Hello and Welcome to chapter 18 of Naruto: The Dark Prince.

Now without further ado, Let's get on with the chapter.


Chapter 18: Retrieval of the Slug Princessand a long-awaited Reunion Part-1


"So Pervy Sage, where exactly are we heading anyway?" Naruto asked.

Naruto, Keiran, (In his spirit form) Catra, Yukino, and Jiraiya have traveled a couple of miles away from the leaf village.

"Stop calling me Pervy Sage." Jiraiya said as his eyes twitched in irritation. "It seems like you haven't recognized me as a superd person yet." Jiraiya added as he shook his head and continued walking until they came across a bridge.

'A superb person, more like a superb pervert if you ask me.' Catra said as she nodded her head. She was laying down on Naruto's shoulder.

Keiran was floating around and just listened to the conversation.

"What's superb about you, mister Pervy Sage?" Yukino asked as she tilted her head. Catra smirked as she heard this.

Jiraiya eyes twitched again as he grumbled something. He stopped along the bridge and turned around to his student and his friend.

He then started to... Dance?

"Toad Sage is only a disguise!" Jiraiya said while hopping on one foot.

"As a matter a fact...!" He then stomped his foot down.

"North and South and East and West!" Jiraiya started to swing around his white hair.

"I'm the white maned toad charmer!" Jiraiya threw up the scroll that was on his back.

'Toad charmer... He's in to that stuff?.' Catra said in disgust.

"And one of the legendary Sannin whom even Celestial beings can't defeat." Jiraiya said as he landed on a toads back.

Meanwhile...

(Scene Change)

In an open area, two figures of females can be seen fighting each other.

These two were Iris and Celeste.

As Celeste was about to swing the Sword of Light at Iris, she suddenly froze and then shiver.

Using this opening. Iris used her own Sword of Light and attacked Celeste.

"Hyyyaaa!!!"

*Slash*

"Aahh!" Celeste luckily blocked Iris's sword with her own but was still sent flying back, and with shout, she crashed into the ground.

After a moment, Celeste opened her eyes, only to be met with the sharp end of the Sword of Light.

Celeste sighed and raised her hands up in surrender.

"You okay?" Iris said softly as she lowered her sword and crouched down.

"Yes, i am." Celeste said

Iris then stretched out her hand for Celeste to take, which she did and helped her up.

"Thanks." Celeste said and Iris nodded.

"What happened? You just froze up." Iris asked.

Celeste wiped off some dirt from her dress and then looked at her teacher.

"I'm not sure myself... But i felt like someone said my name just now. it gave me the chills." Celeste said, shaking her head.

"Hmm... Well, nobody should know who you are. Maybe you're just having one of those feelings i get when i feel my beloved talking about me. I get this warm feeling in my chest, and it makes me shiver in comfort. It's almost like he's there with me again." Iris said with a loving sigh.

Celeste smiled at what Iris said before shaking her head.

"No, it wasn't that kind of feeling, i wish it was, though. For me, it gave me a repulsive feeling." Celeste said.

"Repulsive?" Iris said in confusion. Celeste nodded and continued to speak.

"Yes. It's like my name came out of a foul man's mouth. I don't like to speak ill of people but that's how i felt. And, it felt like a man with white hair said it." Celeste said, shivering again.

"White hair? Why a specific man like that?" Iris muttered.

Iris thought about it some more before shaking her head.

'No. It can't be him. What are the odds of that anyway? Although... if i come across that man at some point, I'm going to teach him a lesson about making a repulsive book like that.' Iris thought, before looking at her student.

"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, now come on. Let's go again and then we'll end it there for today." Iris said.

Celeste nodded, she stook out her arm and her Sword of Light came right towards her and she caught it easily. She then charged forward at Iris, taking the first move.

"Hyyyaaa!" Celeste shouted.

*Slash*

(Scene Change)

Jiraiya felt a shiver go up his spine but he continued to dance.

"S-such a stud! That he strikes fear... In the hearts of people!" Jiraiya said with a stutter but kept going as he spun around

"I am no other then Master Jiraiya!" He said and striked a pose.

"Yes... I'm talking about me!" Jiraiya finished his dance with a proud smile on his face.

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Naruto, with a blank face, grabbed Yukino's hand and walked past Jiraiya towards a sign that gave directions to the next town.

'I want to unsee that...' Catra said and Naruto nodded.

'Me too' Naruto said back. He then looked up at the sign to see where to go.

" "O"tafuka town? It says it's ten kilometers from here." Naruto said.Yukino nodded, and both began walking down the path.

"We can take a small break when we're halfway there." She said, and Naruto nodded, continuing walking. Completely leaving Jiraiya and Keiran stayed back as the two stared at each other in silence.

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"...Well, it's time to erase that image forever." Keiran said as he pointed his finger to his head as it glowed slightly.

(Scene Change)

*BOOM!*

In one of the training grounds in the leaf village. Sasuke Uchiha, was in a forest breathing heavily. He was focusing on his training in using his Chidori on a boulder. But his mind was clouded with thoughts of a certain team mate of his.

"Naruto..." Sasuke muttered.

(Flashback)

"Yukino's my childhood friend, Sasuke is my... Team mate, I won't abandoned them. Yukino is precious to me, that's why I won't let anything happen to her. As for Sasuke... When he need me I'll be there too back him up when things gets difficult. I won't run away, thats why..." Naruto pulled out his sword from his scabbard and pointed at Garra before thrusting it into the ground and looked at Garra dead in the eyes.

"As long as I'm here, as long as I'm still standing you won't bring any harm to those who are precious too me." Naruto stated.

(Flashback End)

Sasuke clenched his fist together tightly.

"Compare to him... I-"

(Flashback)

"Naruto's gotten stronger and stronger in such a short amount of time... We may have to step up our training in order to catch up with him." Yukino added with a chuckle as she still looked up at the sky.

Sasuke started to ball his fist and looked down, His hair shadowing his eyes.

(Flashback End)

'Damn it! How is he getting stronger?!' Sasuke thought in anger. 'What kinda training is he doing?' He added, he was about to do some hand signs, but

"It's frustrating... Isn't it?." a voice said, deep within Sasuke's mind.

Sasuke flinched and was now on his guard.

"Who's there!?" Sasuke said.

The voice chuckled in response and said.

"I mean, It's only natural that kid is stronger, compared to you." The voice said in amusement. Sasuke gritted his teeth as he heard this.

"Who are you!?" Sasuke said, as he looked around at his surroundings.

"Who i am is not important. But the fact of the matter is that you won't be able to beat that kid the way you are now." The voice said, ignoring Sasuke's question.

"Tch! And why is that?!" Sasuke said in anger, making the voice chuckle again.

"Why, you ask? Well, it's because... He is the Prince of Darkness." The voice said the last part with some venom. But Sasuke didn't notice.

"Prince of Darkness?" Sasuke said, wondering what the voice was talking about.

"Yes, that kid... Naruto, was it? He is the Prince of Darkness." The voice said

"Why are you telling me this?" Sasuke asked. Not understanding what the voice is saying.

"Because i have a grudge to settle with the Prince of Darkness. You can say me and him were... Friends, at one point in time." The voice said, his tone growing cold.

"And, I'm planning to use you, Sasuke Uchiha. In order to settle the score between us." The voice said.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he heard this.

"What makes you think I'm going to do as you say?" Sasuke said, The voice chuckled again.

"You will. After all, you do need power, right?"The voice said. Sasuke froze at those words.

"You need it for your revenge against your brother." The voice added.

"How-how do you know that?" Sasuke asked quietly, his voice spoke darkly as he asked.

"I know a lot more than you realize, Uchiha." The voice said, his words hold multiple meanings.

"Really? I doubt that-" Sasuke said but was cut off by the voice.

"I know about that night, the day your clan was murdered by your older brother, along with your parents." The voice said, causing Sasuke to freeze and clenched his fist tighter.

"I know about your little mark on your neck." Sasuke put his hand on the mark and kept listening.

"I know how you and your team betrayed Naruto in the Forest of Death." The voice said with a smirk.

"I even know about your little contract to revive that clan of yours. Isn't that why you're even together with her...?" The voice said

Sasuke didn't move, after that. He can feel whoever the voice was smirk when he didn't move or say anything to counter his words. After a moment of silence. Sasuke took a deep breath to calm himself and then sighed.

"Trying to manipulate me won't work. I don't care what you say. I won't let you control what i do."

"Oh really, even if i offer you power?" The voice said

"I'll get power my own way, and then I'll get my revenge, no matter what. Also, despite what you say, i can defeat Naruto in a fight if i want to. Even if he is this so-called Prince of Darkness." Sasuke said.

Sasuke heard another chuckle from within his mind.

"I really doubt that. You are strong and skilled, there's no doubt about that. But i can guarantee that if you challenge Naruto now, you wouldn't stand a chance." The voice said.

"What makes you think Naruto will beat me if we did fight." Sasuke asked.

"I don't think... I know he will beat you. After all, didn't he overpower you in that little fight you had back in that forest of death?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything.

"Just think, if you had a real fight and suddenly getting beaten by the 'loser' and 'dead last' of the academy.If you can't defeat him, then there's no way you can kill your brother." The voice said, making Sasuke grit his teeth again.

"My offer still stands. Sooner or later, you will want power. And, I'll be glad to give it to you. In exchange, you would help me settle that grudge i have against the Prince of Darkness." The voice said, finally ending the conversation.

Sasuke just stood there, trying to calm himself down again. He didn't hear the voice anymore, and Sasuke was glad he didn't. He didn't know who that voice was, but he started thinking of that offer he was given. If he had this power, then killing his brother would be much easier. But he knew he would have to settle some grudge he has against Naruto. He doesn't know why, but it's not his business anyway. But he also thought about something else.

'How did he know what happened in the forest? No, how did he know any of that anyway...? Well, it's not like it matters now. Besides, It's not like I'm getting any sort of punishment for it anyway. They would have done so by now.' Sasuke thought to himself.

Meanwhile, in the back of his mind, there was a black figure who heard what Sasuke thought in his mind and scoffed.

'I wouldn't jinx yourself. There's always consequences for your actions. I don't know what this era's punishment for treason is. But, i hope you are ready for what's to come in the future.' The voice spoke and disappeared.

Sasuke then thought about something else. It was about Naruto beating him in a fight, and that caused him to scoff.

"Naruto beating me in a fight... Yeah, right, like he can do that anyway." Sasuke said and started doing some hand signs.

Lighting chakra started to channel in Sasuke's hand. He then charged at a boulder and pulled his arm back and shouted.

"Chidori!"

(Scene Change)

"This looks like a good place to rest." Yukino said as she, Naruto, and Jiraiya arrived at a little shrine.

Naruto nodded and sat down at the steps of the shrine with Yukino doing the same as she put her bag down. Jiraiya was the last to sit down on the grass near the shrine.

After a moment of silence. Yukino decided to speak with Naruto about who that man was during the invasion.

"Hey Naruto. " Yukino said, getting his attention, along with Catra and Keiran. "You said you would tell me who that guy during the invasion was." She added. Surprising the three and confusing Jiraiya.

"Oh right... I forgot about that." Naruto muttered.

"What guy are you talking about?" Jiraiya asked curiously.

"Someone with black hair and unusual clothing appeared in front of Naruto and I when we were going after Sasuke." Yukino explained.

