Past Healer

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Title: Past Healer [Yaoi Version]

Warnings: AU? OOC YAOI

Pairings: ItaNaru/ one sided SasuNaru

Flames are not welcomed.

Author: Tsukishiro

Summary: The past and the present were slowly killing the demon vessel from the inside. An incident sends him back into the past and he now faces new dangers, emotions, and events because his arrival changed everything. Will this ‘past’ actually help him back to the light and get his real smile back or will it further send him into oblivion?

Disclaimers: Naruto never belonged to me! Not now not ever! (Sniff-sniff)

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Chapter Three – The Aka Furasshu’s Identity

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The twelve Shinobi made their way through the lush vegetation towards their destination. It was south of the village and was approximately a few miles away from them.

Because of their capabilities and ninjas, they were able to reach the designated place in the mission in only half a day.

The location was a wonderful sight to behold. Even though the place was in ruins, the vegetations, water, and animals that inhabited the area made up for the destruction that was once there.

Huge pillars made out of alabaster were standing tall and proud or tilted to the side, the stoned ground has cracks with plants sprouting from them and moss covered the broken walls of unidentifiable structures, a sure sign that the place has been inhabited by humans for over a long period of time.

Water has risen up from the nearby river up to a foot deep. Different kinds of fishes can be seen roaming about under the clear liquid and a few birds can be seen taking a bath from a distance.

All in all, even though it was old, wrecked, and infested with untamed life, it was a beautiful sight.

While the female shinobi of the group gazed at the scenery before them, the males took their time looking for a specific structure.

A temple

It is understandable that if ever there are ancient relics or artifacts owned by the former inhabitants of the place, it will be kept in holy grounds to protect it from the demons and evil spirits that they believed to exist.

The ancient people feared the darkness and don’t want their valuable items to be tainted so they kept it within the bowels of the holy temples signifying light and purity.

The group moved on until they spotted a huge pyramid-like structure, obviously a temple, in the middle of all wreckage. Looking at it, it seemed that it was the only structure that did not suffer any destruction at all, as if it was protected from its downfall.

All twelve of them nodded in understanding and proceeded to the tall structure with great ease.

Upon arriving on top of the temple, they wasted no time searching for an entrance that will lead them inside.

The two Byakugan users used their bloodline, as well as the Sharingan user, to find an entrance but to no avail.

When the other shinobi were looking for the entrance, two of them were busy reading the text written in unknown language, trying to decipher it in case it will lead them to the wanted pathway.

“Aka Furasshu-sama” the pony-tailed lazy Jounin as he eyed the stone tablet containing the unknown words. “Do you think that this will lead us to the entrance?”

The Anbu was silent at first before deciding to speak

“Yes, it will” he answered with a monotonous voice.

The other shinobi heard their conversation and approached the pair, staring at the old stone tablet and trying to decipher it as well.

All of them had no idea what it meant. This was the first time ever that they have encountered such encrypted writing.

That is, when one of them began to speak…

‘The sun and the moon are brothers’

‘To find the pathway that leads to the light’

‘Align the gods, along with the moon and the sun, from its beginning up to its end’

‘Face the sun where it rise and turn your backs to where the sun sets’

‘Let the moon be your light as it will guide you to the right path’

‘Remember that darkness came first before the light’

“That’s all” The masked Anbu finished

“You can actually read this?” the shocked pink-haired kunoichi asked

The Anbu remained silent and nodded; he then looked around, as if looking for something, earning him questionable looks from his fellow shinobi.

“What are you looking for? Aka Furasshu-sama” Neji asked

“Tablets… look for seven small tablets in this area. If you find one, bring it here.” He ordered.

“YOSH!” The spandex wearing shinobi of the group exclaimed while thrusting his fist into the air with vibrant light shining at the background, “LET US FIND THE PIECES OF ROCK THAT AKA FURASSHU-SAMA NEEDED WITH OUR STRONG FLAMES OF YOUTH!!!!”

The other shinobi slapped their head in embarrassment and nodded before beginning their search

They all searched. At the far corner of the temple, they found all seven tablets that the Anbu wanted and brought them near the stone tablet where the encrypted words were.

They looked at the pieces of stones carefully and noticed something engraved on them.

On one was the picture of the sun

On another was the picture of the moon

The other five, instead of pictures, have words engraved on them

Woden

Thor

Tyr

Saturn

Fria

“What does these mean? Shika” The big-boned shinobi asked his best friend

“I’m not sure, but these five” he pointed the five tablets that have words on them, “are the name of the gods”

There, they saw the unknown Anbu staring at something near the tablet. When they moved closer, they saw seven indentations on the ground which has the same shape and size at the tablet. It was in circular arrangement and a star adorned the one at the twelve o’clock position.

