Chapter 5
Kakashi, Jiraiya and Tsunade burst into the bedroom. There, they saw Sakura trying to put the rising Naruto back to bed. The boy just woke up and was still weakened, as evidenced by his unconscious and lost look, and that every time he tried to get up, he almost fell back onto the bedding. However, he didn't give up trying.
"Naruto, stop it, you shouldn't get up!" Sakura put her hand on his shoulder and gently pushed him, putting him on the bed again. She looked a little scared.
"Sakura is right, moron" Sasuke tried to hide his worry "You shouldn't be overworking now."
"Leave me alone, Sakura" The blonde pushed her hand away and tried to get up again "And don't interfere, Sasuke. Since when did you start worrying about me like that?" Sasuke looked away, embarrassed, and Naruto sat on the bed "Don't bother me. I need to see..." He paused when he realized who had entered the room. He glanced over at the guests; his eyes stopped at the white-haired Sannin.
"Jiraiya-sensei..." Just using such an official phrase made everyone realize how serious the boy was.
"Naruto, are you alright? " Asked the Toad Sage, although he'd already expected what the answer was going to be.
"Alright? Alright?! I wake up in my bed, in my house, in Konoha, surrounded by troubled friends and I have no idea how I got here, and you ask me if EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT?! I don't even know when we came to the Leaf Village !! And this is not the first such situation! It was the same way a year ago during our training! Will you explain to me WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Jiraiya looked down. Now he could not hide anything anymore and had to tell the blonde about the cloak. He took a deep breath and said one word:
"Kyuubi."
"What?" Asked the jinchuuriki, confused and a little scared.
"Kyuubi" Repeated the Frog Hermit xThe Fox Demon took control over you when, after returning to the village, the inhabitants started again..."
"Wait, stop, STOP!" Naruto looked terrified. He gave a nervous look at Sakura and Sasuke, but when he saw that it did not surprise them at all and they only got a little depressed, he realized something "You... you know?" Haruno and Uchiha dropped their heads. The blonde man looked incredulously at Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi "Y-you told them? About the Nine-Tailes?"
"We had no choice, they saw you in this form..." Tsunade tried to explain, but Uzumaki interrupted her.
"SILENCE! I don't care why, it's important that you did it! If I never told them that, it means I didn't want them to know! And I had my reasons! Look at them now!" He pointed to the team members. Sakura drew back, scared, and Sasuke instinctively reached into his holster. Naruto, seeing this, he lowered his head "See? Even my best friends, now that they know the truth, are afraid of me. That's why I've never told them! But you just ruined it all!" He jumped up from the bed and staggered toward the door. He pushed between the two Sannin, standing in his path and ran out into the corridor. He rushed into the living room and wanted to reach the exit door, but he fell over due to lack of strength. The rest ran after him, and Kakashi wanted to help the blonde get up, but he threw off his hand and rose himself slowly to the vertical. Then, he saw the parcels and letters lying on the table and that the packages were partially open. He looked angry and shocked at the others present.
"Not only do you betray a secret without my consent, now you are also looking at my post?! How should I trust you now?!" His eyes glazed with tears and there was a huge pain in them "I thought we were friends..."
They wanted to answer something, when suddenly an ANBU in a cat mask came into the apartment through the window.
"Hokage-sama! I've been looking for you everywhere! Some two people broke into the Village!"
"WHAT?!" Everyone present was very surprised.
"How did they manage to get through the guards?!" Tsunade didn't hide her disappointment.
"I have no idea, but you must go with us, Fifth!" ANBU ran out of the house, giving a sign for others to follow him. Hokage, Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura therefore ran after the man, not wasting any time. Naruto wanted to join the rest, but he staggered and he would've fallen if Jiraiya hadn't caught him.
"You stay here" he said seriously "You can't overdo it now."
"No, I have to go!" Blond looked at the window and tried to break free.
"I won't let you go, you shouldn't fight now. You can barely stand on your own feet!"
