The night is cool, sky is clear and trees run through all around the camp ground. The fire is almost out and everyone is asleep. Naruto is still semi-asleep, wondering and remembering about the village. He has been there twice and yet it took him this long to remember.
Naruto thinks to himself about Shibuki, and more importantly, the girl that attacked him on his second trip to the Waterfall Village.
He begins to think: ("I wonder how the leadership business is working out for Shibuki. Maybe Takigakure has grown a lot more than when we last saw it.")
He recalls to himself the mission when Team 7 had to protect the entire village from a group of criminals who wanted the "Hero's Water."
Naruto then mitigates about that strange girl who was more like him than what he first predicted. ("I remember visiting the village again with Sasuke and Sakura. We were all eager to see our old friend. At least me and Sakura were. But we all went to see how the leader was doing. Yeah, i remember having to go inside the waterfall and swim through an underground water way to get in the village like last time. But when we reached the surface, Takigakure was totally different. Everything was new, and there were more villagers. Even the water looked cleaner, and everyone seemed more happy....I remember running to try to find Shibuki when this girl got in my way and wouldn't let me pass.")
"Hey whats your problem?", young Naruto said to the girl that was standing in his way toward the village houses.
"I don't have a problem other than the fact that your trying to sneak into our village.", the kunoichi said.
"I'm not sneaking, I'm visiting a friend here. Don't you know who I am?"
"Hardly, I just meet you."
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I saved your village's but before. Hasn't anyone told you that?"
"Uh- nope."
"Heh!?", Naruto replied looking dumbstruck. "Come on your kidding right?"
"Hehe not really."
"Well I'm not letting you keep me from seeing Shibuki so step out my way.", and at that instance Naruto burst through the air. But was stopped by the young ninja as she grabbed him by the sleeve and shoulder and was thrown toward the water that surrounded the huge old tree. Naruto landed on the water's surface where Sakura and Sasuke where making there way up.
"Naruto why are you playing in the water?", Sakura asked?
"I'm not. I was freaking thrown by that chick over there who wouldn't let me pass!"
"Huuhhh?....Only you would start something like this."
"Well it seems like she wont let us pass without a fight.", Sasuke jumped in.
"Yeah but does she know that we are Leaf ninja's, allies to them?", Sakura asked.
"It doesn't seem as though she's been here too long.", Sasuke stated. "Let me handle this."
Naruto jumped up from his sitting down abruptly. "Ohhh no she wanted to fight me so why u hafta but in?"
"Because your not going to do anything with her, loser"
"Guahh, shut up Sasuke! I can beat her better that you ca-", but was interrupted by Sakura's scream. They both looked ahead and the kunoichi unleashed a tornado that made a typhoon in the water.
"I'm Fuu, the protector of Takigakure. Your gonna need more than two genin to stop me.", the girl shouted out.
"Such intense chakra from just one person not even a jonin.", Sasuke said more to himself than Naruto. "Sakura stay back, I don't want you getting hurt. Naruto come on we gotta get her to reason with us even if we have to do it by force."
"RIGHT!", Naruto chanted.
Sakura got all tingly inside after what Sasuke said. ("Sasuke CARES about me! Or maybe he thinks I'm not good enough to fight. Ohhh I hope it's just because he care's for me.")
Naruto and Sasuke went inside the whirling winds and swirling waters as Fuu tried to cut them open with wind style techniques.
"Naruto she's a wind style so don't get to close in front of her"
"Yeah yeah i can see that. I'm not blind!", then he was caught by the wind current and was flown back trying to rear the kunoichi."Aaaahhhh!"
"Tsk, Idiot.", Sasuke said and started making hand signs. "Fire Style, Flower Phoenix Jujitsu!", and balls of fire sprang from his breath and made its way passed the wind currents to encircle Fuu and hit her.
Four thin like wings appeared out of Fuu's back and she took of, dodging all the fire figures and letting them hit the water, creating steam throughout the area.
Sasuke maintained his position, using the sharingan to try and psych her movements. He stood there for a while without a sound. Then he remembered Naruto and tried to see where he was at.
From a distance he heard his voice: "Multi-Shadow Clone Jujitsu!"Sasuke started to here a crown forming around the water and saw Sakura amoung them. His left ear heard shadow clones being vanished one by one and Naruto struggling. He followed his voice so he could assist him.
"Damn it I can't see a thing! Just where is this chick", said Naruto and that lead Sasuke to finally meet up with him."Sasuke!"
Sasuke used his eyes to scan the area before talking to Naruto. "Don't waste your time punching around, she's in the air."
"What! She can walk on air! No fair I wanted to do that."
"No stupid, she can fly"
"HUH!!! How does that make more sense than walking on air!"
"She has wings that she uses to fly. We need to get out of this fog before she cuts us down."
Naruto nodded. Then as if they knew what each of them where thinking, they ran up the old tree to get out the fog. Half way up the tree they saw Fuu flying above the water. She emerged through the white and saw Naruto and Sasuke standing on the side of the tree.
"I'm not gonna let you take our village leader like that. He gave me an important assignment in guarding this village and losing isn't in my dictionary!", Fuu said to them. Then she started to build up chakra.
"Listen", Sasuke said, "we just want to reason to you-", but before he could finish, two wind currents the shape of an X shot at them.
"Gwahuwauauahh!", Naruto gibbered out of his mouth and they both dived in the water to dodge, but the attack purposely missed and swung around the tree. The two boys emerged out the water and stood on the water surface.
Sasuke knew what she was trying to do right after he got up from the water."Naruto watch out she's right in front of you!"
Naruto turned towards the other direction and saw Fuu flying right at him. "Damnit!" He pulled out his kunai and tried to guard himself.