'Is she talking about Keiran? If so then why did he reveal himself in front of Yukino? Did Naruto ask him too come help me and sensei...That must explain why he was there at the time.' Jiraiya thought.

Yukino then looked at Naruto expectingly, making him sigh.

"Okay... I did say i would tell you." Naruto said, and Yukino waited with anticipation.

'Are you actually going to tell her?' Catra asked. Keiran wondered the same thing.

Naruto ignored Catra's question and focused on Yukino.

"Yukino... What I'm about to say needs to be kept a secret that's only between us... Can i trust you?" Naruto said, completely serious.

Yukino swallowed a lump in her throat after hearing Naruto's serious tone but then nodded her head firmly.

"Yes, I'll keep it a secret between us, i promise." Yukino said, just as serious as Naruto.

'...' Naruto looked at her expression before taking a deep breath.

"Alright, lean forward so i can tell you." Naruto said, and Yukino did just that. Although she did blush at how close they were.

Suddenly, Naruto's eyes turned green, startling the girl as he put both hands on her cheek, making her blush harder.

"W-what...? N-Naruto, what are you doing -" Yukino eyes suddenly turned hollow before they closed. Her body started tilting over too the side before Naruto caught her and gently laid her head down on his lap.

'I'm sorry, Yukino... But what makes you think I'll trust you after what you did.' Naruto thought as he stared at her silently. His eyes already turned back to his original blue color.

"Oi! Gaki, what happened? What did you do?" Jiraiya said as he stood up and walked towards Naruto.

"I just knocked her out, she'll wake up in a little bit." Naruto said calmly and looked at Catra.

"Catra. Is there like a spell where you can wipe people's memories or something? I just want Yukino to forget that she saw Keiran during the invasion." Naruto said.

Catra was surprised but then started to think. She did have a spell where it could suppress people's memories of a certain moment, but it was only temporary.

"I do, but after a certain amount of time has passed, she will regains those memories back." Catra spoke.

"So it's only temporary? How long are we talking anyway?" Naruto asked, 'even if it was just for a few days or weeks that would still work'. He thought.

"I would say a year or so." Catra said as if it wasn't a big deal with a shrug of her little shoulders.

"A Year?!/A Year?!" Both Naruto and Jiraiya said in surprised. Catra nodded.

"That... Or someone breaks the spell off of her, but it's highly unlikely because since this is a new era then what me and Keiran are used to, not many people don't even know or how to use magic." Catra said with Keiran agreeing with a nod.

"At least that's what we know so far. We haven't been out of the fire country at all so we can't confirm for sure if people still use magic or not." Keiran said.

"Umm... Okay?" Naruto said, still surprised at what he heard. "But a year? I know it's only temporary, but i thought it would be much sooner than that, like a couple of days or weeks until she regains the memory back." Naruto added with Jiraiya nodding his head.

"Well, it all depends on how much Mana you pour into the spell. I was going to put a good amount into it, so that's why it would be a year or so." Catra said.

"Wait, so depending on how much Mana you use, it will change the effect of the spell? But I thought it was similar to how we use our jutsu's, like you need a certain amount of Chakra and then perfect chakra control for it to work properly." Naruto said.

"You're half correct. You still need a certain amount of Mana and control over your magic so you can cast the spell. But unlike your Jutsu's, you can add more Mana into the spell to make the effects even greater then what it's supposed to do. But, if you're not pouring enough Mana, the effect won't be all that great then what you were hoping for." Keiran said and held out his hand.

"Take this, for example." Keiran added, just before a red magic circle appeared on his hand and a ball of fire started forming, but it was medium-sized.

"Fireball!"

Keiran launched the fire ball at a far distance away after a moment of silence.

*Boom!*

A small explosion of fire soon erupted, making a good-sized crater in the ground where it hit.

"That was just a simple fire spell where i didn't put much Mana into it. Now, i will show you what happens if I put more of my Mana into the spell." Keiran said, and another red magic circle appeared on his hand.

A ball of fire started forming again, but unlike last time. The fire kept rising until it was larger than Keiran's height.

"Fireball!"

Keiran, once again, launched the now big fireball, which caused a slight wave of hot air to brush past them and went a good distance away.

*BOOM!!!*

Just like what happened before, an explosion occurred when the fireball hit the ground, but this time it was much bigger and more destructive than before. A new crater has now been made but it was much bigger then the other one.

"You see the difference now?" Keiran asked, and Naruto and Jiraiya both nodded.

"Yes, i do, but it can't be that easy. I'm assuming that if you add more Mana, you have to have more control over that, right?" Naruto asked, and Keiran nodded.

"Yes, if you add more Mana than what is needed without having control over it, not only will the spell not work properly, but it will have some severe backlash towards the user." Keiran said, Naruto nodded.

"I see." He said and looked at Catra and she nodded.

Catra hopped down from Naruto's shoulder and went to Yukino and placed her paws on Yukino's forehead.

"Memory suppression!"

Catra started to glow white, and a white magic circle appeared above Yukino's forehead.

"So, no other memory will be suppressed, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, it will only suppress the memory of Keiran and not anything else." Catra said and continued on with the spell.

Naruto sighed as he heard what Catra said and looked towards Jiraiya.

"Hey, Pervy Sage. There's something you should know about." Naruto said, Jiraiya eyes twitched in irritation but was curious about what his student wanted to talk about.

Naruto felt like it was a good chance to talk about the incident from before, now that Yukino was unconscious and has her memory of Keiran being suppressed.

"What is it Gaki?" Jiraiya asked.

"Listen, the real reason why Naruto was late was because we had an encounter with two enemy ninjas that were in the village." Keiran explained, surprising Jiraiya, but then his expression turned serious.

'Two enemies infiltrated the village? But how? There were barriers surrounding the whole village...Unless-' Jiraiya thought to himself.

"What did these two look like?" He asked.

"The first one had a shark like appearance and had a bandage up sword. I think his name was Kisame." Keiran said, remembering what the missing ninja looked like.

"That sword also had a mouth." Catra spoke up suddenly.

"Oh yeah, it did have a mouth. Don't forget the mouth." Keiran said.

"The last one was definitely an Uchiha. Kurenai-sensei said his name was Itachi, and i think he is Sasuke's older brother but i can't confirm it. They also had on black cloaks with red clouds on it." Naruto said.

"I see... So it's them..." Jiraiya muttered, and put a finger on his chin.

"Do you know who they are?" Keiran asked, and Jiraiya nodded.

"I don't know much, but there is a group calling themselves the Akatsuki. It's made up of nine S-rank missing ninjas. Kisame and Itachi are one of them. Also, Itachi is indeed Sasuke's older brother." Jiraiya replied.

"I see... So he's the one Sasuke's after." Naruto said, and Jiraiya nodded.

"Hmm... Do you know what there goal is?" Keiran asked.

"No, i don't. I haven't got that much information yet." Jiraiya said while shaking his head.

"I see." Keiran said and looked at Naruto and nodded. Naruto stood up after carefully setting Yukino's head down.

"Hey Pervy Sage, what are the chances of that group coming after me?" Naruto asked, surprising Jiraiya.

"Why would you asked that?" The toad sage asked.

"While i was fighting them. They somehow knew i had the Nine-Tails sealed inside me." Naruto said, further surprising Jiraiya but his expression then turned more serious.

"I had a hunch that they might be after the Nine-Tails, but i didn't think they would act this soon. Is that why they were at the village?" Jiraiya said thinking out loud.

"No, i believe they weren't there for me." Naruto said.

This got Jiraiya's attention.

"They had multiple chances of capturing me while we were fighting, yet they didn't take it. This lead me to believe they weren't after me and they were in the village for something or someone else. However i think i still might be targeted in the future, since they know i have the Nine-Tails." Naruto explained to Jiraiya with Keiran nodding.

"I see..." Jiraiya muttered and nodded.

"Well, one thing is for sure now... Their goal has something to do with the Nine-Tails. If that's true, then there's no doubt that you will be targeted." Jiraiya said.

"Do you know what they can do if they get their hands on the Nine-Tails?" Keiran asked.

Jiraiya shook his head.

"I don't, i still need more information so i can confirm what you said. Once i get more information, I'll tell you about it as soon as i can." Jiraiya said, and Keiran nodded.

" 'sigh' I'm done." Catra suddenly said. Naruto, Keiran, and Jiraiya looked at Catra. She wasn't glowing anymore, and the magic circle vanished from her paws.

"You finished the spell?" Naruto asked, walking over.

Catra nodded.

"Yep! When she wakes up, she shouldn't remember anything about Keiran appearing during the invasion." Catra said. As soon as she said that, Yukino started tilting her head to the side and made a small noise.

"In the nick of time, too." Catra added and jumped up on Naruto's shoulders.

"We'll finish this conversation at a later date." Jiraiya said, and both Naruto and Keiran nodded.

"Thank you, Catra, for doing this." Naruto said to the white cat, and she nodded her little head.

"You're welcome."

Yukino's eye lids started to slowly open, and she blinked repeatedly so she could adjust to the light.

"Yukino, you okay." Naruto asked, getting her attention.

"Naruto? What happened?" She said as she slowly sat up with the help of Naruto.

"You suddenly passed out all of a sudden." Naruto replied

"Really? Well, how long was i out for?" She asked.

"Just a few minutes. Are you feeling okay?" Naruto replied.

"Y-yeah, i am. But..." Yukino said but then stopped.

'I feel like I've forgotten something.' She thought to herself.

"But what?" Naruto said, breaking her out of her thoughts.

"Oh, um, nothing, i just... thought i forgot something, that's all." Yukino said.

"I see..."

'It worked.' He thought in relief.

While Naruto and Yukino were talking, Keiran spoke to Jiraiya about something important.

"Jiraiya." Keiran spoke, getting the sages attention.

"Hm?"

"I hope you didn't forget we need to have that serious talk about that Minato guy... Right?" Keiran said, turning to Jiraiya.

"I didn't forget, but i would rather have that talk when we're alone." He said, and Keiran looked at him weirdly.

"... You know I'm already taken right? Also I'm not into that." Keiran said, slowly floating away.

"It's not like that!" Jiraiya shouted, getting the Genin's attention.

"Who is he shouting to?" Yukino asked, confused.

"... I have no idea." Naruto said and shook his head.

(Scene Change)

"Finally, we're finished."

Celeste sighed as she stretched. She was now walking through a busy town that was inside a big open hole. Iris was floating beside her.

"Aside from that little distraction you had. You did really well." Iris said.

"Don't remind me, please. And, thank you." Celeste said and shivered.

Iris chuckled.

"Putting that aside. I'm curious on how people can live inside this hole." Iris said and Celeste nodded.

"Especially when it rains. It must be tough."

As Celeste was walking around, she noticed that people were setting up some stalls. Some for food and some for games.

"Is everyone setting up for a festival?" Celeste asked out loud.

"There certainly will be." An old woman said beside her. She was struggling to hold two boxes.

"Do you need help carrying those boxes?" Celeste asked.

"Oh no, thank you, but i got it - woah!" Suddenly, the box on top that the old woman was holding fell over.

Celeste reacted quickly and caught the box before it hit the ground.

"Woah! It looks like you do need my help after all, huh?" Celeste said with a chuckle.

The old woman smiled at Celeste.

"Oh thank you young lady. I'm sorry for the trouble i caused." The old woman said. Celeste shook her head.