"Who said I want to fight ?!" Jiraiya looked surprised at the boy "I just... I just want to see who these people are. For a long time, actually since I woke up, I have a strange feeling... Kyuubi is restless... B-but he doesn't want to take control over me! " He added, seeing the expression of the Toad Sage "It's just as if he... felt something that puts him in anxiety. I think it's related to these mysterious people. That's why... That's why I have to see them and find out what's going on!" He looked firmly at the Sannin. The older man thought for a moment.
"Agreed, I'll go there with you, but you're forbidden to join in the fight, if it's going to start."
"In the state I am in, I'm not even able to fight..." Naruto reluctantly accepted the help of his godfather and leaned on his shoulder.
They left the boy's apartment and wandered for a moment when Uzumaki spoke again.
"You all realize that I can't just forgive you for that?" The pain and disappointment in his voice was well heard which made Jiraiya feel sorry. He was silent, but he knew exactly that he had lost the boy's trust.
And the worst part was that he didn't know if he would ever gain it back.
***
Tsunade followed the ANBU along with Team 7 members when suddenly the leader spoke.
"Sasuke, you didn't come home after the mission today. Did something happen?"
"Sorry, nii-san, but Naruto returned to the village today, so we wanted to see him."
Itachi nodded.
"I understand ... So that's why you were at his house ... Actually, now I remembered that he was there too and he didn't look happy. Have you quarreled?"
Sasuke and Sakura gave each other a knowing look.
"You can put it that way..." The pink-haired responded.
"It's not important now" Sasuke changed the subject "Do you know something about these people?"
"Nothing yet, except for the fact that the first place they went to was the cemetery and it looks like they are still nearby" Older Uchiha pointed in the direction they ran to and saw two hooded figures standing in combat positions, at the gates of the burial place of the dead, opposite the five ANBU. It was as if they were talking about something. When Itachi and the rest ran up a little closer, they managed to hear what they were saying.
"No, it's not like that, we didn't want to rob any graves!" Protested, as it turned out, a girl in a white blanket and with a katana "You misunderstood!"
"Don't explain anything to them" Said a figure dressed in a black cloak, also sounding like a woman "They won't believe you anyway."
"What are you doing here? Who are you?" One of the ANBU asked.
"Unfortunately, we can't answer you any of these questions. We have the right to reveal our identity only to the Kage of the Leaf."
"In that case, I'll be happy to find out who is breaking into my village without permission" Tsunade said, who had already arrived with the rest.
"Hokage-sama!" One of the ANBU shouted.
"T-Tsunade Sen...?!" Started the White, but the Black gave her a nudge to the side. "... ju... " Finished the one with a katana, throwing an upset look at her companion. The Black shrugged.
"Yes, I'm Tsunade Senju. Something wrong with it?" The Fifth raised an eyebrow, clenching her fists.
"No, no, it's alright" The White waved her hands.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Itachi.
"Is it forbidden to come and pay homage to the dead?" The Black answered the question.
"Of course it's not, only that you entered the Village without permission" Kakashi reminded them "Besides, who would you like to visit?"
"That's none of your business" The Black hissed.
"When we saw them, they were at the Third's grave" Itachi said.
"What were you looking for there?!" Tsunade stepped forward a few steps.
"I already said that we didn't want to take anything from there!" The girl with a katana shouted upset.
"And you expect us to believe you?"!The Fifth has taken the position to attack "I'm sorry, but we have to take you for interrogation. Surrender, or we will do it by force."
The hooded figures looked at each other. Suddenly they felt something, so they looked a little further behind the Hokage and the rest. There, they had time to see how the disheveled blonde hair was hiding behind the bushes.
"So he's here" The White whispered happily.
"Do you think we'll show him and the rest of them what we can do?" Asked the Black, not hiding excitement.
"Sure! After all, we must finally win a certain bet." A girl with a coat coloured like snow pulled the katana from her back and aimed it at Tsunade. "We choose the second option!" She announced aloud and moved quickly with the companion towards the blonde woman.
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