Past Healer

Title: Past Healer [Yaoi Version]

Warnings: AU? OOC YAOI

Pairings: ItaNaru/ one-sided SasuNaru

Flames are not welcomed.

Note: I am not that good in grammar so don’t flame me about it. I have no beta so that’s that.

Author: Tsukishiro

Summary: The past and the present were slowly killing the demon vessel from the inside. An incident sent him back into an alternate past, making him face new and familiar dangers, emotions, and events. 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)

A/N: Remember that older!Naruto is Kaze in this fic.

Age:

Naruto – 13

Itachi – 14

Members of the rookie nine – 4

Gai’s team - 5

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Chapter Six – Fitting In

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A young male clad in simple civilian clothing dashed through numerous shadows to avoid detection. Currently, he’s in an alleyway, his back parallel to the walls and was taking short glances outside to see any signs of danger.

He took a glance at his left, then at his right. Satisfied of what he saw, or what he didn’t see, he gave out a sigh of relief. He slumped down to the ground as he was exhausted from running away from the impeccable danger that was chasing him all day.

A bead of sweat glistened down his cheek and he wiped it off with the sleeve of his shirt. Not sensing any threat, he took that time to rest and to regain his lost energy.

He had no idea how it happened, but the moment he set foot out of the Uchiha compound early that morning, he had sensed impending doom moving towards his way.

Yes, he can remember it all too clearly…

-o-o-o- Flashback

A young male stirred within the comforts of his warm blankets the moment the sun showered his face with its light. He turned around to block it out and hoped to get some more shut eye but alas, sleep refused to embrace him.

He sat up grudgingly, stretched his well rested muscles and popped a few joints. Scratching his head, he got up, folded his futon carefully before putting it away, and gathered new fresh clothing and some toiletries and proceeded towards the bathroom.

After a refreshing bath, he got dressed in a pair of black, loose pants and a high collared blue shirt and decided to have a small walk around town. He was greeted warmly by the early morning risers of the compound and he greeted back. The warm smiles, the happy greetings, everything felt right for the young male.

He then decided to expand his ‘small’ walk and headed towards the main entrance of the Uchiha compound which overlooks a part of the village of Konoha.

Refreshed, relaxed, and happy, he made a step forward

But the moment his foot was placed securely beyond the gates, a chill suddenly crept up his spine, making him shiver involuntarily.

He had no idea what had just happened but he was certain that he was not cold at that time.

The feeling of uneasiness overwhelmed him as he started to look around for the possible source of such uneasiness.

So far, nothing

-rustle-rustle--

His eyes wide open; he slowly turned his head towards the direction of the source of those sounds. Keeping his eyes locked on some bushes, he waited, and for sure, it moved.

-rustle-

He stepped back. His shinobi senses flaring from the sight of incoming danger. A cold sweat trailed down his lightly tanned skin as he watched the bush take motion once again.

Before anything could happen, the young male ran. Strangely enough, the ‘bush’ ran after him

-o-o-o- End of Flashback

For the civilians, it was a really funny scene to watch, a young man being chased around by a ‘bush’. No matter where the young male hid, the ‘bush’ would find him minutes later.

This little antic has been going on for over an hour and it was beginning to annoy him.

Why wouldn’t he be?

Of the entire month that he has been staying in Konohagakure, these little buggers have been stalking him all morning every single day.

He has no idea why they were doing this to him, but he has experienced first hand what would happen once he was caught, although he can’t remember what exactly happened to him at that time (maybe from the trauma).

But he was determined to never let that happen again

But at that exact moment

He made a crucial mistake

He was so deep in thoughts about the past ‘stalking’ that he didn’t notice the ’bush’ situated just beside him.

When he heard the rustling of leaves, his eyes became as wide as saucers.

He slowly turned his heard towards the source of the noise which was the ‘bush’ that was sitting comfortably next to him.

‘Oh no…’

He was about to stand up and make a run for it when the said vegetation suddenly pounced.

“GYAAAAAA!!!!”

All civilians on the street at that time shifted their attention towards the commotion. Some were curious, others sighed, and a few smiled at the scene before them.

