he Karin and Fu got up "do you want to join us Haku" Naruto asked.

Haku hesitated for a minute until she nodded "sure" Haku said as she got up and followed her new friends to do some training.

2 days later: Wave village docks

Kaiza was standing on the docks of the village with over 100 dock workers as he saw Gato's ship dock; he was holding a sledge hammer in his hand as he saw Gato his 2 body guards Waraji and Zori a large man carrying a huge sword on his back and what looked like 3 children.

'What are those kids doing here' Kaiza thought as Gato and his group walked forward; Gato and his group stopped a little bit away from Kaiza and his group of dock workers and spoke.

"I have never seen a sorrier sight in my life" Gato said "Kaiza you are a damn fool; I offered you money, power and a better life and yet you still stand in my way" he said and Kaiza pointed his sledge hammer towards Gato.

"Your offer is tainted by the blood of the innocent" Kaiza said and Gato frowned "you want take over wave and move that opium crap through out ports; selling poison to innocent people, we will have none of it" he said and the crowd behind him cheered in agreement.

"Supply and demand Kaiza; I don't force people to use it, they buy it of their own free will" Gato said "I can tell you and your army of back water bumkins are not that smart so I will make it simple" he said tapping his cane on the concrete dock. "Go back to your shacks and don't come back until I tell you too; and when I do you all will be under my employment and move my product" Gato said.

"And with what army; I see 3 men on your side and who are those kids" Kaiza said "are you going to hide behind them like a shield" he said and Gato groaned.

'Mother fucker can't make this shit easy' Gato said as he turned around "you brought this upon yourself Kaiza; Zabuza, Naruto, I want Kaiza alive" he said and both nodded. "And kill half the dock workers; just to show them what happens when you don't follow the rules" Gato said as he walked back with his 2 body guards.

"Ok brats you heard the man" Zabuza said as he grabbed his sword; Naruto nodded and took off his jacket and placed it on a nearby crate.

"Time to earn our pay girls" Naruto said; Fu got into her taijutsu stance, Karin summoned out her puppet and Haku took out her senbon and donned her Kiri anbu mask.

Naruto, Zabuza and the other charged at Kaiza and his group of dock workers ready to end the workers' revolt.

With Naruto, Fu and Karin

Naruto, Fu and Karin were working together as they both charged towards a group of about 50 dock workers "Karin, combo time" Naruto said and Karin nodded. Naruto went through hand signs as Karin got her puppet ready; Karin proceeded to fire a stream of fire at the dock workers as Naruto finished his jutsu.

'Wind style: Wind bullets' Naruto fired a dozen wind bullets at Karin's fire stream and created a dozen over powered fire bullets. The dock workers never seen anything like this and were caught completely off guard; all 12 of the fire bullets hit a dock worker either killing them or setting them alight.

The group of now 40 or so men scattered as Naruto, Fu and Karin charged in; Karin used her puppet to slam and hit the dock workers to render them unconscious. One dock worker carrying a crow bar came up from behind and was about to hit her; however, Karin sensed him and was able to strike first.

Karin turned around and ducked under the wild swing from the worker; Karin jumped up and kicked the man under the chin making him spit up blood. Karin while still in the air spun around and kicked him on the side of his head knocking him out. Karin then landed and proceeded back to using her puppet like nothing happened.

Naruto however was currently plowing his way through the group of dock workers like they were nothing; Naruto was able to learn the basics of Kakuzu's earth style and was able to harden his body with earth chakra.

Naruto drove his hardened fist into a worker's gut breaking his ribs and sending him to the ground; another dock worker tried to hit Naruto in the head with a metal bar but Naruto stopped it by bringing his hand up and catching it making a loud 'clang' as he did so. Naruto grabbed the bar and pulled it towards him along with the man; Naruto proceeded to back hand the man breaking his jaw and sending him to the ground.

Fu was also fighting but unlike Naruto wasn't using brute force but her speed and flexibility to weave her way through the group of men she was fighting. Fu kicked one man in the knee breaking the limb sending him to the ground holding his limb; another man ran towards Fu holding a meat cleaver and Fu took out a kunai from her holster.

Fu parried the meat cleaver and jammed the kunai into the man's wrist; Fu then dragged the kunai up his arm severing veins and arteries. The man fell to the ground and grabbed his arm in an attempt to stop the bleeding; Fu ignored the mans pained filled cries and ran back into the fight.

