"Now... You guys do know that I could execute you based on the mere fact that you all have entered the country without a formal approval from the kage." Naruto said, disguising her voice and referring to herself as in third person and refusing to disclose the gender of the Uzukage.
"As I have mentioned, we are here to become an acquaint of Uzushiogakure, however if we are not welcomed here we shall take our leave." Shikamaru said, shifting slightly as he wondered how to tell them that the hokage wants to meet their Uzukage.
"I sense you have something more to tell us, Nara." Everyone jerked, how did they know shikamaru's surname?... That's impossible.
"How did I know you wonder?... Hmm." The shorter one said, raising a hand to their lips and assumed what they guessed was a mocking thinking pose. "Does she read minds?" Ino whispered.
"No I do not read minds." The shorter one answered, much to their shock. "I hear you loud and clear," the shorty answered before shifting slight towards the direction of Kiba and Akamaru, "quit snickering snowy!" Kiba gasped at the name, only Naruto called Akamaru snowy. Akamaru seem to ignore the demand and started making a noise of what they think is laughter.
"Yeah yeah whatever you sadistic little poodle." The shorty said, waving the dog off and making stare in confusion. What is the ninja doing? Akamaru hasn't even barked or anything. Hell! Even Kiba looks confused and Kiba can probably understand the dog's language.
"You- You!! How did you know?!" Kiba screamed, pointing a finger at the Uzu nins, more towards the short one.
"Know what?"
"Only only HE can call Akamaru Snowy!" Kiba yelled, feeling anger rise in him.
"Who?"
"O-Only Uzumaki Naruto can call Akamaru that! You have no right!"
"And just why do you think you deserve to say that... Boy's name? You dishonoured everything he has done, everything he worked so hard for, so hard not to be. But what happened? He prayed so hard everyday that his... Friends," the short one spat out the word friends with so much venom, everyone including the taller one flinched, "would never ever call him a demon or monster or a traitor!" Everyone whom was somehow pointed out all flinched again. "All he wanted was to be acknowledged... But what did he get in return for bring back your oh so precious Uchiha? He was beaten and shunned and called names by his friends, his senseis had said they were disappointed in him for what? For trying to kill Uchiha apparently! Who was the one with a hole in their chest?! It was that boy himself not the Uchiha!" Everyone's eyes widened, they hadn't known. Sasuke was frozen in shock, how did this stranger know so much about what had transpired?
"How did you know? You have to be there to know what had happened!"
"I'm not finished! Uchiha did you know why your attack had worked? It wouldn't have if the boy hadn't shifted and dispelled his own attack. He shifted so if he actually died, you would have achieved the mangekyo sharingan, he shifted so that he would not hurt you and that once you have spent that last of your chakra he could drag you back. Well, congratulations to all of you. You have succeeded in getting rid of the demon from the world." Naruto said mockingly, having referred to herself as a boy and in third person so that the Konoha nins wouldn't suspect anything.
"He is not a demon!" Sasuke screamed.
"Oh my bad! He was a traitor, a disgrace that deserves to die!" Naruto snarled, Sasuke glared at them, his sharingan swirling madly and the only thing that kept him form lashing out was the a fact that Hinata had secured a tight hold on Sasuke's hand to keep him still.
"He isn't-"
"Not according to what I know. That boy had been banished after a beating so bad he was on the brink of death and the kyuubi couldn't even save him! Then guess what? Akatsuki appeared and Uzumaki begged them to kill him. So good for all of you, Uzumaki is now dead." Naruto said. "He also tried to save your brother, Uchiha. He died in honour. He had died knowing that his friends hated him, the bond with his best friend he treasured so much that have been broken, he died knowing he couldn't save the man that saved him."
"What?"
"Uchiha Itachi, previous Konoha Anbu captain, saved young Uzumaki from a brutal attack. He may not have been able to prevent it from ever happening but he did stop the attack from continuing. Had he not interfered and was like every other people, young Uzumaki would have been so broken he would have carried out another suicide attempt that he would make sure it actually took him away." Naruto said nostalgically, Itachi discretely gave Naruto a light squeeze on the arm to comfort her, he could tell it hurt her to talk about anything that had happened in her life. Itachi had forced himself not to react at the details of how Naruto use to cope.
"Another... Suicide attempt?" Shikamaru repeated in disbelieve.
"Ah! Nara, you have been attentive! Did you know, Uzumaki had kept a journal? Do you know what the journal contains? It was sort of his diary, it was his way of coping. In it, he also wrote down carefully which day he had tried to commit suicide like a normal diary entry. He writes down the method in which he would use and which number that attempt was. He doesn't succeed every time because of the fox but neither does the assassination attempts." Naruto said with a bitter laugh.
"Assassination attempt?" Sasuke mumbled to himself in horror. He hadn't known... He hadn't realise that Naruto had been through so much. Sasuke felt his knees tremble but it hasn't given out from under him, which he was glad.
"Ask your pathetic council! They ordered endless assassinations. Some that left the boy paralysed for days and spasming in excruciating pain with no one there except Itachi to reassure him that it would be alright. Then the council ordered Itachi to kill the clan or they would kill them all, including you Sasuke. He did it to protect you because he couldn't bare to see his baby brother dead. Itachi was gone, uzumaki's only friend had been gotten rid of. Ever wonder why Uzumaki would say he is sick and then seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth for almost a week? That's because he is holed up in his crappy inhabitable apartment, convulsing in pain -unable to move!"
Sasuke couldn't help it when his knees buckled, he braced for the impact but he felt strong arms holding him up. He looked to see the short one had appeared next to him and caught him. The hold on him was firm yet gentle as the hands reassured him that everything was going to be fine... Like how Naruto use to do it. He had known about Itachi being ordered by the council but he had not known about Naruto's suffering during those occasional disappearance. "Do not drown in your own sorrow Uchiha. Naruto wouldn't want to see his best friend like this."
"How would you know? He is dead. I broke the only bond we had that was so powerful." Sasuke whispered harshly, his legs still unable to support his weight and everyone froze at the sight of the Uzu nin being so gentle. "He still lives," Naruto said, placing a hand over Sasuke's heart, "in here. As long as you have learnt to acknowledge him, then will you be able to grow strong. He may no longer be by your side but he will always support you." Naruto hefted Sasuke higher so she can support him, then turned to address the rest. "I am sure you are all tired. You are allowed to enter the village but remember you will be under constant surveillance and you are to leave immediately the next day." With that they followed the two ninjas towards the village gate.
"Ano..."
"Yes Nara?"
"Our hokage wish to meet the Uzukage." Shikamaru said, holding out a scroll.
"I see." Naruto said as she took the scroll and chucked it towards Itachi. Everyone was hoping the wind would become strong enough that the hoods of the cloaks would have been blown off.