"It's no trouble at all, really." She said and started walking with the old women to a small tent. Once they went inside the tent, it was mostly dark with a few candles lit to make a certain atmosphere. In the middle was a round table and a clear ball in the center of the table.

The two put the boxes down.

"Thank you for helping me, young lady. I really appreciate it." The old woman said.

Celeste turned to her and smiled.

"Like i said, it's no problem at all." She said,

"So what's the festival for anyway? Is it something traditional? " She added.

"Oh no, it's nothing like that. It's just something we do for travelers that come too our small town." The old woman said.

Celeste nodded.

"Okay, so what kind of stall are you putting up?"

"Well, it's actually a fortune telling booth I'm setting up." The old woman said.

Celeste's eyes widened, but Iris beside her was confused.

"What's fortune telling?"

'It's basically a telling of what will or might happen in the future. It predicts future events and / or tells information about ones life.' Celeste explained, and Iris nodded.

"How fascinating. But, i don't sence an ounce of mana in this women. So how can she predict the future?" Iris said.

'I don't know. Some people are just born that way, i guess.' Celeste shrugged her shoulders.

"Something wrong dear?" The old woman said getting Celeste's attention.

"Oh no, nothing is wrong. It's just-"

"You were talking to that 'friend' of yours right." The old woman said with a knowing smile.

Celeste and Iris's eyes widened at the old womans words but Celeste composed herself and smiled.

"Who are you talking about? There's no one else but us." Celeste stated.

The old woman just shook her head.

"Oh, it's nothing. I sometimes say the strangest things all of a sudden." The old women said, and Celeste nodded slowly.

"Say dear. Would you like to hear your fortune?" The old woman suddenly asked, surprising Celeste and Iris.

"My fortune... I don't know, I'm not sure." Celeste said.

"If you're worried about paying, then don't be. Think of it as a thank you for helping me." The old women said, but Celeste shook her head.

"No, it's not that. It's just that i don't know if i want to hear my fortune." Celeste said.

"Are you possibly afraid of what's to come of the future?" The old woman asked.

"A little..." Celeste muttered.

"I say you should do it." Iris said, making Celeste flinch a bit.

'You think i should?' She asked, and Iris nodded.

"It would give us a heads-up on what we need to look out for anyway." Iris said.

Celeste thought about and agreed with what Iris said. After all, it's not like everything this woman would say will come true after all.

"Okay, i would like to have my fortune told." Celeste said to the old women, and she smiled.

"Excellent. Now, would you please have a seat and look through the plans you would like to choose from." The old women said and went to the other side of the table.

Celeste and Iris were confused but then looked down and saw a sheet of paper was now on the table.

'I didn't even see the paper when i came in.' Celeste thought.

"Me neither. Like it suddenly appeared out of nowhere." Iris said, and Celeste nodded.

The two girls looked through the paper. There were four plans to choose from. One was the basic plan. The second was the love plan. The third was the future plan. The last one was called the Premium plan, where you can get the regular reading, plus the love and future readings in one.

'Which one should i choose?' Celeste thought.

"It would be simple to just do the future plan... But, I'm curious about the premium one." Iris said, looking through the other plans.

'Are you sure you're curious about the premium? Or, you really just want to hear about who i will end up with.' Celeste thought with a deadpan expression.

"No... I'm saying the premium because the old women said you can choose which one you want without paying. And, so i thought it would be a waste not to go with the premium since it's the more pricey one." Iris explained.

"Hmm... Right." Celeste said, side eyeing Iris, who just turned away.

However, she was thinking about doing the Premium, not because she wanted to hear who she will end up with but it would be a waste just like Iris said.

"Have you chosen?" The old women said. Celeste and Iris looked up and saw she was now wearing a dark blue hoodie, almost like a witch.

"Yes, we- I have. I would like to do the Premium plan." Celeste said.

The old women nodded.

"Alright. Now let's start." The old women said and told Celeste to extend her arms to her, which she obliged.

"What's your name?" The old women asked.

"Celeste Leora." She said.

*Shine!!!*

The clear ball in the center suddenly glowed a bright light that lit up the entire tent. The light was too bright that the old women had to shield her eyes, while Celeste and Iris weren't affected by the light but were surprised that the clear ball in the center shined.

"Oh my... This hasn't happened before!" The old woman said in a surprised voice.

After a few minutes, the light eventually dimmed from the clear ball until it was gone. The old women and Celeste could see again.

"What was that?" Celeste asked.

"My crystal ball never reacted like this before." The old women said.

"Is that what this thing is." Celeste asked, and the women nodded.

"It helps me see the past, present, and future of who I'm reading. Usually, when i ask the name of who I'm reading, it is supposed to shine a little bit. But, for you, it shined bright like a beacon." The old women explained, and Celeste nodded.

"Anyway, let's continue."

"When i head fortunes. I see the face, the hands, and the heart of the person. I may say something you won't like. Are you ready for that?" The old women said, and Celeste nodded.

"Yes."

The woman started reading her palm.

"I will now begin with the first reading. Young lady. You have a long lifeline, one that you can look forward to. I sense no major illness so far."

The woman was done scanning her palm and moved to her forearms.

"Your academic and physical abilities are nothing to scoff at. Mostly your physical abilities, along with the 'Skills' you possess. But, there is still a lot of room for you to grow at both of them and many more. You are very smart and skilled for your age. You have a lot of potential that has yet to be unlocked. So work to achieve that, and you'll excel."

Celeste and Iris smiled while hearing this. This was the first time Celeste had ever done a fortune telling reading. So far, it was going good, but she knew this was just a prelude of what's to come. Same with Iris.

The old woman suddenly frowned, which Celeste and Iris noticed and payed attention.

"It seems something tragic happened to you, my dear." She said, and Celeste suddenly froze. Her smile was nowhere to be found, same with Iris.

"You lost many of your beloved ones and suffered because of it. Was it your parents and clan?" The old women asked. Celeste didn't say anything, her hair shadowing her eyes.

She nodded.

The old women received her nod with silence and kept checking her arm.

"I can tell you were at your lowest after 'it' happened... But, because of that, you were open to the greatest change. One that gave you someone and many more you can trust and rely on." The old woman said.

Celeste and Iris stayed silent and listened. Though Iris did put her hand on her student's shoulder for comfort.

"Please place your hand on the crystal ball." The old woman instructed.

The atmosphere from before turned to normal at the mention of love. Celeste took a deep breath to compose herself.

She did possethe old woman said and the crystal ball glowed again but this time it was white.

"I see. You have a pure heart that not many possess. You are certainly one of a kind. You are a kind and caring person. You can be a great leader and be a great teacher to others. I see you are willing to help anyone in need, which is a good trait to have, but be careful about who you are helping. I see that when the time is needed then you will be a force to be reckoned with. Those who will oppose you will have to watch out." The old woman warned as she looked at her crystal ball.

Celeste nodded at the old womans words. Iris told her the same thing once before, that she needed to be careful about who she helps out, along with being a great leader like she was once before. But being a great teacher? That surprised her because she didn't think she was qualified for that role.

"I can tell you will have a major role in your lifetime, a role that will cast a weight on you're shoulders. But, don't worry. There will be someone that will stand beside you all the way, that will share the weight that you have and you will do the same for that 'person' as well." The old woman added.

Celeste was surprised while Iris beside her smiled softly, she can pretty much already tell who this 'person' was.

"I'm done with the first reading. Now it's time for the Love reading." The old woman said.

Celeste was now nervous while Iris floated behind her a little and did a little happy dance to show she was excited to hear the love reading before floating beside Celeste once more.

'What were you doing?' Celeste asked with narrowed eyes.

"... Um. Nothing." Iris said, nervously looking away but still payed attention.

"Place both hands on the crystal ball." The old woman said.

Celeste did what she was told and it glowed a bit brighter then before.

"Oh wow." The old woman was astonished, her eyes widened in surprise.

"What is it? What do you see?" Celeste said, awaiting the answer along with Iris.

"I see a great and powerful romance in your future, young Celeste. It even looks like fate that brought you and your future lover together, i see. " The old woman said with a smile.

Celeste blushed a bright red. She has a small smile on her face as she thought about who she was going to be with. Iris had a big smile as she heard this.

"The man you're going to fall in love and marry." The old woman added.

"W-wait! M-m-marry!?" Celeste hysterically said, Iris silently giggled.

"Yes. The man you would love and cherish with all your heart. The one you can completely trust. The one you can depend on and lean on in your troubled times. He will always be their for you and will never go back on his word." The old woman stated and looked up.

Iris couldn't stop smiling and gave a teasing look at Celeste who was beet red.

"Awawawa..." Celeste couldn't stop herself from being embarrassed at how much she heard from the old woman. She took her hands off the crystal ball and covered her bright, blushing face.

The old woman simply smiled and laughed silently at Celeste's embarrassed state.

"Your a very lucky young woman, Celeste. Not that many people can even come close to the traits of your future lover, I'm honestly kinda jealous of you." The old woman said with a smile. But then, she had a serious expression on.

"However, i can see he has a overwhelming amount of darkness within him and it will keep on growing." The old woman added. Both Celeste and Iris got out of the state thier were in and paid close attention at the mention of 'darkness.'

"It's weird... I don't see it as a bad thing. However, It's not necessarily a good thing either... Something must've happened." The old woman muttered the last part but Celeste and Iris heard what she said.

Celeste and Iris looked at each other briefly, contemplating something. But, before they can think about what the old woman said, the woman spoke again.

"We will now start the future reading-"

"Wait a minute please." Celeste cut the woman off.

"Yes?"

"Can you tell me more of how he got this 'darkness' . A-and, if possible... Tell me when I'm going to meet my l-lover?" Celeste said and looked away with a flushed face.

"I'm very sorry, but without the person here. I can't tell how he got this darkness. If you're worried then you don't have to be. I can say for certain that with you there with him. You will be the Light to his Darkness." The old woman said, Celeste was slightly disappointed to hear this but smiled at the last part.

"Too answer your second question." The old woman continued. "I saw that you will have a faithful encounter with this person in the near future. And, when that time comes, you will certainly know... Trust me." The old woman finished.

Celeste looked at the woman and simply smiled and nodded in thanks. She was glad that she will get to meet her future lover in a faithful encounter. She was also very curious on who it will be. However, Iris had a guess on who it might be and the thought she had caused her to feel very anxious of waiting for this 'faithful encounter' to happen. If it is who she thinks it is. Then, it will be a day full of happiness for both herself and Celeste.

"Now to begin with the future reading." The old woman said and then gestured to the crystal ball again.

"Please channel your Chakra into the crystal ball." The women instructed.

Celeste did what she was told to do, and the crystal ball turned a bright light of violet.

"W-What?!" The old woman shouted in surprise.

The woman just stared wide-eyed at her crystal ball. Usually, when people channel their own chakra into the ball, it's supposed to be their normal blue colored chakra. However, the old woman's crystal ball didn't show the regular blue chakra, but a violet type of color.

Before Celeste awakened Iris and the powers of light. She had this unique color of Chakra. Usually, a color change in chakra reflects the owner's personality and emotion.

The old woman wasn't just surprised at the different color of Celeste's chakra. She was also surprised at what she seen inside her crystal ball.

"What's wrong?" Celeste said, worried and confused at the sudden behavior of the old woman.