With Zabuza and Haku

Zabuza using his giant sword cleaved through 3 dock workers who tried in vain to stop him 'this is completely below me' Zabuza thought as he brought his sword back and got ready for another attack 'I fought the Mizukage and lived; now I'm fighting a bunch of untrained civilians' he thought. 'Screw this' Zabuza thought as he jumped back and went through hand signs and stopped 'Water Style: Water vortex' Zabuza using the ocean around him made a water vortex and sent it towards the group of workers.

The workers panicked and tried to run away but were too slow as the water jutsu washed them off the dock sending most of them into the water.

Haku however was not killing any of the dock workers as she threw her senbon precisely at them in order to incapacitate them; one worker tried to punch Haku but she ducked under the punch and jammed a senbon into his elbow joint making the arm useless. Before the man could scream Haku jammed another senbon into his neck knocking him out.

Haku got up but immediately dodged a sledge hammer courtesy of Kaiza.

'Damn it; we are out matched' Kaiza thought as he tried to hit Haku with his sledge hammer; Haku was dodging the strikes and countered trying to hit him in the neck. Kaiza however dodged and kicked Haku in the gut sending her skidding across the ground; Haku recovered and got back into her taijustu stance.

'He's different; he's not trained but he's still skilled' Haku thought 'I cannot fail' she thought as she went through hand signs. 'Ice release: Ice spikes' Haku slammed her hands onto the ground using the water already present to create ice spikes and sending them towards Kaiza.

Kaiza went wide eyed as he saw the spikes coming toward him but steeled himself; using his strength he used his sledge hammer to destroy a spike just as it formed in front of him. However, he then felt his legs give out from under him as he fell to the ground; Kaiza reached behind him and looked at his hand and saw blood.

"You play around too much Haku" Zabuza said "just take him out" he said and Haku ran up.

"Sorry Lord Zabuza; he's more skilled than the others" Haku said looking at Kaiza; Zabuza used his sword to sever Kaiza's spine immobilizing him from the waist down. Naruto, Karin and Fu all ran up as they finished beating the dock workers.

"So that's the last of them" Fu said a she looked around and saw half of the workers dead and the other half in the water or injured "kind of boring" she said and Karin shrugged.

"Who cares we get paid either way" Karin said "so what do we do with this guy" Karin asked.

"We make an example out of him" Gato said as he and his 2 henchmen walked up "we need to put the fear of god in these people; to ensure they never pull this sorry shit again" he said. "Naruto do you have any ideas" he asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, I do, but it won't be pretty" Naruto said.

Wave town center (30 Minutes later): With Tsunami, Inari and Tazuna

Tsunami was holding her 4-year-old son Inari as she and her father Tazuna looked on in horror with the rest of wave at the sight they were seeing. Kaiza was bloody and beater being held up by his arm by a red-haired girl using glowing chains that seemed to be coming out of her back.

Gato was standing on a platform in front of Kaiza and several others "people of wave; look at what happens when you defy me and my company" he said. "This didn't have to happen but you forced my hands; now you will pay the price" Gato said as he walked away "do it kid" Gato said to a blonde boy wearing a mask.

Naruto was shirtless as he walked up to Kaiza and grabbed his shoulders; Kaiza looked at him his eyes full of defiance "sorry dude" Naruto said as the threads on his chest became undone. The threads then shot out and buried itself into Kaiza's chest making him scream out in pain; Tsunami, Tazuna, Inari and all of wave all looked on in horror at the display.

Naruto's threads then proceeded to remove Kaiza's heart while it was still beating and pulled it inside himself; the heart was transplanted and the threads began to sew themselves back into Naruto. Kaiza was alive for a few more seconds until he fell to the ground dead with a gaping hole in his chest.

Naruto stumbled back as Fu and Haku grabbed him and Karin walked up to help him stand; Gato seeing the deed was done walked up.

"You brought this upon yourselves; it didn't have to be this way" Gato said "now take a good long look at your so-called hero and remember this day for as long as you live and remember my rule is absolute" Gato said as he turned around and walked off the stage with the others.

Naruto was walking with the others as he heard the crying of a child; Naruto turned and saw Inari crying in his mothers' arms as his mom tried to comfort him. Naruto then saw the old man standing next to her and both locked eyes.