The male who was hiding in the alley way minutes ago currently has his face on the ground with a ‘bush’ sitting comfortably on his back.

Tiny giggles were emitted from the piece of vegetation, earning it looks of confusion and disbelief from those who have never seen this before while others just smiled at the familiar scene.

“Ugh…” the young man groaned

More giggles were emitted

“Get off…”

The ‘bush’ complied and positioned itself next to the young male. As the man got up, some of the passerby’s blushed after getting a good look at him. Whispers like ‘pretty’, ‘cute’, and ‘girl’ can be heard from the crowd but the young male ignored it.

Without warning, the green vegetation was engulfed in a puff of smoke, making the male cough from being so close to it.

When the smoke finally subsided, it revealed two grinning kids, one was blond and the other was a brunette

“Play ninja with us!” the pair demanded in a yell

The male rubbed his earning, wincing from the deafening scream- er… yell of the two boys.

“Alright! Alright, you win!”

“Yes! Thank you! Kaze-nee-chan!” the two boys said simultaneously, ignoring the twitching vein present on the older male’s forehead

“Nee-chan!-? I’m a GUY!!!” the man exclaimed, ignoring the shocked faces of the crowd watching them.

“No way… she’s a guy?” a villager asked his companion in a not-so-whisper-like voice

“That can’t be true… she’s too cute to be a guy…”

Veins continued popping on his forehead as the murmurs and whispers increased. It appears that they completely forgot the fact that the one they were talking about was just in front of them.

And this was completely pissing him off.

Deep within his mind, he was planning all sorts of pranks he could think off as a form of revenge for mistaking him as a girl.

Oh yes, all kinds of pranks which involved strings, a few kunai, a bag of shuriken, some paint balls, a box of frogs, snakes, insects, and all other small rodents, electric and explosive tags (yes, he’s going to use those), itching powder, bright neon paint (especially the pink one), and many other stuff.

With a malicious glint in his eyes, he kept his head down as he started to plan on how to plant all those traps- er pranks. He was so into it that he was emitting a dark aura of vengeance which scared the passerby’s.

Luckily for the kids, they were extremely naïve about this kind of situation so they approached him without fear

“Kaze-nee-chan! Play Ninja with us! Everybody else is waiting for us at training area 9 (made up). Sasuke and I finally managed to catch you so come with us!” the blond one whined

“Naruto is right. It has been agreed that once we catch you before lunch, you’re going to help us train to become ninjas.” The small raven explained

‘When in the world did we made such agreement!-?’ the older blond wondered while gaping at them, amazed how these four-year-olds out-smarted him

“And how in the world am I gonna help you to become ninjas when I’m not even one?”

The two kids look at each other before responding.

“We play pretend” the small blond responded

“You will be the missing nin while we will be the ninjas who will be after you” the raven continued

“So in other words, it’s ‘hide and seek’?”

“YUP!!!”

“Alright. You guys win. So lead the way”

“Yay!!! Thanks Kaze-nee-chan!!!”

“Its nii-chan you brats!!!”

-o-o-o-o-o-

Uzumaki Kaze was having a really good time playing ‘hide and seek’ with the kids.

The only thing he needed to do was hide while the brats seek.

Simple, right?

He expected that once he was found, they would restart the game again.

Easy, so he agreed.

When the kids, which consisted of a Hyuuga, a Rock, an Inuzuka, an Uchiha, a Kazama, an Aburame, a Nara, and an Akamichi, (all were boys) turned around and started the count, he wasted no time in hiding

Currently hidden in one of the tall trees, he waited for the kids to find him.

He was really surprised at first to find all these clan heirs to be well acquainted and close to one another.

It amazed him how the absence of Kyuubi and the continuous existence of the Yondaime Hokage had a huge impact on Konoha’s future.

And seeing these kids all together made him realize how important the Yondaime really was to Konoha in his world

He snorted

‘Yeah… So it’s kind of my fault that Konoha in my world is so messed up’

‘You know that isn’t true kit’ The great demon reasoned out

‘I know, but Konoha still put the blame on me for killing their great Hokage. Which made me wonder, do you think that they knew that he was my father? If they don’t, do you think they would treat me differently?’

