NARUTO:The sealed shinobi.
Chapter 183: CH 183

Chapter 183: CH 183

Jiraiya had turned in soon after they had bought a room for the night as they had to get up early tomorrow and leave to return to Konoha to report on the results of their mission before Tsunade would decide whether or not reaching out to the remaining villages was a worthwhile endeavor. Naruto could not bring himself to sleep and rather decided to sit out on the roof until he grew tired or sunrise hit, whichever came first.

Naruto simply sat against the ledge of the hotel, pulling the sword on his back out of its sheath and placing it back in just so he could hear the sound of the metal sliding. The monotonous sound and action brought Naruto into a state of lucidity drifting between consciousness.

"You sure look like you’re having fun." A voice broke Naruto from his trance. He turned and saw an older Yugito standing on the ledge he was sitting against waving cheerfully, "How have you been for the last few years Naruto-kun?"

Yugito sat down beside Naruto against the ledge and pulled her knees to her chest as she looked him over. He didn’t look that much different other than being naturally bigger that came with aging through puberty. Naruto looked over Yugito as well, coming to the same conclusion except that she was over 18 now, "Busy. Very busy. We came here to talk to your Raikage about something, but since you found me before I left I might as well tell you myself. You’re aware of the Akatsuki right?"

Yugito nodded, "Not a whole lot is known about them but I’m aware of the name."

Naruto looked at her seriously, "You need to look out for them. Black cloaks with red clouds... if you see people wearing that then you had better either prepare for a fight to the death or get in gear to hightail it. They want the Nibi from you just like they want the Kyuubi from me. They’ll pull it from your body and leave you a lifeless husk... don’t let them take you alive Yugi-chan, better yet don’t let them take you at all."

Yugito frowned at the way Naruto was talking about them. Something was different about him here. He didn’t seem to be as confident as he had been back when they had first met, "What’s wrong Naruto? Something’s changed about you. Is it Akatsuki?"

Naruto rubbed one of his exposed arms, "These aren’t normal people Yugi-chan. You need to expect the absolute worst, most twisted things that you would never think humans could do to themselves or others. These are the boogeymen of the ninja world."

Yugito turned away from Naruto and looked up, "So you’re scared..."

Naruto sat in silence for a moment, "Yeah. Yeah I am. But not for myself. If they can catch me then it isn’t my problem anymore and there’s no need to be afraid of what happens from that point because I’ll be dead. I’m scared for all of the people close to me, I’m scared for Konoha itself. If anyone is looking to utilize the power of the Kyuubi for any reason whatsoever it will be destructive, and it’s going to kill a lot of people. I would be stupid to think that if I die and the Kyuubi is extracted that things are just going to be alright for everyone in Konoha. My friends, hell everyone, they’ll all be doomed."

Yugito took in his words in silence and looked up at the moon with him, "You know if Bee were here he would call you a punk-ass and then cut you down in that terrible rhyming rapping he does, and I think I would have to agree." Naruto’s head snapped over to her as she kept looking up, "The moon is full tonight. It’s giving off a very good light here on the mountain Naruto-kun."

She turned her slightly slitted eyes to her blonde companion, "The light from the moon reflects in your eyes and I can see your fear as clear as day. Not on your face but in your eyes, the light reflects it as if you were saying it out loud to me. If one of them were to show up right now and fight us your heart wouldn’t be in it, you would be too afraid of the widespread consequences should you lose."

Naruto clinched his fists, "If I lose then my village, the entire Elemental Nations are screwed Yugi-chan. Even one of the biju under their control would be catastrophic, not even mentioning that I have the most powerful one. To get all of them would mean Armageddon pure and simple, no other way around it."

"So don’t let them get you." She said simply, "Sometimes it isn’t one big maze to find the answer Naruto-kun. Sometimes it’s just as simple as saying this is what’s going to happen, and this is why I’m not going to let it happen. Just don’t give them the satisfaction of getting you. Fight them tooth and nail. Do everything in your power to ensure that they don’t take you and if you fail, so what? You handled the situation the only way you could, but the thing about it was that you weren’t scared out of your wits to fight back. They’re human too. They can be beaten just like you or I can. We have demons in us and we’ve been beaten, it’s just a matter of going out and getting it done."

Naruto laughed humorlessly, "You say it like it’s that easy..."

"Because it is." She asserted firmly, "When you fight, fear isn’t necessary or even reasonable for us in that situation. No victory against an enemy of that magnitude can be born of fear. When you dodge, you won’t let them hit you. If you protect something, you won’t let it die. And if you attack, you will kill them. After all..." She said giving Naruto a faint smile, "When you fight them you’ll sure be seeing their resolve to kill you, and to harm everything you care about."

Naruto stared at his fellow jinchuuriki as she stood up and stretched out widely before kneeling down to his level with a smirk, "Think about it Naruto-kun. Because when I fight them I’ll be thinking the same thing." Yugito leaned in and kissed him on the cheek, "I won’t let them harm you." With that, the Kumo jounin left Naruto alone on the roof to his thoughts.

Naruto turned his eyes back up to the moon for the longest time after being left alone. He thumped the back of his head off of the ledge and sighed to himself, ’What the hell is wrong with me? One little lackluster fight and I can feel my nerves slipping. What kind of shinobi am I? What kind of protector am I?’ Naruto growled softly to himself.

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The late night streets of Kumo were traditionally empty as a village-wide curfew was in effect on most days due to Kumo’s constant militarization. Shinobi would patrol the streets, keeping watch over the citizens and ensuring their safety. This was what Yugito had been conditioned to know as a fact as she strolled through the streets alone on her way back home.

The feeling of being followed is common for most people, but when you are a ninja you kind of have to give that feeling a little bit more attention instead of chalking it up to simple paranoia, because in that line of work your paranoia is based on a well-founded fact that you are never truly safe, not even surrounded by shinobi of your own home.

Yugito stopped in place and bared her teeth in annoyance, "Okay. I’m tired, it’s been a long day, and I need to get up early tomorrow. Whoever it is that has a problem with me can come on out and either do something about it or go away."

Two men in red cloaks and straw hats revealed themselves from the shadows, one with a three-bladed scythe on his back, "You’re Yugito Nii are you not?"

Yugito smirked as a nervous sweat worked its way to her face, "Well then... it looks like I have some admirers. A friend of mine told me you would be coming, now let me show you what I do to stalkers."

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