"T-this is..." The old woman trailed off. Celeste and Iris can tell her face was pale, as if she seen something horrible, which wasn't good.

Celeste, with Iris by her side. Hurriedly stood up from the table and went over to the old woman to see if she was okay.

"Ma'am are you okay?" Celeste said and put a hand on her shoulder.

Celeste suddenly gasped as soon as she put a hand on the old woman's shoulder. Her eyes widened and then glowed white. A flash came afterwards.

(Scene Change)

Celeste opened her eyes, and her surroundings changed. she jolted back a bit in surprise.

"W-what is this!? Where am I!?" Celeste said in surprise.

Celeste was now in what looked like a battlefield. Dust and debris was everywhere on the ground. The sky couldn't be seen because only clouds covered it. Celeste can tell she was near a clif with smoke down below.

"H-help... me..."

Someone spoke behind her. Celeste turned around and she gasped in horror. Behind her were tons and tons of dead bodies. She looked closer to see they were all wearing Ninja headbands of different shinobi hidden villages.

Celeste broke out of her shock and tried to run to the one who called her, but she found out she couldn't move for some reason.

"What's going on!?" Celeste said.

She looked up only to see the one who asked for help, was now laying down unmoving. She looked down for a bit before she started looking around as if in a hurry. She tried looking down the cliff, but the smoke and dust were still there.

"Heeeey! Is there anyone else here?! Anyone!? Iris?!" Celeste shouted out.

As if answer her. She started to hear multiple voices down below the cliff, but it was sounds of multiple people fighting. Celeste looked down and to her relief. The dust started to clear away so she could see what was down below.

She wished she hadn't.

If there was one word to describe down below the cliff. That one word would be...

Chaos.

As the dust cleared, she saw multiple people fighting. But it wasn't each other they were fighting. It was monsters of great size, skeleton, and demon armies. There were dragon armies, too. All of them have a dark aura around them.

Some people stood out to her more than the others. One was two teenagers, a boy and a girl. The boy had black hair and was wearing a long leather black coat while holding two swords, one black and one white. The girl had Chestnut colored hair, and she was wearing a white outfit with a breastplate. She was also holding a rapier, and the two were fighting together while yelling "switch" at times.

*BOOM!!!*

Celeste was startled by the explosion and looked ahead above her, and saw two more people. Both were male with black hair and looked like adults. The first one had on an orange martial arts outfit with a kanji in the back. The other male has a blue jumpsuit with a chestplate. he also had white gloves and white shoes. The two males looked like warriors to Celeste. Suddenly, they started sending energy blast at the armies below. causing more explosions. After a bit, the two male's hair changed color. The first one now had glowing silver hair and had a silver aura around him, same with the other one, but his hair turned a tyrian purple and had the same color aura around him. The two then flew off in a direction.

There were so many others. including one boy with a straw hat, and his body started stretching like rubber. There was also another boy with orange colored hair, and he had a long black and white katana sword strapped to his back. Just then, a white and black mask appeared on his face with teeth, and glowing eyes and he started attacking.

Celeste saw all of this with wide eyes. There were many other people who got her attention but there wasn't the time for that. She tried moving again but was unsuccessful. So she tried looking ahead more but there was still some smoke being cleared. Just then, from within the smoke came out a black energy blast that was coming right for her.

Celeste's eyes widened again and tried conjuring up a barrier to protect herself but she couldn't move still.

The projectile was getting closer when.

*Slash!*

The energy blast now was cut in half and zoomed past Celeste. She looked and saw that it was a male in his teens who saved her. He was facing away from her, but she saw he had spikey sun yellow hair and a black and red great sword in hand that he used to cut the energy blast.

Celeste was about to say something when the boy looked back at her. Celeste couldn't see his face because it was blurry. But she saw three whisker marks on each cheek, and he smiled at her, which, for some reason, made her heart skip a beat.

*Crack!!*

The sudden cracking sound cause both Celeste and the boy to look ahead to see the smoke clear.

Celeste eyes widen again to what she saw. She saw many beasts of massive size. Two only stood out to her, though. One beast looked like a humanoid with ten tails that looked like hands. The other was in the now cracked sky. The sky was now black and red, and she saw darkness consumed everything above.

Celeste and the boy looked at the crack in the sky and saw a giant green eye ball with slits coming out of the crack. Celeste, after seeing who came from the cracked sky, fell to her knees and looked down. She knew who this was and started shaking out of fear.

'N-no, t-this can't be...' She thought.

Just then, she felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the boy was now kneeling in front of her. His face was still blurry to Celeste, but she didn't pay attention to that. Although she was still shaking and scared, she felt safe by just the touch of this boy. She didn't know who this was, but she felt a certain connection to him for some reason that she couldn't explain.

The boy sent another smile as if saying everything would be fine. Which made her heart skip a beat again. The boy stood up, letting go of her shoulder. The safe feeling she felt was now gone. The boy then sprouted black wings from his back and turned away from Celeste, and began to float away.

Celeste tried stretching her hand out to the boy as he was floating away. Before the boy flew off, though. He looked back one last time and smiled at Celeste before turing around.

The boys yellow hair now turned black with red strips, along with his clothes. With one flap of his wings, he burst forward with incredible speed towards the massive green eye.

Celeste, seeing this, was now scared and tried getting up. She couldn't explain, but she didn't want that boy to face that monster.

The boy raised his sword in the air as it glowed a black and red aura around it. The green eye sent what looked like black tentacles at the boy, and he easily dodged all of them.

Celeste suddenly felt she could move her body again and was about to go after the boy, but it was too late. The boy reached the massive green eyes and with his raised sword in the air. He brought it down as the green eye sent a dark purple energy beam at the boy. The two attacks then collided together, causing a bright light to occur and consume everything around.

"NOOO!!!!" Celeste shouted before she was consumed by the bright light.

(Scene Change)

Celeste and the old woman suddenly fell backwards and was breathing heavily. Celeste looked around to see she was back in the fortune telling tent were she was before that bright light consumed her.

"Celeste!" Iris said and kneeled down to her student.

"I-iris... I-i saw..." Celeste muttered, her eyes were still wide and unknown to her, tears started falling from her eyes.

"Hold on." Iris said and a green magic circle appeared in her hands. She put one hand on Celeste and one on the old woman who is in a similar condition as Celeste.

"Restoration."

Celeste and the old woman felt the soothing feeling of the healing spell that Iris just casted. Although nothing was wrong with them physically. There were mentally exhausted.

After a few seconds. Celeste stood up, although abit wobbly. She mentally thanked Iris for healing her and went over to help the old woman up and into her seat that she was in.

"Are you okay ma'am?" Celeste asked out of concern.

The old woman didn't say anything and only nodded.

"W-what was that?" Celeste asked.

"...The future... that's what you seen." The old woman said.

"... Is there anyway to prevent that from happening?" Celeste said, wanting to know how to prevent that incoming chaos.

The old woman shook her head.

"I did not see anything to prevent that future from happening, nor did I see an ending to it." She said.

Celeste and the old woman were silent with Iris floating by them, both worried and curious about what they saw.

"Young lady." The old woman said, getting Celeste and Iris attention.

"What i saw was indeed the future that you and your love one will face. The advice i could give to you is to trust in you're friends and allies and most importantly, yourself. Trust me you will need them, along with those, other worldly visitors you will encounter.

Celeste nodded but was confused when she said, 'other worldly visitors.'

"I see... Thank you for doing this. I appreciate it." Celeste said nodded at the old woman.

"Well, i should probably go now. I'm really tired." Celeste added and the old woman gave an understanding look to her.

"Me too dear. Take care now and i hope you will get through the future alright." The old woman said and waved at them.

Celeste smiled and waved at the old woman before turning and leaving the tent with Iris following. But, before she was fully out the old woman called out.

"Young lady. Not that this will make your future situation any better or anything but remember that faithful encounter i told you about with your lover?"

Celeste and Iris was confused but nodded at the old woman.

"Well, that encounter might be sooner then you think. That's all I'm going to say, take care now." The old woman said.

Celeste blushed but it went away quickly and she nodded at the old woman and left the tent.

When she and Iris were out of the tent, Iris started questioning Celeste on what she and the old woman seen.

"So Celeste, what happened back there? What did you see?" Iris asked, curious.

Celeste was turned away from Iris. She swallowed the lump in her throat and sighed.

"I... I saw chaos. It looked like a war broke out and so many people parished. Tons and tons of monsters and beast were the enemy." Celeste said and shuttered when she remembered what she seen.

Iris was surprised and was about to speak but Celeste cut her off.

"There's more..." She said and finally turned to Iris with a serious expression. Although Iris can tell she was shaking out of fear. Whatever Celeste had seen was not good if it caused her student to be frightened

"I saw him..." Celeste muttered quietly, her lips quivered.

"Who?" Iris asked as she floated closer to Celeste and put her hands on her shoulders.

"The King of Darkness... He's going to return."

(Scene Change)

Naruto, Catra, Keiran, Jiraiya, and Yukino were now in the next town. The group was now at the entrance to a hotel with Naruto looking around. Catra was asleep on his shoulder from exhaustion, Yukino seemed to be lost in thought about something, and Jiraiya was at the front desk.

"Naruto, Yukino!" Jiraiya called out, turning to the two.

"Huh/Huh?" Naruto and Yukino looked back at him.

"We're going to be staying here tonight." He added.

Both Genin tilted their heads in confusion.

"Why? It's still kinda early. We can still keep going?" Naruto said with Yukino nodding her head.

Jiraiya crossed his arms and shook his head in the negative.

"A disciple should just listen to his master and not question him."

Both Naruto and Yukino's expression went blank when they heard this.

"Just so you know. I question a lot of things you do. I just don't speak it out. Also, i only came, so you can teach me something, like you said you would." Naruto said, crossing his arms.

He walked up to Jiraiya with Yukino following him.

She just stayed silent as the teacher and student talked.

"Exactly! I'm teaching you a technique while we're on this trip. So in the meantime, you should just listen to - huh?" Jiraiya stopped talking and looked behind Naruto and Yukino.

"Hm?"

Naruto looked behind him to see what his perverted teacher was looking at.

Yukino, noticing both Naruto and Jiraiya looking back, caused her to look back as well.

A beautiful woman with long black hair and a purple dress was standing at the entrance to the inn.

Jiraiya had a shocked expression as he looked at the woman.

She looked over at the group and smiled at both Jiraiya and Naruto.

Jiraiya had a wide smile on his face, causing his mouth to open up in happiness. Having a beautiful woman to smile at him at his current age, always seems to get him in a good mood.

Meanwhile Yukino glared at the woman. From her position, it looked like she smiled just at Naruto. Which annoyed her.

She looked over at Naruto and her annoyance disappeared as she saw him with a neutral expression, staring at the woman. He then narrowed his eyes slightly.

The female then blew a kiss towards Jiraiya and he exploded into cheers and started jumping up and down.

"Naruto!"

"Huh?"

Naruto broke out of his trance and looked at Jiraiya who called him. Suddenly he felt something being dropped in his hand and it was the key to their room.

"Here, this is the key to the room. Go in and practice chakra contol or do something. Got it?!" Jiraiya said as he fixed himself up.

Yukino was in disbelief when she heard what Jiraiya said.