“So what are we going to do now?” Hinata asked

“We are going to wait”

“What for?” the Uchiha male asked

“If we follow this scripture, then we will need the moon in order for us to open the gate.” With that, he left the group, only to return moments later with some wood at hand.

“We should rest for now and we would be needing torches for tonight.” He said as he dropped the pieces of wood to the ground.

The female shinobi proceeded to wrapping one end of the wood with cloth bandages while Chouji proceeded to damping the wrapped end of the wood with oil.

The others left to gather food like fish, fruit, and meat since there was an abundance of life in the area.

They ate to their fill and waited for the moon to rise.

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At the Hokage Tower, our favorite blond Hokage was busy wording out all kinds of colorful profanities while continuously signing documents and papers.

Well, just because she’s the Hokage, it doesn’t mean that she should slack off, which she does at a daily basis.

A knock on the door interrupted her and she called out for the person to come in.

At the door, was Shizune, he trusted assistant and protégé.

Even though Sakura was also under her tutelage, she never considered her as her student. She only taught her for the sake of the village that was in need of more medical Nins

The said assistant approached her teacher and handed her a bottle of Sake, giving her the desired break she needed. The Hokage smiled and thanked her while she brought out a sake cup, which was delicately designed with a small scenery with small flowers, from her desk.

“I wonder if their mission will be successful” the assistant asked while looking at the sky through the window.

“Of course it will, Aka Furasshu is there with them” the Hokage stated proudly.

When she was about to pour herself a cup of sake, the cup she was using suddenly cracked.

Both individuals eyed the broken item with shock evident in their faces.

“Isn’t this cup…?”

“It is… it is what Aka Furasshu gave me on my birthday” the Hokage stated seriously

“A bad omen…”

“Let’s hope not” she said as she slumped down on her chair and stared out the window.

‘Please be alright…’

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As night came and engulfed the sky with darkness, the moon provided enough light for the creatures dwelling the land to see by reflecting the sun’s light.

On top of the ancient temple were twelve shinobi, preparing themselves for the unexpected if ever it arises.

The prepared wood for torches has been lit with a fire jutsu, thanks to the Uchiha, and lighted up the location where Aka Furasshu will be using the Seven tablets from earlier.

‘The sun and the moon are brothers’

‘To find the pathway that leads to the light’

‘Align the gods, along with the moon and the sun, from its beginning up to its end’

‘Face the sun where it rise and turn your backs to where the sun sets’

‘Let the moon be your light as it will guide you to the right path’

‘Remember that darkness came first before the light’

He repeated before picking up the first piece, the moon piece, and placed it inside one of the indentation with the Star Mark on it. Then, he took the piece with the word ‘Tyr’ and placed it next to the moon piece, clockwise.

He then proceeded to placing the other pieces respectively at a clockwise position, making sure that all pieces are positioned in a way that the right side up portion is towards the east.

‘Woden’

‘Thor’

‘Fria’

‘Saturn’

And finally,

‘The Sun piece’

Then they all heard a click sound from their right. When they looked at that direction, they saw something shining from a distance.

Shikamaru’s eyes widened after a realization of what the words actually meant.

“I see, so that’s what it meant”

Aka Furasshu smirked from under his mask. He’s well aware of the lazy Jounin’s intelligence and his capabilities of thinking hundreds of possible strategies in one situation and picking the best of the lot.

Yes, he’s a genius and has the capabilities to be an Anbu but his laziness prevented him from doing so.

“What do you mean?” Ino asked as he eyed her former teammate

“May I?” the Lazy Jounin asked while staring at his fellow leader.

“Yes, please do” the masked Anbu stated as he approached the shining object.

“So, what does this mean?” Ino asked again

Shikamaru muttered ‘troublesome’ before proceeding to explain the puzzle.

“As you guys know that there are seven days in a week, right?” the other shinobi nodded

“Well, each of those days is represented, or represents something. Like Sunday representing the sun or Monday representing the moon or vice versa.”

The others nodded again

“So now we know what the moon and the sun meant, what about the gods?” Hinata asked, still confused

“Well, those other five days were based from those gods, like Tuesday from the god Tyr, Wednesday from the god Woden, Thursday from the god Thor, Friday from the goddess Fria, and Saturday from the God Saturn.”

“‘Align the gods, along with the moon and the sun, from its beginning up to its end’ this means that we have to arrange those tablets in the proper order from the beginning to the end, so from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday.”

“It will confuse us first so that’s where the last sentence comes in, ‘Remember that darkness came first before the light’, since the moon represents the darkness, the arrangement will start from the moon. So it’s Monday to Sunday.”

“‘Face the sun where it rise and turn your backs to where the sun sets’, means that the tablets have to be turned in a way that we will be facing the east. To do so, we just position them where the bottom part of the tablet is at west while the top part will be towards the east.”