‘I have no idea kit. Humans are very narrow-minded beings, especially those in Konoha’

The blond sighed

‘Stay alert. Those brats are closing in on you.’

Kaze stood up from his crouching position and pressed himself closer on the trunk of the tree. His heart was beating fast as he started to become nervous.

‘I can’t believe I’m getting nervous over a small game, I wonder why…’ the blond mused

The great fox could only snicker at her vessel’s predicament. She found it weird that the blond completely forgot what happened the last time he was caught.

And she was certain that it will happen again once the little buggers do manage to find him.

Sensing the little tuckers approaching, she quieted down, sat back, and waited for the show to start

Without warning, a kunai was thrown from the bushes below heading straight towards the blond. Because of his shinobi instincts, he ducked and was about to jump off when he was suddenly surrounded by bugs. He let himself drop off the tree with hopes of escaping the small insects but ended up getting attacked by more kunai and shuriken

Fearing for his life, he ran of, certain that those kids were on his tail.

‘This was supposed to be a ‘hide and seek’ game! Not a ‘kill the pretending-to-be-a-missing-nin’ game!!!’ the blond screamed mentally

Keeping in mind that he was supposed to be a simple civilian, he did not run at full speed to avoid suspicion. But that act had cost him greatly.

His decrease in speed enabled the faster children to catch up to him and tackle him to the ground. Wasting no time, the biggest of the group, Akamichi Chouji, positioned himself at their captive’s back to prevent him from getting away.

Nara Shikamaru, the laziest one, also sat down on their captive’s back and was later joined buy Inuzuka Kiba. Kazama Naruto was laughing hysterically as he added himself in the dog pile, adding to the discomfort of the now-immobile blond. Aburame Shino, the silent-type of the group watched the others before adding himself to the pile.

The kids who tackled him earlier, who were Hyuuga Neji, Uchiha Sasuke, and Rock Lee, began tying up the blond with rope that they suddenly produced out of no where.

‘Now I remember why I don’t like playing ninja with these brats’ the blond mused and winced when the rope was tied up too tightly.

Satisfied with their work, they began pulling the poor older blond towards the Hokage tower to report their success in capturing the supposed-to-be-missing-nin.

-o-o-o-o-o-

In the Hokage tower, the Yondaime Hokage was busy signing papers and reading documents and reports. He has been at it all day and it was irritating the hell out of him.

‘I wonder why I accepted this position in the first place… At least now I know why Sarutobi-sama was so eager to retire from his position’

The blond Hokage sighed. He had been reading and signing papers the day after he was appointed as Hokage. To be honest, reading was fine for him, but what irritated him was that he has been reading reports, documents, requests, and complaints that can be considered as duplicates of the ones he has been reading for over five years!

‘Can’t anyone from this village at give me a unique report that would at least interest me?’

He took a folder from the top of a pile of other folders on his desk. After reading the first three sentences, he immediately crumpled the file and disposed it in his garbage bin before engulfing it into flames with a small katon jutsu.

‘Damn that council! There’s no way that I will sign in half of the powers over the village to them. They’ll just abuse it so that they could get more money into their pockets! The sad thing is that, I can’t disband them unless I have strong physical proof of their corruption!’

He sighed again. He was glad that none of the previous Hokage had given the council power over the village, because if that is the case, then Konoha would be facing problems that could risk the villagers’ safety.

He loved the village dearly and there was no way that he would let any danger befall on it.

Speaking of the village, a representative from Iwa (?) would be arriving the day after tomorrow for a peace treaty and for a possible alliance.

Konoha had not been in good terms with Iwa due to their demands and ways of ruling their people. Another reason was that Iwa wanted to conquer Konoha to increase their power but was not strong enough to succeed. So they resorted to trickery, betrayal, and stealing whatever they can.

This ongoing problem has been on Yondaime’s mind and was glad that Iwa has finally decided to stop their selfishness and foolishness but there was still the uneasiness in his mind that something will go wrong.

He was about to venture further deep into his thoughts when the door to his office was suddenly opened.

He blinked, and blinked again before smiling at the familiar scene.