"You're just going to leave us alone while you go fool around? Wasn't this supposed to be a 'research' trip?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya didn't reply and just skipped towards the woman, happily ignoring him.

Naruto sighed.

'Great...' He thought.

"We should get settled into our room. There's not much we can do but wait." Naruto said to Yukino who nodded right after.

They began walking through the halls of the inn. While they were walking, Naruto was lost in thought.

'Something was weird about that woman.' He thought.

Keiran then appeared and floated beside him and shared his thoughts.

"You noticed it too?" Keiran asked.

'Yeah.'

'There's no way a woman like that would just flirt with a old guy like him.' Naruto bluntly added.

Keiran's sweat dropped but he did have to admit that Naruto had a point.

'But, i also did get weird sensation when she was near. Kinda like from before when Itachi tried putting me in a... Genjutsu.' Naruto added with a wave of his hand.

"Hmm... You think she was under one?" Keiran asked, noticing what Naruto just did.

'Probably, but we can't be to sure.' Naruto said and Keiran nodded.

As they were nearing the room. Keiran looked over at Yukino who hasn't said a word the entire time.

"She seems to be oddly quiet." Keiran pointed out to Naruto.

He looked at Yukino who was quiet. She has been silent the rest of the way to the next village.

'Is it the effects of the spell? Or, is she still thinking about what she forgotten?' He thought to himself.

Naruto and Yukino finally made it too their room on the second floor. He pulled out the key and opened the slide door.

The room was simple with three beds, a closet, and a bathroom. Naruto sat on the first bed, and Yukino occupied the second one. He saw she was still lost in her thoughts and called out to her.

"Yukino."

"Huh!?" She got startled and jumped.

"Sorry for startling you, you alright? You've been quiet since we got here." Naruto said.

"Oh It's okay. I've been trying to remember what I've forgotten. But i just can't. It's like something is blocking me from remembering." Yukino said, shaking her head.

"Hmm..."

'I see, so it's just that... I was worried the memory spell was affecting her state of mind.' Naruto thought in relief.

"By the way, what was up with that woman?" Yukino asked.

"Hmm? You noticed it too?" Naruto asked.

"Yes... There's no way a woman like that would flirt with a guy like him. I just can't see that happening." Yukino stated. Keiran, hearing this again sweat dropped while Naruto nodded at her.

'Poor Jiraiya...' Keiran thought to himself.

"So, what are we supposed to do in the mean time? I didn't want to just sit in the room the whole time." Yukino said with folded arms.

"Can we go out into town and go look around." Yukino asked hopefully.

Naruto thought about it and said.

"You can go. I'm going to stay here for a bit." He said.

Yukino frowned but smiled and nodded.

"Okay! Do you want me to get you something while I'm out?" She asked.

Naruto shook his head.

"No, I'm fine. Thank you though."

"Alright, I'll be back in a little bit." Yukino said and made her way to the door.

Unknown to her, Naruto silently lifted his hand, and a black cat with green eyes appeared from the darkness he made. It tilted its head and was looking at Naruto with curiosity.

"Keep an eye on her for me." Naruto quietly said. The cat nodded and rushed after Yukino, who had already left.

The room was now silent. Naruto looked over and forgot Catra was still on his shoulder. He quickly and quietly placed her on the bed so she can sleep. Naruto then layed on the bed beside Catra, looking up at the ceiling.

"Now we wait?" Keiran asked, floating in a lazy way.

Naruto nodded.

"Now we wait." He said.

(Scene Change)

Sasuke was running at full speed.

He just found out that his brother, Itachi Uchiha, was just in the village... and now was after Naruto.

He was on his way to see his Sensei at the time while still thinking about that mysterious voice he heard in his mind. He didn't hear it for the rest of his training session, and part of him just thought it was just his mind playing tricks on him. On the other hand, another part of him couldn't disregard the voice and what it said to him about Naruto and his 'contract'.

Anyway, when he entered his Sensei's apartment. He saw Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei already in the room with an unconscious Kakashi in his bed. Sasuke was confused and alarmed at the site. He questioned the two Sensei's, but they only dodged the question. Suddenly, a retar- i mean, another ninja entered the room and basically shouted that Itachi was just in the village and that he was after Naruto.

After hearing this, Sasuke face had an intense look, and he basically bolted out of the room while Asuma and Kurenai slapped their foreheads in irritation. As Sasuke bolted down the stairs, he ran passed Guy who was out of breath, he wondered what that was about but he still kept running.

Sasuke's body was tensed up. It's been 5 years since he last saw his brother and now he was just in the village and was after Naruto of all people. He didn't know why, and he didn't care at the moment. All that mattered was him seeing Itachi for himself... and then kill him for what he did.

He went to Naruto's apartment first, thinking that was the first place to check. When he got there he opened the door to his room and saw Sakura with a box. He quickly questioned her of where Naruto was but she didn't know because she just got there. Sasuke got frustrated and quickly left, not letting her finish. He then went to Naruto's other go too place which was Ichiraku's ramen stand but he wasn't there either. He questioned Teuchi and Ayame of where Naruto was and they said that he was with Yukino when they entered for lunch and then later Jiraiya of the Sannin, they then said they went on a trip of sorts to go find someone.

This surprised Sasuke. He thought Yukino was just going to train together with Naruto. She didn't talk about having lunch together with him, or going on a trip either. A little part of him forgotten about his brother and was focusing on the jealous feeling he got while thinking about Naruto and Yukino together, alone.

'I guess it doesn't matter since she's mine anyway.' He thought to himself at the time.

Sasuke then refocused on why he came to the ramen stand and ask the father-daughter duo where they were going and they said a post station some distance from the village.

This brings us to here where Sasuke was almost to the post station.

'What could he possibly want with Naruto?' He thought to himself.

He had no clue on why his brother wanted Naruto of all people, and it irritated him. What was so special about him that it would get the attention of his own brother and not him? Sasuke couldn't wrap his brain around it.

As Sasuke was in his thoughts, he finally made it to the post station and began running around the area, trying to look for Naruto or even his Yukino. It wasn't long before he spotted his girlfriend looking at some stalls and was running towards her.

"Yukino!" He called out, surprising her.

"Sasuke!?" Yukino said, shocked and confused to see her boyfriend.

"What are you doing here-" Yukino asked but was cut off by Sasuke.

"There's no time! Where is Naruto?!" Sasuke said.

"H-he's at the inn that we're staying at, why?" Yukino said. She was really confused on why Sasuke was here and was searching Naruto.

"Bring me where he is!" Sasuke demanded of his girlfriend, not registering that Yukino and Naruto are staying at an inn together.

"You still haven't told me why-"

"I said there is no time! We have to get to him now!" Sasuke shouted this time. Further surprising Yukino.

"O-ok, it's this way then."

Both Yukino and Sasuke speed towards the inn that Naruto was at.

Yukino was starting to get worried. First, the surprise of seeing her boyfriend and him needing to know where Naruto was confused her. Plus, the way he was talking to her. She got the feeling that something was going to happen to Naruto without her knowledge. Thinking this, she speeded up faster than normal, worried. She hopes that her thinking is wrong, but all this happening so suddenly made her think otherwise.

'Please Naruto, please be safe.' Yukino thought with a silent prayer.

(Scene Change)

*Knock!*

*Knock!*

*Knock!*

Naruto opened his eyes as he heard knocking coming from the door. He looked at Keiran, who appeared beside him, and both nodded.

"Hey, Catra it's time to wake up." Naruto said softly, stroking the hair of the sleeping cat.

"Hmm?" Catra mumbled in her sleep and got up, stretching in the process.

"What's going on...? And, where are we?" Catra asked, using her paw to rub her eyes.

"Pervy Sage decided to stay at an inn for the night." Naruto explained and Catra nodded.

"Anyway, we have company. I need you to stay hidden in my jacket okay?" Naruto added.

"Really? Who is it?" Catra asked, confused.

"It's the people from before, there right outside the door." Naruto said and Catra's eyes widened.

"What do we do then?!" Catra asked and looked around the room.

"Where is Yukino and the Pervy Sage?" Catra added

"There out in town right now, so it's just us." Naruto said, surprising Catra. Just then, they heard hard knocking coming from the door.

*Knock!*

*Knock!*

"Hurry and get into my jacket. I don't think they're going to knock again." Naruto seriously said, and Catra nodded.

After Catra got into Naruto's jacket. He made his way to the door and took a deep breath.

'Here we go...' He thought and opened the door, only to be met with the glowing red eyes of the Sharingan.

Naruto's eyes turned green in the process and both ninja's stared each other down.

"Naruto Uzamaki."

"Itachi Uchiha."

The tension was high as they stared at one another. Kisame then came from behind Itachi and looked at Naruto with a smirk.

"Hey, brat. Missed us already?" Kisame said and chuckled.

Naruto took his eyes off the two ninjas for a moment and looked down the hallway. Normally, this would be stupid for a ninja to take his eyes off the enemy, but Naruto was confident they wouldn't attack him. Why? Because he still believes in his theory that they weren't after him, at least not yet.

'Good, it's still there.' He thought and turned his gaze back to Itachi and Kisame.

"Naruto, you'll be coming with us." Itachi said.

"Why don't we go outside?" He added.

Naruto didn't speak but came out of the room slowly, his eyes never leaving the two ninjas as they two, stared back at him.

Naruto's eyes widened slightly as he saw of what looked like a vision of Yukino and Sasuke running full speed towards where the inn was. Naruto suspects that the cat he summoned showed him its point of view of what happened. After his little vision was over, he looked at Itachi in thought.

'Interesting.' He thought.

After a moment of silence, it was broken by Naruto.

"That sword." Naruto said, turning his gaze towards the hilt of the sword on Kisame's back.

"It can devour chakra, right?" Naruto asked, trying to by time for Yukino and Sasuke to get here.

"Hmm?" Kisame looked a little startled by Naruto's question but answerd back.

"Yes. My sword Samehada, the shark skin, has the ability to cut through Chakra just like yours but it can also devour chakra." Kisame explained as his sword started making what sounded like crunching noises.

"What about you, though? I'm more interested in your sword. I've never seen a weapon, such as yours before that can reflect back chakra. It really surprised me there. Makes me wonder what else you are capable of." Kisame said with a grin.

"Who knows? It's not like I'm actually going to tell you." Naruto said.

"Now that's no fun, maybe i can force it out of you instead when we take you with us." Kisame said, putting a hand on the hilt of his sword and started to walk slowly to Naruto, who was unfazed.

"I don't think you will." Naruto stated.

"Oh? And, why not?" Kisame challenged.

"I don't think you're here to capture me, at least not yet anyway." Naruto said.

"That just contradicts what you said before." Itachi spoke up this time, making Naruto look at him.

"True, but after our little encounter. I started thinking more clearly. You two could've easily just captured me, yet you didn't. Instead, you let it prolong as much as it did." Naruto said.

"Then what were we after then brat, if it wasn't you?" Kisame said, but Naruto's gaze didn't leave Itachi's.

"I think you were after something more... familiar." Naruto said. In truth, he was only guessing. Seeing that point of view from his cat summon put the idea in his head that they were actually after Sasuke.

Kisame eyes narrowed in confusion, and Itachi face or movement didn't change at what Naruto said. Itachi didn't give anything away, but he was actually surprised that Naruto guessed he was after his brother and not him. He doesn't know how he came to that guess, based on his observations alone. In fact, Itachi was so surprised that he didn't think about what he was going to say next.

