• Dark Dawn •

Ep 13 - Closed

(Arc 1 - first mission - pt 4 end)

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The group in the forest

"...For starters, the enemy has access to part of the Nine Tails power now."

The whole group in the clearing froze. "What do you mean by that?" Sauske reluctantly spoke up after a while.

Naruto exhaled. "It means literally what Kakashi-sensei said. They have access to my power. Though it is a small fraction of it."

Another moment of silence.

Sakura slapped both palms on her cheeks and then took a small breath, which brought the attention of the whole group to her. "Well, we can't undo things that has already been done. You've really got to fill us in, both of you!"

Naruto just stared off into the distance, pretending not to hear him. Kakashi sighed, realizing that Naruto didn't want to do the talking; he was leaving it up to him.

"Well, so the enemy...."

A while later, after the breif explanation

Sauske was lost in his thoughts. He would most definitely feel the most from the news of his older brother. Sakura just scrambled over the two, making sure they were unhurt. The other three unnamed ninja proceeded to head off to the battle location so they would be able to gather more intel on the Akatsuki as they could.

"What can we do now?" Sauske crossed his arms.

Naruto shrugged. "We might have to just wait and see what's going to happen." Naruto then thought back to his new mission, along with his previous one.

There's a lot of work up ahead of me. He sighed. But this situation right now takes priority.

"We should maybe sure that small town is okay. Let's head that way while the other shinobi check out the battlefield." Naruto nodded in the general direction.

His teammates curtly nodded and shushined towards the town.

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At the town

The four Leaf shinobi shushined into the town, to see the said town seemingly deserted.

"Hey! Is anyone there?" Naruto yelled, cupping his hand around his mouth. No response.

Kakashi crossed his arms. "It's seems that they don't intend to respond."

Naruto nodded. He faced forward, away from his team and closed his eyes. Concentrating his chakara, he let it out in small streams, sending other presences. "Yeah, the villagers are all definitely still here." Naruto said eventually, after confirming the presence of multiple non-shinobi people.

Naruto sighed. "LISTEN PEOPLE, THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE ANY MORE IMPOSTERS IN THIS VILLAGE ANYMORE! SO YOU GUYS CAN RELAX NOW!" He yelled into the clearing. Echos bounced through the forest.

More silence followed.

Then someone came out of a nearby house. A man with a frail body came out and stood in front of the team, while keeping his distance.

The man spoke out with a shaking voice. "Do you mean the words you said? How are you so sure?"

Naruto gave him a calm stare and crossed his arms. "Well, that's because we defeated the enemy that was creating those fakes." Then he adverted his eyes. " Or indirectly, you could say." He added in a whisper.