Uzumaki Kaze, a new citizen of the leaf who had the potential of being an excellent ninja, was currently bound with think ropes, gagged with a piece of cloth, and was being pulled by his captors which was composed of 8 boys

“HOKAGE-SAMA!!! WE CAUGHT A MISSING NIN!!!” Rock Lee yelled youthfully as he tugged the rope to pull their captive closer but ended up making the man trip and fall face-first with a loud thud

‘Ouch, that’s gotta hurt’ the Hokage thought.

Mumbles could be heard coming from the tied-up blond. Arashi was certain that Kaze was trying to voice out various profanities he could think of but was unable to do so because of the gag.

“Umm, okay…”

“So do can we get our reward?” Naruto asked excitedly while his other friends just watched from the back.

The Hokage chuckled and proceeded to take out his wallet and give the boys their ‘reward’ for catching a ‘missing nin’

Earning a five hundred ryou each, the boys left the office and had completely forgotten about their still-tied captive.

With the kids gone, Arashi approached the younger blond and began untying him.

“He-he, so they finally succeeded in catching you again.” The man said

With the gag finally out of his mouth, Kaze responded.

“Jeez, thanks for stating the obvious.” Earning him another chuckle from the man.

“It was supposed to be a simple game of ‘hide and seek’! Not ‘scare-the-hell-out-of-me, bound-me, gag-me, and-use-me-as-a-way-to-get-money’ game!!!”

Arashi only laughed. He found it nice that Kaze had a sort of attraction to children. All the kids the young blond have encountered ended up liking him and wanting to play with him. It was also evident that Kaze like being with kids and playing with them as seen with his smiles and laughter.

But what unnerved the youngest Hokage was that there seemed to be some sort of ‘fakeness’ in the young male’s laughs and smiles. It surprised him that no one was able to sense it.

He had no idea why but decided to just watch the blond interact with the villagers. To be honest, he was confused as to why he welcomed the boy to their village with open arms because if it was someone else, he would have a couple of Anbu trailing that person day in and day out.

He was certain that Kaze has no intention of harming anyone in the village so he didn’t worry

Much

“So how would you handle the peace treaty with Iwa?” the younger blond asked

The Hokage could only give him a ‘how-did-you-know’ look.

“The villagers were talking about it” Kaze responded, as if reading the older male’s mind.

“Oh… I guess I’ll see first what kind of demands or requests they might make before I make a decision. By the way, have you decided if you want to become a shinobi of the leaf?”

Kaze shrugged.

“Dunno. I’m still not sure. But I’ll give you my decision after the peace treaty with Iwa. I don’t want to burden you with myself while you’re worrying about the treaty.”

A small smile graced the Hokage’s lips. Kaze scratched the back of his head as he fidgeted under the gaze of the blond.

Since the brats has already gotten what they want, I’ll take my leave, Hokage-sama.” With that, he bowed and left the office.

-o-o-o-o-o-

Tsunade has been working nonstop on the scrolls and artifacts that were collected from the ancient ruins.

She has been trying to decipher the encrypted codes and messages and was glad that she was making progress.

With her in her office were the members of rookie nine and Gai’s team who were helping her understand the ancient scrolls.

It has already been over a month since Aka Furasshu’s, AKA Naruto, disappearance and everyone in that room has been desperate in finding ways to get him back.

They have even returned to the said ruins to photograph the encrypted codes, symbols, and letters for their Hokage to study.

Finishing what the Hokage was writing on a scroll, she put her brush down and leaned back on her chair for a stretch, a sign that she had found or finished something.

The younger shinobi watched their leader relax her stressed muscles and waited for her to speak.

“I’ve finally broke the code.” She started as she gazed at her subordinates who looked at her with great concentration

“We can get him back… but sadly there is a draw back…”

“What is the draw back, Hokage-sama?” The male Hyuuga asked

“Ten years… we have to wait ten years from the day he disappeared to get him back”

“Why is that? Why so long?” the Sharingan-wielder asked, obviously irritated

“Because it will take that long for the ruins to regain its natural energy. If we do the procedure while it is still weak, we might end up destroying it, therefore destroying our chance of bringing him back.”