"What happened to you?" Itachi said, generally curious about what happened to him.

Silence echoed through the hall with neither ninja saying anything until it was broken once again by Naruto.

"I'm not sure how to answer that."

Before they can say anything else, the three heard running footsteps approaching. Kisame let out a smirk and Itachi closed his eyes.

Yukino and Sasuke both ran up the stares and turned the corner. They saw Naruto looking at them with his green eyes, not even surprised to see them. Yukino sighed in relief when she saw Naruto was okay but looked over at the two other people that were facing away from her and Sasuke. She wondered who they were but then looked over at the man closer to Naruto and saw he had his hand on the hilt of his sword. She then narrowed her eyes.

She was about to dash forward but a hand stopped her. She looked and saw it was Sasuke who stopped her.

"What are you doing, let me go Sasuke?!" Yukino said, trying to get his hand away so she can get to Naruto.

Sasuke didn't listen to her and kept her from moving. His gaze directed towards the back of Itachi, not even blinking. Yukino wondered what has gotten into him but stopped resisting when she heard Itachi speak.

"It's been a while... Sasuke." Itachi said. His voice was emotionless as he spoke.

This surprised Yukino, this person who she has never seen or met before knew her boyfriend. She wondered who this guy was and looked at Sasuke to see if he knew him.

"Itachi Uchiha." Sasuke said.

Yukino's eyes widened when he heard the name come out of Sasuke's mouth. She then looked at Itachi who still didn't turn around.

'Itachi Uchiha? Is this his older brother he told me about? Why is he here? And, is he after Naruto?' Yukino thought and glared at the two ninjas. There are so many questions she had on her mind. She forced them down after noticing the tension in the area.

"Huh... The Sharingan... And he looks a lot like you..." Kisame said, looking back at Yukino and Sasuke who can finally see his face clearly.

"Just who is he?" Kisame questioned.

"He's my younger brother." Itachi answered.

"But i heard the entire Uchiha clan was murdered... by you." Kisame said, his eyes not leaving Yukino or Sasuke.

Itachi didn't say anything further... He didn't need to.

"Itachi Uchiha..." Sasuke said. Naruto, Yukino and Kisame looked at him.

"I'm going to kill you!" Sasuke added.

Itachi, apon hearing this, turned around fully to face his brother. Yukino can finally see his face and can see the resemblance of her boyfriend in Itachi.

The hallway was silent. The two Uchiha gazed at each other with their Sharingan active.

"It's just as you said... I've lived, resenting and hating you." Sasuke said, remembering that day when he saw his brother murder their parents infront of him.

"All for the single purpose... of killing you!" Sparks of lightning began to cloak Sasuke's left hand as his Chidori activated.

'Is he really going to charge forward?' Naruto thought.

"He isn't thinkingrationally. The only thing that's cluttering his thoughts right now is only his brother." Keiran stated.

'Damn it!.' Naruto thought to himself.

"Sasuke! Stop! You don't -" Naruto was cut off by Sasuke.

"Shut up, dope! Finally, after all this time, i get the chance to kill him, and nothing will stop me from achieving it! Not even you!" Sasuke declared. He then rushed forward with his Chidori to the wall, breaking it.

'This idiot!' Naruto thought as he was about to summon the Sword of Darkness to his hand, but Yukino did some hand signs and slammed her hand to the ground.

Ice started to rush towards the two ninjas, freezing the hallway in the process.

'This girl has ice style?' Kisame thought in surprise.

Kisame then had a smirked of interest and looked at Itachi, who nodded at him, making a silent agreement to each other. Whatever it was, they only knew.

Kisame then grabbed his sword, and with one swing of it, the ice was gone. Leaving only the frost it left behind.

Yukino went wide-eyed at what she had just witnessed.

'He can cut threw chakra just like Naruto?' She thought in surprised.

"Die!" Sasuke shouted as he thrusted his hand forward at Itachi. Naruto and Yukino was too focused on what happened to the ice to notice Sasuke had made it to his brother.

As Sasuke's attack was about to hit. Itachi suddenly moved his arm and redirected his brother's attack away from him and into the wall beside them, causing an explosion and smoke.

*BOOM!*

As the smoke cleared. Naruto and Yukino saw Itachi holding Sasuke's wrist tightly. Small sparks of lightning came from the tips of his fingers.

"Egh!" Sasuke winced. Itachi put more pressure on his hold as he held his wrist.

"Sasuke!" Yukino said and began to do some hand signs. She released a large amount of chakra. Itachi saw this and waited. He wanted to see what would happen.

Of course he couldn't do that with Sasuke trying to break free.

"You're in the way." Itachi stated calmly

*Break!*

"AAHH!" Sasuke screamed. His wrist has just been broken by his brother and now was on the ground, clutching it in pain.

'No! Damn it!' Yukino thought.

"Ice Style: Frozen Arm-"

"You're too slow."

Yukino's eyes widened. She turned around fast, only to be met with the grinning face of Kisame. He brought his sword back and then forward to strike. Yukino couldn't dodge out of the way and just braced herself for the incoming attack that never came. Instead-

*Clash!*

Naruto was in front of Yukino in an instant. He was already in his dark form with the Sword of Darkness in hand, and he clashed with Kisame.

"Oh? Now we're talking!" Kisame smirked.

Naruto quickly grabbed Yukino by the waist and jumped back to where the two Uchiha were. He tried to get Sasuke as well but Kisame wasn't going to let that happen as he rushed at Naruto and striked with his sword.

"Oh no you don't!" Kisame said.

"Tch!" Naruto blocked Kisame's attack at the last second, making both him and Yukino slide back.

Kisame rushed to attack him again. Naruto narrowed his eyes and let Yukino go. He rushed forward to intercept Kisame. As they were about to clash swords though,

*POOF*

A sudden smoke cloud erupted from the ground making both Naruto and Kisame stop in their tracks.

The smoke then dissipated to reveal, an armored orange frog.

Catra came out to see and Yukino looked over Naruto's shoulder.

'Huh/Huh?' They both thought.

"You guys don't know me at all, do you?" A voice said

*POOF!*

Smoke erupted from behind Naruto and Yukino to reveal Jiraiya with the women from before on his shoulder.

"I, Jiraiya, fall victim to no womens lures and attractiveness, rather my strong point lies in winning their affection!" Jiraiya continued.

"It's not in my nature to blindly follow after a women's charms!"

"When you get to my level, women scream with delight at my charms!" Jiraiya finished with a massive grin.

". . ."

". . ."

". . ."

Both Naruto, Catra, and Yukino simultaneously turned to Jiraiya with a blank expression as the hallway was now covered in an ackward silence. Meanwhile, Keiran, in Naruto's mind scape, just sighed with a hand to his forehead.

"Pervy Sage... That was such a turn off." Naruto said blankly with Yukino and Catra nodding at his words.

'My words exactly.' Both thought at the same time.

"Like i said, don't call me that in public..." Jiraiya said sheepishly.

"Anyway, Pervy Sage." Naruto disregarded Jiraiya's words, making his eyebrows twitched.

"You say you don't follow blindly to a woman's charms, but from what i saw when we were in the lobby. You were just swept away from that woman's seductive manipulation." Naruto finished while looking at the women on Jiraiya's shoulders.

"Like i said, don't call me Pervy Sage!" Jiraiya shouted.

As they were about to argue some more, they stopped and looked over at Kisame, who was laughing.

"So, you're Master Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin... It seems you released the genjutsu we placed on her." Kisame said with a grin.

Yukino's eyes widened.

'She was placed under a genjutsu? Why would they do that?' She thought and then looked at Naruto as if thinking about something.

Jiraiya stayed silent and placed the woman he was carrying to the side of the wall before answering.

"Placing a genjutsu on this woman with your Sharingan eye, just to separate me from Naruto... To think you would use such a cowardly tactic." Jiraiya said. He stood up and narrowed his eyes at the two missing ninjas.

"So, you really are after Naruto." Jiraiya stated. Yukino's eyes widened when she heard this.

'What? These two are really after Naruto?' Yukino thought. She then narrowed her eyes at the two and then took a glance at Naruto.

'What do they want with him, what could they possibly want with Naruto? Did he know about this. Is that why he stayed back at the inn? Because he knew these two were after him? Why didn't he say anything to me?' Yukino continued. Her thoughts were running rampant as she tried to figure out why they were after Naruto.

"No wonder Kakashi knew about it. The source of that info was given by you." Itachi said to Jiraiya.

"You are correct, acquiring Naruto is crucial for our organizations goal." Itachi added.

Yukino tensed up when she heard this.

Naruto, on the other hand, kept his cool. He finally got confirmation that they were really after him. He still believes that they weren't here for him at the moment. However, he did have some doubts, though about that matter.

"Why, why are you after him." Yukino spoke up this time, her tone serious.

The two ninjas looked over at her for a moment before looking back at Jiraiya, ignoring her.

Yukino clenched her fist in anger. She wanted to know why they were after her childhood friend so she can prevent it from happening. She was about to speak again before she felt someone grab her clenched hand. She looked down to see it was Naruto who grabbed her hand.

Naruto didn't take his eyes off the two ninjas as he leaned closer towards her.

"I'll tell you when this is over, okay?" He whispered. Yukino unintentionally shivered when Naruto whispered in her ear, making her blush. Shaking her head she responded.

"A-alright." She whispered back, a blush still on her face.

Sasuke saw this and glared at Naruto while still being in pain. He didn't know what they were talking about but he did see Naruto hold her hand and whisper something in her ear, he saw her blush as well and it irritated him.

"I have an idea on what you want Naruto for but, I'm not going to let you take him." Jiraiya's spoke, bringing the Genin's attention to him.

"Is that so...?" Itachi commented.

"Hmm, this is perfect actually. I can get rid of the two of you, right here." Jiraiya stated, surprising both Yukino and Sasuke. He called back his summon causing it to go up in smoke and took a stance.

Upon hearing what Jiraiya said, Sasuke was quick to say his disapproval.

"Don't interfere!" He grunted out.

Everyone turned their attention towards Sasuke, who stood up, although on shaky legs and with heavy breathing.

"I'm the one...who's gonna kill him!" Sasuke declared. He was determined to kill his brother right here, and he wasn't going to let somebody else have that privilege. He and he alone will get to kill his brother.

"Sasuke..." Yukino muttered with a worried tone.

'I didn't think his revenge was this deep.' Naruto thought.

Itachi was silent for a few seconds before answering his brother.

"You don't interest me at the moment." He said, his response angered his brother.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and clenched his fist.

"Don't mess with me, brother!' Sasuke shouted and tried to land a blow on Itachi.

However, he was unsuccessful because Itachi sent a swift kick that sent his brother all the way to the opposite end of the hallway with a crash.

"Sasuke!" Yukino shouted and was about to rush forward to help her boyfriend, but was instantly stopped by Sasuke who didn't want her to interfere.

"Yukino! I don't want you to interfere!" Sasuke shouted at her. He slowly started to get back up.

"I told you before. I'm an avenger, and I've prepared for this very day. So that i can finally kill my brother. And, no one will take this away from me." Sasuke declared and rushed towards Itachi with a battle cry.

Sasuke sent a punch towards him, but Itachi just blocked it easily and elbowed him hard in his face, causing him to go sent flying back to the end of the hall. He was slouched down before moving slowly to sit up.

