Naruto of the Shinju

Chapter 3: The Gathering

Naruto, as Sora, entered the temple. As he entered, one of the monks asked.

"You little kid, where did you go?"

"Enough, Hitsugaya!", Chiriku shouted. "Sora, I'm worried about you. Do not leave the temple next time, okay?"

Naruto just nodded. As he paced his way, he saw the monks looking at him. He remembered the glares that the villagers of Konoha used to send him in their way. As everyone slept, he crept his way towards Chiriku's room and searched for any documents as to why the boy was treated this way. As he was reading the documents, he saw that Sora's father was Kazuma, who once fought a man named Asuma from Konoha. They are a member of the twelve guardian ninja and there were two kings in the land of fire. Naruto, upon knowing decided to leave. He used Amenominaka and quickly reappeared in Sora's location.

He was then greeted by the sight of Sora yelling at him. Now, in his original form, Naruto didn't mind Sora's yells. He proceeded to touch the soil and a memory of that place came into his mind.

"Sora, what was your father's name?"

"Huh? What's this all of a sudden? Why are you asking?"

"Answer me!", Naruto snapped.

Sora, afraid, decided to answer him. "Kazuma".

"I now know why they hate you. You have something inside you as to what they call the Kyuubi's chakra. And it was sealed to you by your very own father in order for him to use you to whatever he wants".

"What the hell are you talking about?", Sora said angrily.

"Your father did that in order to use you. And to be honest, your father is still alive by now, contrary to the belief that he was dead".

"How did you…?"

"Sora, I could see anyone's thoughts and feelings. This is my power, I could know the truth", Naruto said smirking.

"Why, why?", Sora began to sob.

"It's only simple, Sora. In this world we live in, people will use you for their own gains, not minding what you feel at the moment. Be it a family member or some stranger, they don't care. I do not know who my parents are but I have a feeling that the upper echelons of Konoha know of it. Well, to be honest, if my father was like that, I'd certainly never forgive him", he replied.

"I want…I want to kill…Kazuma", Sora said with hatred in his eyes.

"Do not rush things out, my friend. I think we should gather people who experienced the same suffering such as ours".

"What's your plan?"

Naruto explained the plan perfectly and Sora seemed to feel really excited by it.

"Now, what do you think?", Naruto finally asked.

"Your plan is ambitious. I'd like to do that. I'm in".

With that, Naruto and Sora flew the skies, thus executing the first part of their plan.

"Still no sign of Naruto?", the Third asked.

"No. I suspect that someone must be responsible for his disappearance", the Anbu replied.

"Danzo", the Sandaime thought.

He immediately rushed to Danzo and he was astonished as to why the Third was here.

"What have you done to Naruto?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"There's no one I could suspect but only you, Danzo. It is known that you recruit individuals for your own cause. Now tell me, where is he?", Hiruzen said with anger in his voice.

"I have no idea where he is. Besides, it is your fault that you let that demon beat be lost under your watchful eye. It is better that's not here. At least, it's for the greater good of Konoha", Danzo replied.

"Danzoooo!".

"Hokage-sama stop. Maybe he truly doesn't know. Please don't start a fight, Hokage-sama", the Anbu said with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Danzo, if you have any involvement into the disappearance of Uzumaki Naruto, I'll not hesitate to have you executed", the Third bluntly stated.

Soon, he stormed out of the house to where Danzo was in.

"Considering that the demon brat has disappeared, who has taken him?", Danzo secretly chuckled.

Naruto and Sora were walking in the fog.

"We're now far in the Land of Fire. Where are we?", Sora asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is Kiri. According to the memories of this place, a young child massacred his fellow Academy students as it is common in their culture that in order to graduate, you need to kill somebody", Naruto bluntly replied.

Sora didn't answer. As soon and Sora were walking, they heard sounds and they have decided to investigate. They saw ninjas fighting against the Kiri. Kiri won and all of the bodies of the ninjas were left for dead. Sora then spotted a young boy. Curious, Sora run towards the boy, with Naruto following behind.

They stared at the boy and the boy finally spoke, "What are you looking at?"

"We're looking for people to join our cause", Naruto replied.

"What happened here?", Sora asked.

"Those dead people are from my clan. They live in order to fight and they live by the thrill of it. They usually imprison me inside a cage and only to release when they feel the urge that I should kill someone quickly", he stated.

"We saw your fight on the bushes. I'm sure your clan has taught you well", Naruto spoke.

"Guess so".

"Kimimaro, tell me, are you capable of a more ruthless killing?"

Hours passed, Sora was uncomfortable at the very presence of the man.

"So, what is it for me?", Kimimaro asked.

"We don't need him. Everything was going fine!"

Naruto punched him. "Do not mistake your place."

"My father always said, if you want more people to join, you must impress them", Kimamaro stated.

As they walked, Naruto looked towards the moon, thinking that someone could be living there.