“Wait” Kiba suddenly intervened, “Shouldn’t it be the other way around?”

“Nope” the Jounin answered. “Why? Here, I’ll show you.”

Shikamaru stood before the tablets where he can see the tablets in an upright position, so now he was facing the east and his back was facing the west and said:

“If we did this the other way around, then our backs would be facing the east.”

“And finally, the last part, ‘Let the moon be your light as it will guide you to the right path’, since it is dark, anything that shines will stand out.” He then pointed towards the shining object that Aka Furasshu was slowly walking towards to.

“Thanks to the moon, its light got reflected by that item, making it shine, therefore making it easier for us to spot it.”

The other shinobi oh’ed from Shikamaru’s theory and was amazed how the people from ancient times

Aka Furasshu grabbed the shining object that was half buried on the ground and picked it up. Within seconds, another click was heard and the floor before him began to move, revealing a hidden staircase that would lead them inside the temple.

Each Shinobi grabbed one torch and made their way into the temple.

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The inside was filled with numerous halls and corridors. The walls were covered with engraved ancient letters, symbols, and markings with moss overlapping some of them.

They passed through all of them until they found a spiral staircase, leading them deeper into the darkness.

Numerous doors filled the halls but none of them appealed the shinobi, until they reached a gigantic one filled with rune markings and symbols.

The masked Anbu used the shining object he had picked earlier and placed it in an indentation on the stone door.

Within seconds, the huge slabs of stone began to move and torches were automatically lit, making the room bright to reveal a room filled with scrolls, artifacts, charms, and talismans.

It was a good thing that a large group was assigned to this mission or else they would have to go back and forth to get them all back to Konoha.

While the others began sealing the bigger artifact into some scrolls, Aka Furasshu took his time wandering inside the ancient room.

He moved towards a bookshelf that was filled with bottles of unknown liquid.

He stared at them with great concentration, as if figuring out what those liquid are for, but in fact was deep in thought, reminiscing bout something.

At his right was Chouji who was busy carrying some scrolls but tripped on something and ended up hitting the shelf that Aka Furasshu was staring at.

The impact was strong and caused the shelf to tumble, causing some of the bottles to fall.

The masked Anbu was so deep in his thoughts and he didn’t notice the falling bottles as it came crashing down on him.

The liquids the bottles contained now covered his entire face.

The combination of the unknown liquids irritated his skin which was so unbearable, forcing him to remove his mask and bandana that was covering his hair, some of the liquid managed to enter his eyes so he was rubbing them, hoping to ease the irritation

The big-boned shinobi was about to apologize but instead gaped at the sight before him.

The other shinobi became curious about the commotion and moved closer to investigate.

When they saw the now-unmasked Anbu, they were like perfect imitations of a fish.

Right before them was a man who has vibrant gold hair with crimson highlights, he was lightly tanned and the angle of his face made him look effeminate.

When the Anbu removed his hands from his eyes and tried opening them to regain his vision, the other shinobi gasped

He had sapphire blue eyes

Then they realized something…

Blond hair, ignore the highlights

Lightly tanned skin

Blue eyes

“Naruto?” Kakashi worded out, unsure if what he was seeing was real

The blonde’s eyes widened in shock, ‘No! This can’t be happening!’

“Dobe?”

He shifted his gaze towards the source of the voice, his sight still blurry

He stepped back, unsure of what to do

‘They now know… What should I do?’

He was now close to panicking. He had completely no idea on what to do at this kind of situation

He stepped back further, trying to keep the distance between them but the others continued to approach him

“Naruto, is that really you?” Neji voiced out

All of them were unaware of where they were going as their attention was completely on the blond.

Naruto turned around to run away, but on his fifth step, he was suddenly surrounded by light.

The other shinobi stopped at their tracks and watched the scene before them.

Naruto was currently in the middle of a circle that was filled with symbols, unknown writing, and encrypted words.

Sasuke tried to approach the blond but the light was serving as a form of barrier, separating Naruto from them.

“NARUTO!”

The room was engulfed with bright light. When it finally went down, Naruto was no longer there.

“WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!-?”

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Brightness filled the forest as it bathe in the warm glow of the sun. A team of three
Anbu was patrolling the area when they suddenly sensed an unknown force. They stopped, scanned the area, and moved towards the source.

Upon arriving, they saw a figure lying on the ground.

The unidentified figure had bright blond hair that has red highlights and has a lightly tanned complexion.

The Anbu were staring at the unknown individual with great interest but what got their attention was what the person was wearing…

An Anbu Uniform

And around the Anbu’s neck was a Hitae-ate

And the symbol on it was of the Leaf

“What should we do?” one of the Anbu asked

“Carry him and we shall report this to the Hokage”

“Hai! Itachi-sama!”

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