The Third Uzukage by Dark-Nate18

Chapter 3: Promises

Naruto felt his body slam into a cold floor, a chill spread across his bare skin. He coughed out a bit of blood; a piercing high pitch squeal met his ears, he squinted to try to alleviate some of the pressure, but he groaned as the pressure failed to leave. Pushing his palms against the floor he tried to push himself off of the floor, but half way up his arms gave way, forcing his face into the floor. He grumbled slightly and winced as another tremor rocked his body.

"Damn it, where am I" he thought to himself in anger, he tried to sense the area with his chakra. Knowing he had been taught something similar in the academy, though his mind struggled to recall the exact words of his sensei.

"I really should have listened more in school" he thought to himself, his anger was brief as joy snuck its way into his body, elation at no longer being an academy student filled Naruto with joy. He had struggled year long, trying to fit in with everyone else, trying to be the best he could be. Yet something always stopped him, he wasn't stupid, he was a lot smarter than he let on. But when things seemed to click in his mind, he was never able to put it down on paper, or vice versa. Naruto knew he had something wrong with him, but the elation at knowing it was possibly the seal that had caused his lapse in though control meant he was able to achieve higher than before.

"I shouldn't lay here speculating, I need to get up" he thought to himself, happy at being able to use the correct word in context. He tried once more, his arms shaking as he forced himself up. He smiled slightly as he began to rise, but his ire quickly moved in as his arms gave way.

"Kami, I swear, it's a good job I wasn't in the middle of a fight when I activated that seal" moaned Naruto mentally, he squirmed on the floor slightly, in hopes of rolling over to get a view of where he was too, he had tried to raise his head to see where he was, but his hair that was once spiky and gravity defying seems to have died and changed to straight and smooth, falling down his face. He breathed a sigh of relief as his body rolled over, albeit sloppily. He winced as his arm was trapped underneath his body, shuffling it along the floor, he sighed as he laid flat on his back, he blew his hair out of his eyes, and a storm of dust seemed to follow. Coughing slightly Naruto took a tentative peek around, his silver eyes roaming over the large room, the ceiling was a simple grey rock; its texture suggested being carved with a spiralling force, peeking to the sides, Naruto noticed the large book cases, each full of books. From where he was led he could read the topics on each of the book cases, Fuuinjutsu, Ninjutsu, Original Ninjutsu, Secret Ninjutsu, Unfinished Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu. Naruto smirked slightly, at the thought of being able to read all of those books. Sighing, he calmed his body down, to be able to tell what was wrong. He immediately noticed the lack of pain and tremors that were once racking his body. He was not sure how long he had been led on the floor, but the chill that was slowly seeping into his body from his bare skin touching the cold stone floor, meant he was growing uncomfortable rapidly. He sighed wearily and, with effort he tried to pull himself up.

"Ibiki, care to tell me where we are going" asked Anko irritably, she had been denied a chance to embarrass Iruka; she hated being interrupted especially for an unpaid mission with no details. The two dashed through the forest, Ibiki was moving forward rapidly, a scowl on his face.

"I can't tell you, and once we get there, you too are not to whisper what is there" said Ibiki stonily, Anko blinked slightly, but did not falter in her step

"That serious huh, well I guess I can keep quiet" said Anko, she eyed her mentor as he dashed from one tree to another.

"Ibiki is never like this, what's in Uzushiogakure that has Ibiki so serious" Anko thought to herself, she sighed lightly as her foot touched a large branch of a tree, and in a blur she propelled forward.