"Not...yet." He said weakly.

"You can't even make a complete hand sign at this point." Itachi said in response.

"This... is my fight." Sasuke replied back.

Itachi just shook his head in what looked like disappointment. He then looked at his brother again with narrowed eyes.

"Fine." He said.

Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he tried to move forward, but Kisame moved in front of him.

"You heard them. So, let's not get involved." He said and smirked at Naruto, as if saying 'what now?'. Naruto narrowed his eyes and just looked at what's about to happen. He wanted to do something so he could save Sasuke. But Kisame was just going to get in the way. So he just decided to keep observing for now.

Meanwhile, Yukino was not in a good state of mind right now. She was trying to find a way to help her boyfriend so he didn't get more hurt than he already was. But, she had to be mindful of Kisame and that sword of his.

Itachi slowly walked up towards Sasuke, and the two Uchiha's just stared at each other before Sasuke suddenly got up and tried again to get a hit on Itachi. But, was unsuccessful. Before Sasuke made contact, Itachi kneed him in his gut. Sasuke coughed out some blood. Itachi followed up with a blow to his neck and kneed him again to his gut.

'Why?' Sasuke thought.

'Our difference in power hasn't changed at all...why? So, whatever I've done up to this point was still not enough?' Sasuke added.

Kisame chuckled while seeing this.

"He's merciless." He said. Yukino clenched her fist in anger at seeing her boyfriend in such a state.

Naruto, Yukino, and Jiraiya just watched as Itachi striked Sasuke, blow after blow until he was on the ground once more. Blood dripping from his mouth. They watched as Itachi picked up his brother by his collar and lifted him up, and placed him on the wall.

"I'm disappointed. After all this time, you're still weak." Itachi said and then lean in close to Sasuke's ear.

"Why can't you be like Naruto? Atleast he put up a better fight then you. Maybe, it's because you don't have enough...hate." Itachi added with a small smirk.

Sasuke's eyes widen in shock.

'My brother... and Naruto!?' Sasuke couldn't believe what he just heard. He looked over his brother's shoulders at Naruto in his dark form. He suddenly remembered what that mysterious voice said to him.

(Flashback)

"You are strong and skilled, there's no doubt about that. But i can guarantee that if you challenge Naruto now, you wouldn't stand a chance."

"Why, you ask? Well, it's because... He is the Prince of Darkness."

(Flashback End)

"...Prince of Darkness..." Sasuke muttered. After he said that, a sudden rage started to boil within him.

When Itachi heard Sasuke mutter those words, he widened his eyes in surprise.

'Prince of Darkness...how does he know about-' He thought and realized that his brother was looking over his shoulder. He moved his head slightly to see who he was looking at and it was Naruto.

'Naruto... I see, so that what that was. I guess he was right.' He narrowed his eyes in thought.

Itachi sighed and closed his eyes before looking back at his brother, blocking his view of Naruto. He suddenly opened his eyes to see his three tomoes spinning rapidly. Sasuke suddenly stopped moving while slightly shaking before going limped, his eyes closed. A few seconds later, he opened his eyes with his mouth agape.

"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!" Sasuke screamed out, as if in pain.

"Sasuke! What are you doing to him!" Yukino shouted at Itachi. However he just ignored her for now.

"As expected of you, using tsukuyomi on your brother." Kisame said, catching the attention of Naruto.

'Tsukuyomi?' He thought.

"It's most likely that illusion he tried putting on you. He must've used it on Sasuke and made him see something horrible." Keiran explained.

'Hmm, i see... This has gone on long enough.' Naruto thought and raised his sword in the air. This got everyone's attention."Hoh? Are you finally going to do something?" Kisame said.

"Hey, Gaki, what are you going to do?" Jiraiya asked.

"Naruto?" Yukino said. She was wondering what was about to happen.

Naruto ignored them and thrusted his sword through the floor. Dark purple smoke started to spread across the hallway, covering the walls, and the doors started disappearing behind the smoke, along with the windows. Yukino, Jiraiya, and Kisame took a step back in surprise.

Everyone then turned their attention towards Naruto and watched as he disappeared into the smoke as well, only leaving his sword stuck through the floor.

Once the smoke covered everything, they only saw darkness, like a void of nothingness going on for miles on end.

"What? Naruto!?" Yukino looked around in a panic, trying to spot him.

"It's fine. I'm still here." Naruto's voice was heard throughout the hallway as in echo

"So this is your next move? Just to hide in the darkness? Kinda cowardly if you asked me." Kisame said, trying to provoke Naruto.Meanwhile, Itachi's body grew tense, as darkness filled the hallway. He knew at that moment that they needed to leave at once. He then let's go of Sasuke as he sees phantom arms coming from the smoke, and they reach out and cover around his brother and pull him in the smoke. "Kisame, come, we're retreating." Itachi said. Kisame was confused at first and wanted to retort, but when he heard Itachi's serious tone, he knew something was up that he didn't see. So reluctantly, he complied.

Kisame tried going towards Itachi, but he felt some resistance and looked down. Phantom arms from the smoke were holding on to his sword.

"What...?!" Kisame was shocked at what he saw. His body then twitched as he felt some hands grab his legs.

"Kisame!" Itachi said again.

"Damn it!" Kisame forcefully pulled his sword out of the phantoms arms, along with his legs, and sprinted towards Itachi.

"It's futile. You two aren't going anywhere. You have been in my trap from the moment you stepped foot into this hallway." Naruto's voice was heard again.

Itachi and Kisame looked back to see the glowing green eyes of Naruto from within the darkness looking at them.

"How unfortunate... for you." Naruto's voice turned cold at the last sentence

"Never-Ending Nightmare!"

As Naruto said that. Suddenly, multiple phantom arms shot out from the darkness and headed towards the missing ninjas at a fast speed.

Both Itachi and Kisame started running faster.

"It's closing in on us!" Kisame said and tried taking a swing at one of them. However, it just moved around his sword and continued forward.

"Tch! It's faster than us, and it looks like it has a mind of its own. This smoke isn't helping either! At this rate-" Kisame pointed out in irritation.

Itachi started thinking about his options at the moment. There really isn't much he can do, given the situation. He then sees within the smoke the silhouette of the window that was at the end of the hallway that they were approaching.

'That could be our way out.' Itachi thought.

Itachi closed his eyes for a moment before they shot open, his Sharingan spinning rapidly.

*Boom!!*

Black flames were then ignited near the window, causing the smoke to dissipate and destroy the wall to reveal the outside.

"There!" Itachi said to Kisame and started to speed up.

It looked like they were about to get away and escape. However, they suddenly widened their eyes in surprise as they saw the black flames disappear and the smoke formed once again just as quickly it dissipated.

Both Itachi and Kisame stopped in front of the thick wall of smoke that was blocking their exit.

"Tch! I am sick of this smoke!" Kisame said and tried slashing the smoke. However, as fast as it dissipated from his swing, it quickly formed again.

"What now, we're trapped!" Kisame said in irritation as he looked back at the incoming phantom arms and then to Itachi, who was in his thoughts.

'This much power even though he's still a kid? We were told about the Prince of Darkness in advance, but... This is just-'

"Itachi!" Kisame shouted, getting Itachi attention.

"We're going to be in real shit if we don't do anything!" Kisame said.

Itachi then looked back at the incoming attack and answered.

"The best thing we can do is to fend them off for as long as we can. Naruto is bound to get tired... eventually." Itachi said to his partner. Although he was uncertain about that last part he said.

"Tch! Well, we don't really have any other choice." Kisame said and took a stance with his sword.

Without anymore options, Itachi and Kisame were forced to fend off the incoming phantom body parts from within the smoke. Fortunately for them, before they can actually defend themselves. A purple magic circle appeared below them and suddenly... they were gone without a trace.

This shocked both Naruto and Keiran as they witnessed what happened to the two missing ninja's.

'Did they just... Teleport?' Naruto asked in surprise.

"Yes, that was definitely a magic circle that appeared." Keiran said.

'But, how? They didn't even show signs of them having magic?' Naruto said.

"Hmm... My guess is, it was someone else who teleported them away." Keiran said to Naruto.

'If that's the case then you got you're answer if other people still use magic or not. And, it's most likely someone from their group that knows how to use magic and teleported them away. Damn.' Naruto said, and Keiran nodded.

"Yeah, they'll definitely be a problem in the future." Keiran said, Naruto closed his eyes and sighed.

'...Yeah,' He said and waved his hand to the side. The smoke then began to dissipate until the hallway was clear of all the smoke."Naruto!" Yukino's voice was heard from behind. Naruto turned around to see her running towards him with Jiraiya not far behind.

"What happened?" Yukino asked as she got close.

"They got away." Naruto said.

"Just like that? How, though?" Jiraiya wondered.

"Someone has interfered." Naruto said to them and turned around."Well, atleast their gone, and you're safe." Yukino said and looked back. "Where's Sasuke? Did they take him!" Yukino said in a panic.

"No, he's safe, look." Naruto and sticked his hand out. Purple smoke started to form and then dissipated to reval Sasuke with his back to the wall.

"Sasuke!" Yukino ran over to him, a worried expression on her face as she kneeled down next to him."What happened to him..." Yukino asked, mostly talking to herself. She didn't take her eyes off her boyfriend.

Naruto looked at both Yukino and Sasuke together in a trance. Although his face was blank, he had that empty feeling again he didn't like, seeing them together. Suddenly, he was broken out of his trance because he felt someone behind the broken wall of the hallway.

*Klang!*

A Kunai was then threw across the hallway, hitting the wall near them, catching everyone's attention. Fast footsteps were heard as someone was approaching them. It was revealed to be...

"Dynamic... Entry!"

"Guy!" Jiraiya said in surprised. Next thing, he was then sent towards the wall.

Guy. The one who kicked Jiraiya. Instantly stopped and sheepishly rubbed his neck and apologized.

"Oh, sorry. I thought you were the enemy." Guy sheepishly said to a twitching Jiraiya.

Catra, apon hearing this, peeked her head out of Naruto's jacket.

'How does he mistake someone as an enemy?' She thought.

"I was in a rush, and i forgot my mirror. So i had to make do with my headband instead, but it was all blurry. So i just thought that the biggest one was the enemy. Haha..." Guy continued. He laughed awkwardly at the end.

'Did he just indirectly call me fat?' Jiraiya thought with squinted eyes."Enough about that!" Everyone's attention turned too Yukino, who shouted."We have to get Sasuke to the hospital immediately." She continued urgently.

"She's right." Naruto said in agreement.

"He needs immediate attention. His arm and ribs are broken, and he lost consciousness from his brother using a Genjutsu." He further continued.

Guy's eyes widen and then he frowned.

"I see..."

Yukino clenched her fist and then turned towards Jiraiya with a worried expression.

"Will Sasuke be all right?" Yukino asked.

"He just experienced a significant amount of psychological trauma. He won't be waking up anytime soon." Jiraiya said.

Apon hearing this, Yukino looked back at the unconscious Uchiha, and her fist clenched harder. She was useless during the entire confrontation. Just like before, Naruto did all the fighting while she was just on the side, watching as her boyfriend got badly hurt and didn't do anything."I was useless..." Yukino muttered to herself and bit her bottom lip. She then caressed Sasuke's cheek softly and pecked him on the forehead.Behind her. Naruto's arm twitched at the scene, and he looked away. The same feeling in his chest happened again, but stronger this time.