Tazuna glared at the boy who killed his son in law with eyes full of hate and contempt 'you damn monster' Tazuna thought 'one day you will pay for your crimes' he thought.

Naruto turned away as he couldn't stand the look he was given; he just silently followed Gato back to the ship to go back to snow country.

On the ship a few hours later: With Naruto

Naruto was looking over the rail of the ship holding his chest; he felt the beating heart of Kaiza in his chest and felt the phantom pains of the technique. He was so far in his thoughts he didn't hear Zabuza until he was right next to him.

"That was pretty brutal brat" Zabuza said "but I can tell your hearts not into it; no pun intended" he said and Naruto nodded.

"I've killed a lot of people; some deserved it and some didn't" Naruto said as a image of Koyuki flashed through his mind "that Kaiza guy didn't deserve it either" he said.

"That's what it means to be a shinobi kid" Zabuza said "kill what makes you human in order to complete the mission; the mission is all that matters" he said before looking at Naruto. "What is your mission kid" Zabuza asked.

Naruto thought and saw Karin and Fu both smiling "Karin and Fu" Naruto said "they are my mission; they lived shit lives and the least I could do is make it to where they can live long happy lives in peace" Naruto said and Zabuza chuckled.

"Then that's it then" Zabuza said as he got up "don't let anyone get in your way of your mission" he said.

"Are you coming back to Snow country with us" Naruto asked and Zabuza stopped.

"For a little while" Zabuza said "Haku begged me to go so she can learn Ice jutsu; but I think she just wants to be around you and the girls" he said making Naruto go wide eyed. "After a little while me and her are going to Kiri to help out with the civil war there; you are welcome to come along" Zabuza said and Naruto smiled.

"I'll talk to Kakuzu and Sasori but I think we can make it work" Naruto said and Zabuza nodded as he walked off; Naruto smiled as he looked up at the sky 'Zabuza and Haku joining us; man started out with me and Kakuzu and now we are even bigger now' Naruto thought. 'I have so many friends now' Naruto thought before he got a sad look on his face 'I wonder how Hinata is doing' he thought.

In Konoha (that night): Hyuga compound

Hinata got out of her bed and was going to get a drink of water; it has been months since Naruto's disappearance and she has been growing more worried by the day. She has been hoping and praying that one day Naruto would return to Konoha. As she walked down a hall, she heard shouting and recognized it was her father; Hinata ducked down and hid her presence and listened.

"Damn it; how hard is it to look for a corpse" Hiashi roared as he looked at 4 branch members kneeling before him "we should have found him by now" he said and one of the branch members spoke up.

"Lord Hiashi we've been looking for months" the branch member said "if what they say is true that Naruto boy should have died from his wounds" he said. "He most likely was eaten by wolves or scavengers shortly after he- "the branch member began until Hiashi activated his seal and he began to roll around in pain.

"I don't want excuses I want results" Hiashi shouted as he stopped the seal "I want his corpse or some part of his body to prove that theory; and if you can't do that then the consequences will be dire" he said. "I already have the hokage breathing down my neck about this and we cannot afford to look weak and foolish" Hiashi said "begone; start the search again tomorrow" Hiashi said.

The branch members got up and made their way to the door; Hinata hearing this silently ran back to her room before they exited. No one heard or saw her as she closed her bedroom door and fell to her knees.

'Father; why' Hinata thought as she closed her eyes and began to cry silently on the floor of her room 'why would you kill Naruto; he didn't do anything wrong' Hinata thought as she got up and went to her closet. Hinata lifted a floorboard and pulled out a piece of paper.

On the paper there was a sketch of Naruto that Hinata made from her sketchbook; she made it after Naruto went missing and prayed over it for his safe return. Hinata cried as she held the sketch to her chest 'Naruto; I'm so sorry' she thought.

At the same time: on the ship

Naruto shot up in his bunk and looked to both his sides and saw Karin and Fu still sleeping; Naruto was sweating as he had an unusual dream and thought he heard a familiar voice. It then clicked in his head who the voice belonged to.

"Hinata" Naruto whispered.

Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did, please like, comment and share with your friends. Ok so this is the last chapter before the time skip as this is going on to long and I need to advance the plot; the next chapter will be in the beginning of the actual Naruto series. Ok then until next time bye.