Sasuke heard a clash then a splash on the shallow water next to the tree's island. He ran towards the noise and stopped and stood where he was at with a shocked and embarrassed look on his face. ("Better her than me again"). Sasuke saw Fuu on top of Naruto. There face was barely an inch away from each other. Fuu briefly screamed and picked herself up.
Naruto sat there with a blank expression.("What-just happened") Silence surrounded them for about a second until the crown started getting noisy.
Sasuke broke the silence among themselves: "So I take it your ok Naruto"
"Why were you on my like that?", Fuu asked but in a calm to
"You were on me!", Naruto blurred out.
"Enough fighting.", Sasuke said. "There is no reason to fight village allies."
"Yeah what Sasuke said.", Naruto added.
Fuu stood there for a little with no expression. Then said, "Oh sorry about that. I just took my job to seriously i guess."
"Gwuahh", both Naruto and Sasuke said with a stupid look at each of there faces. They exchanged glances as if saying, ("Seriously").
After a bit of explanation, all three of them went back to land and met up with Sakura and the awaiting Shibuki. They greeted each other and explained to Shibuki what happened.
"But its alright now, heheh", Naruto spoke. "So how's the leadership business working out for ya."
"Not as bad as i thought it would be.", Shibuki answered. "After you guys left, I decided to reinvent our village and its turning out amazing and-, huh?" He was cut of by voices shouting at Fuu. They were saying bad things lling her names and how her kind always wanted to fight. And they called her a monster.
"I messed up once ok!? I was only taking my job seriously! Nobody's perfect!" And as if she was about to cry, she ran through the crowd and disappeared.
"Oh my goss, why are they yelling at her like that", Sakura asked. But Shibuki ignored her question and started to quiet the crowd.
"Everyone please calm down. You shouldn't treat a fellow kunoichi like that.", Shibuki said to the crowd.
Naruto kept staring at the direction where Fuu ran of too.He stood standing with an empty dreadful look on his face. He is seeing the same pain, the same torture, the same loneliness in Fuu. He also can hear the same words he heard before ringing in his ears. Naruto knew exactly what she was feeling right now.
The crowd paid their attention toward Naruto. "Hey we are really sorry about her.", one said. "Yeah how dare she not know you guys saved our village before.", another began. The whole crowd turned to apologize for a while and Naruto took it al in. He was almost ready to explode.
"Shut UP!", Naruto yelled. The crowd went silent.
"Naruto what are yo-", Sakura said but was interrupted by him.
"How can you treat one of your own like that. She was trying to protect your village and all of you. That's all she was doing but you treat her like crap! How Dare YOU! None of you probably know how's she's feeling right now. You don't know the half of her pain." He felt cotton build up in his throat. He then ran past the crowd to try and find Fuu, calling her name to see if she responded.
"Naruto", Sakura whispered to herself. Sasuke remaind silent.
Shibuki looked passed the silent crown and then heard them mummer among themselves."Is Naruto going to be alright."
"Don't worry he'll be fine after a while", Sasuke said.
"Uh-hh yeah he'll um be ok", Sakura agreed.
Naruto found Fuu sitting on a bench that was beside a trail that lead to a forest. He stayed looking at her, watching her stare at the trees above with tears rolling down her cheeks. She caught him looking at her after some time and then looked away.
"What the hell are you doing here", she said.
"I-umm wanted to find you.", Naruto replied.
"Just leave me alone, just like everyone else does."
Naruto ignored her command and sat next to her on the bench. For some odd reason she let him sit there for a while, but didn't say anything.
Naruto began: "I'm sorry how those people treated you back there. They were never that mean when i first met them."
"Everyone's the same. They all treat me like I'm different; like I don't exist." She was opening up to him, and it felt right for some reason. "I don't expect you to understand."
"But i do understand."
"Huh? How can you possibly understand?" She was still teary-eyed.
"Because, they used to treat me the same way, up until not to long ago. My own village took me as something that never meant to exist.......I did a lot of pranking, so i could get scolded. To me, that was better than being invisible. I lived by myself my whole life, so that's why i decided to make friends. It filled the void i had all my life." He smiled at that last remark.
"But how did you make friends? It doesn't seem like something i could do around here." Then she remembered Shibuki. "Actually, I have Shibuki as a friend all along. It feels good to be around him."
"Heheh, their you go! And you will always be my friend."
"After all that, you want to be my friend?"
"Yeah."
"But why?"
"Because you and me are alike."
"..........yeah, hehe." She started to really lighten up. Her depressing appearance turned to a happy, go-lucky personality. "So what else.", she said in a good humor tone.
"Well umm-hmmmm....I like your spiky mint green hair."
"Well I like your spiky blonde hair.", and they both laughed joyfully.
Older Naruto continued to think in his dream: ("I also wonder how Fuu is doing after returning to the village. I guess it wont be half bad staying in Takigakure.")
He was finally geared up to fall asleep, until something intense happened. The ground started to shake heavily and then Naruto heard static coming from the distance. He got up and out of the tent and saw Kakashi and Yamato looking at a huge cliff. Naruto went passed them to get a better view of the cliff up ahead that was surrounding an entire forest until the whole landscape EXPLODED!
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Chapter notes: Takigakure borders the Land of Fire and Naruto is little aways from the village. As he camps for the night with his escorts, he remembers the mission Sasuke and Sakura did with him to help the village leader protect the "Hero's Water". Later in his dream he recalls a certain Jinjuuriki that he encountered while visiting the Waterfall village a few months later to see Shibuki and his progress. The night is not well spent when something not to far makes the ground start shaking.
Chapter end notes: Chapter 3: Bijuu Chakra Debri
Stay toned to find out what Sasuke is up too.
After Chapter 3 Naruto finally makes it to Takigakure :)