"... That's why we're going to find her now." Jiraiya said. Surprising Guy.

"Huh? You mean 'her'?" He said in shock.

Jiraiya nodded.

"The slug user who can cure any illness, who is also a Sannin like me..." Jiraiya smirked.

"Princess Tsunade"

(Scene Change)

In a dark, unknown location. Two purple magic circles appeared on the ground, and out came Itachi and Kisame. They were startled at first before they figured out where they ended up.

"We're back at the hideout?" Itachi said

"Heh, guess that bastard saved us." Kisame said. Even though he was smirking, you could hear a little bit of anger in his tone.

The two missing ninjas were in one of the Akatsuki's secret bases. The surrounding area seems to be the inside of a cave, with only a few torches lighting the wall.

"Itachi, Kisame." A deep voice said.

The two ninjas quickly turned around to he meet with 8 other figures, wearing the same black cloak with red clouds. They were all sitting at a round table."Heh, you two look like shit. Were the missions too much for you?" One of the voices said mockingly.

"How pathetic, and this was one of the most easy missions you had." A second voice said.

"Something must've really happened then, to the point he would have to teleport you two back here." A third voice was heard, which was a clear female.

"Shut up! And, we didn't ask to be teleported! We could've handled it ourselves!" Kisame snarled at the voices.

"Oh really?" The same deep voice from before spoke up again and then continued."Then why did He tell us that you were in trouble and needed saving.""Now, don't be too hard on them. If the missions was simply too hard, then there is nothing to be done about it if they can't handle it." A sinister voice said with a chuckle.

"Tch!" Kisame gritted his teeth.

"Enough..." A new voice, void of emotion, was heard, and everyone went quiet. From the back stood another figure. The figure couldn't be identified because of the darkness.

"Now, I want a report on what happened during your mission."

Everyone looked back at Itachi and Kisame, awaiting their responses. Kisame was about to start talking, but Itachi beat him to it.

"Before we start giving our report on the mission. There are some things you all should know. First, we may have found a potential member in the future." Itachi said, surprising a few of the figures.

"Second, and this is the most important." Itachi continued, "I found out the one who caused that sudden surge of power a month ago." Itachi dropped the bomb on everyone in the room, sending them in shock, including Kisame, who was with him.

"What!?"

"You found out!?"

"Explain!?"

"Silence!" The same voice void of emotion raised his voice to silence everyone."You found out who caused it, so who exactly is it?" He continued.

"Yeah, and how did you find out when i was with you the whole time?" Kisame asked.

"I only found out a little bit ago. The one who caused it... was Naruto Uzamaki." Itachi said, shocking everyone again, completely missing one figure flinch when hearing the name, Uzumaki.

"The Nine-Tails brat?" Kisame said in surprised.

"So... you made contact with the Jinchuriki? Couldn't it have been just the Nine-Tails power?" A voice asked in confusion.

"You really think the Nine-Tails power was that strong that it can be felt all throughout the elemental nations?" The female voice said.

"If it wasn't that then, what could the brat have that made the surge of power then?" Another voice asked.

"It's because he's The Prince of Darkness." Itachi said. Everyone got quiet. The whole base was silent, trying to comprehend what just came out of Itachi's mouth.

"That's why we needed to be teleported out of there. If we didn't, who knows what would've happened to us." Itachi continued.

"Hehahah..." A chuckle, much like a jesters, was heard throughout the area.

Everyone turned their heads to a tall figure who had just appeared out of nowhere. It was wearing a black and grey outfit, befitting of a clown. The figures face was covered by a mask that covered his entire face, although everyone could see his massive smile on his face, and he was wearing a massive hat, befitting of a clown that had bells on the sides.

"Well, now that you want to make yourself known. I have a question for you." Itachi said, the clown didn't answer and just stared.

"Why were you holding information from us about the Prince of Darkness?" Itachi asked.

"Hold on Itachi, you're saying the brat is this Prince of Darkness? Is it because he showed us a mysterious power we never seen before?" Kisame asked.

"Hehehe..."

"It's not just that. But also because my brother muttered the name, Prince of Darkness, while staring at Naruto." Itachi answered.

"Hehehehe..."

"Not only that, but the personality he showed us that was completely different from what i remember, while i was still an Anbu. It's completely different, i believe something happened that caused this change." Itachi continued.

"Hehehehehehe..."

"We were warned about the Prince of Darkness from him" Itachi said pointing at the clown, who was still chuckling.

"Hehehehehehehehe..."

"And yet us two were almost beaten by him. But, of course he knew that, which is why he teleported us."

"hehehehehehehehe..."

"Hold on, what makes you think we were almost beaten? We could've handled it if it weren't for this bastards interference." Kisame said, looking at the clown.

"Hehehehehehehehehehehe..."

"We were almost beaten. I can tell, and we may have more experience then him, however the power he showed us was even greater then ours, almost limitless." Itachi retorted.

Everyone at the table were just silent, listening to the back and forth talk between Itachi and Kisame.

Itachi then turned to the clown again.

"You must have some connection to this Prince of Darkness and how much power he wields. You even know how much of a threat the Prince of Darkness is, right... Epitaph?" Itachi said to the clown.

Everyone was just silent. They awaited an answer. They wanted to hear from the clown. However, the clown just stared at them, not moving, only with the same wide smile he had on.

And then...

"Hehe, hehehe, Haha, hahaha... HYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."

(Scene Change)

"Okay, Guy. I'll leave Sasuke to you then."

Naruto (in his base form), Catra, Yukino, and Jiraiya were out by the gates. Guy had the unconscious Uchiha on his back and was getting ready to go back to the village.

Guy nodded at Jiraiya's words."You can leave it to me. I won't let anything happen to him." He said.Naruto was silently listening to Jiraiya and Guy. He looked over at Sasuke and then to Yukino, who was looking down, her hair shadowing her eyes. He could see her biting her lips, contemplating something.He sighed."Do you wanna go back?" Naruto said.

Yukino perked up in surprise. She looked at Naruto and then to the unconscious Sasuke. She wanted to go back to the village and make sure nothing else happened to Sasuke while she was away. But, she also didn't want to leave Naruto alone after what happened a few moments ago. She also wanted answers on why those two missing ninjas were after Naruto.

"I... I don't know..." Yukino said and looked back down.

Naruto sighed. He can tell she was contemplating on going back or staying with him. He wasn't going to lie, it did feel nice that she wanted to stay with him after what happened. But, he thought it would be better if she went back where she can be safe. He didn't want another possible encounter with Itachi or Kisame, and Yukino beaing in the middle of it.

"I think you should go back." Naruto said suddenly.

"Huh!?" Yukino whipped her head up in shock at what Naruto said.

"I said i think you should go back to the village." Naruto said again.

"If you decide to go back, it doesn't change what we're going to do. We will still go and find this Tsunade and bring her back and have her heal Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke." Naruto added.

"But, what about you?" Yukino asked.

"What about me?" Naruto said in confusion.

"What if those two show up again? I know that there after you for some reason i have yet to know about. It's true i want to go back with Sasuke, but i also wanted to stay incase they attack you again." Yukino said, she looked back down and then grabbed his sleeve.

"I don't want to leave you again like i did before, and, If anything ever happened to you while i could've done something about it... I don't know what i would've done!" Yukino said, her tone becoming dark at the end. Unknown to both her and Naruto. Her eyes changed green for a moment before returning to her normal purple.

"...Will you go back or not?" Naruto asked once again.

Yukino shook her head at him and looked up.

"I'm staying." Yukino answered, her decision final.Naruto sighed again."You can do what you want." Naruto said, and Yukino smiled and nodded.

"Master Jiraiya." Guy said, getting the Genins attention.

"Please make sure you find Lady Tsunade, and-" Guy continued but was then cut off by Naruto and Yukino.

"You don't have to worry. We'll make sure to find her." Naruto said, and Yukino nodded alongside him and continued.

"We'll bring her back and make sure she heals everyone, promise." Yukino said, taking one last glance at Sasuke.

Guy was surprised and looked at the two Genin. Jiraiya had a smile and put a hand on the two's head."Naruto, Yukino, you've got guts, and i like that." Guy said with a smile.

"I'm going to give both of you this." He added with a smirk.

Naruto and Yukino both got intrigued at what Guy said and wondered what he was going to give them. Keiran and Catra were also intrigued as well and paid attention.

"This made Lee stronger, and i have no doubt that you will as well." Guy said and brought out... two green spandex outfits?

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"Huh?" Both Naruto and Yukino said together, looking at the dangling spandex.

Jiraiya had a disgusted look along with Catra. However, Keiran had an intrigued look as he looked at the green spandex."They're breathable and perfectly designed for free movement." Guy explained with a smile.'Free movement?' Keiran thought in fascination."You'll notice the difference immediately if you try them on!" Guy added with a thumbs up.Naruto and Yukino exchanged glances as they were handed the spandex. They then waved at Guy, who was now on his way back to the village.Yukino looked down at the green spandex, checking it out."I wonder how i would look if i put this on..." She muttered to herself."Are you actually thinking of wearing it?" Naruto asked while Catra gave her a bewildered look.Yukino shook her head.

"No, i just wanted to see how i would look. I was just curious, is all. " She explained, and Catra sighed quietly.

Naruto looked down at his own spandex and thought about what to do with it. He wasn't even going to wear it anyway, so what use does it even have for him?

"I think you should keep it. It would give you an advantage with its free movement during battle, so it would be a waste to just trash it." Keiran said.

*SNAP!*

The three heads of Naruto, Catra, and Jiraiya turned to Keiran so fast that you heard their bones crack. They gave him looks of shock at what he said. Meanwhile, Yukino just looked on in thought. She didn't even hear what Keiran said. Simply because she couldn't.

'You actually want Naruto to wear this... thing?' Catra asked and pointed her paw at the spandex.

"No, no. I don't even want to be caught walking around with someone with it on. Look at what's right in front of you." Jiraiya said and pointed at Guy.

Yukino thought Jiraiya was talking to both her and Naruto and so looked at the direction of Guy. But she immediately looked away out of embarrassment. It was already bad enough that so many people looked at her because of her current outfit. But, if she were to wear the spandex for whatever reason, then it would just multiple, and not in a good way.

Catra also looked away in disgust while Naruto just simply closed his eyes.

"That's totally uncool." Jiraiya added and all of them agreed.

"No, I'm not saying he should put it on. I'm saying if we can keep this spandex, along with the material that makes the wearer free movement. I can maybe pass on that material to Naruto's current outfit to make it more easy for fighting."

'Oh, so that's what you meant, huh? Yeah, that would be good for him.' Catra said in agreement, with a nod of her head. It seems she knows what Keiran is talking about.

'I'll ask them about it later.' Naruto thought.

Meanwhile Guy looked back at them and gave one last smile with a thumbs up.

*Flash!*


That is the end of the chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

I'm thinking about moving this story to Wattpad or making a remake of this on Wattpad. I'm already making two stories at the moment, but when i get time I will do the remake. By the way, If you want to find me, I go by RolyPlays. I have the same PFP so it should be easy to spot.Besides, has been giving me problem after problem, like dulplicate scene's and its just keeps getting annoying.

Anyway, i hope you all enjoyed and see you all in the next one.

Bye bye;)