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Ugh! I don't like doing this from my cell phone. Hope I get a laptop for my birthday.
I don't have Microsoft word on my phone so I will edit this later. Please excuse any typos or grammar errors for now. Also, a haori is the same type of cloak that Minato wears.
Chapter eleven: return, part 1: captive
Naruto blew his hair out of his face in a way that didn't hide his displeasure.
This guy, Ibiki, was something else. He wasn't nearly as old as them, but you could tell he was just as experienced as some of the Uzumaki veterans.
And he wanted to interrogate Naruto, who wasn't a good liar. And who knew that his clan was still alive and well, and on their way to the Uzushiogakure Ruins.
He had to be honest in a way that didn't give away too much information. It was his only option.
"What kind of fuinjutsu is this?!" He yanked on the chain again for emphasis.
"That is a special restraint jutsu developed by the fourth hokage for the interrogation corps." Ibiki explained. "It's no surprise you aren't familiar with it. But how did you know it was fuinjutsu?"
Naruto just shook the chain again. "Get this off me and I'll answer whatever questions you want me to."
Ibiki tucked the clipboard under his arm and undid the jutsu.
The cuff clicked open and hit the floor.
Naruto rubbed his wrist as Ibiki opened the door.
"This way." He ordered.
Naruto followed him out the door and down the deserted hall, rubbing his arms.
"It's freezing in here!" Naruto complained, and was promptly ignored.
Ibiki led him to a smaller room, which turned out to be a restroom with his old clothes, cleaned and repaired, hanging on the wall.
"Take your time." Ibiki told him before he slammed the door shut.
This was too good to be true. They wouldn't just leave him alone, would they? There had to be a trap here.
He brushed the walls with his hands and checked the water. Nothing was poisoned...
He went ahead, showering and changing. He noticed these were not his old clothes. Just his long red short sleeved Uzumaki clan haori remained. Everything else was replaced: fish net armor, long-sleeved black shirt, green flak jacket, orange jumpsuit pants, and blue sandals.
There was something else. It was an Uzushiogakure headband. It was in good condition, but ancient.
He put it on and looked in the mirror.
He didn't like what he saw for some reason.
"Where are my old clothes?" He demanded after throwing the door open.
"You like to make a lot of noise, huh?" Ibiki wrote something on his clipboard. "You're old clothes were too badly damaged to be repaired. Follow me."
Naruto glared, shoved his hands in his pockets and walked behind Ibiki in a huff, his head down and his eyes closed.
They reached a room with a table and two chairs at opposite ends.
Ibiki took one while Naruto fell into the other, leaning on the chairs back legs with his arms crossed behind his head.
"Okay, to begin," Ibiki looked up from his clipboard, "What do you know about Konoha?"
That was a weird question.
He shrugged. "Nothing much; it's one of the five great nations; it's allied with the other four and some smaller villages like Ame."
He was very careful not to mention Uzushio.
"Good..." Ibiki wrote something on his clipboard. "Now what do you know about yourself?"
Naruto's eyes snapped open. That was an even stranger question.
"What do you mean?" He snapped.
"Sasuke Uchiha reported that Seto revealed the following information to him," Ibiki flipped the front paper of his clipboard over. "'Uzumaki Naruto has been travelling with the surviving members of the Uzumaki clan for an unknown period of time. For the first few weeks, he was in a near-comatose state, barely able to move or speak. Later he trained with Uri Uzumaki and befriended Tsuna Uzumaki and the smaller children. Seto believed he could use Naruto, but when he found Naruto to be unwilling and unhelpful to his schemes, he attempted to kill him.' Is all that true?"
Naruto clenched his fists. Sasuke Uchiha...
"No." He lied, trying to be as convincing as possible. "The part about me having amnesia is true, but I wasn't travelling with the Uzumaki."
"Sasuke reported they all have red hair." Ibiki argued.
Kairi's flashed through his mind.
"There are tons of non-Uzumaki redheads all over the world." Naruto countered. "Seto gathered a bunch of them and they've been pretending to be Uzumaki to earn money."
"What about you?" Ibiki pointed at him with his pen. "Seto wanted to use you. Why?"
Naruto couldn't tell them about Kurama.
"I'm a real Uzumaki descendant." He admitted. "So are Seto and Uri. We're the only ones. The others are innocent."
He had to protect his family, especially the nine children.
"What do you remember about the time before you got amnesia?" Ibiki asked, leaving the clan subject alone for now.
Naruto relaxed.
"Not much." He searched his mind, and felt his head become hot and heavy with every second he took. "Everything's really fuzzy and unclear. I get the feeling I was in a lot of pain, but was also really happy. There were... Kids... My friends... I tried to protect them, but something... Happened and..."
He broke off, pressing his hand against his skull.
"I see..." Ibiki flipped the page back and started writing again. "One more thing."
He slid a photo over to Naruto, tapping it with his finger.
"Do you recognize these two?"
Naruto felt his heart fall into his stomach. It was his mom and dad, more clear than they were in
Seto's memories. He could see their headbands now.
"Konoha ninja...?" He mouthed in awe.
They were from Konoha... His parents...
That's right! They were! In Seto's memories, Mom had been taken to Konoha, where she met Dad and that meant...
That meant...
He stared hard at Ibiki, trying to peer deeper, to see the past.
Do I know this person? He asked himself. Does he know me?
"This interrogation is over." Ibiki announced. "Now you get a physical."
Naruto forgot his pain and blushed from head to toe.
"I get a what?!" He scooted back in his chair.
"I said you get a physical." Ibiki repeated. "From our leader, a medical specialist? She's going to make sure you have amnesia and aren't just pretending."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at him. "Why would I pretend to have it? That's stupid."
"Follow me."
"Stop ordering me around!"
Nonetheless, he followed him anyway. He had to make sure Ibiki didn't order anyone to search for his family.
They turned down one hall, where Naruto saw some people gathered at the far end.
One was a guy with the silver hair and eye patch-style headband.
Another was a bowl-cut guy around the same age.
Another had a helmet-style headband and brown hair, also the same age.
One was a beautiful woman holding a baby, with a young man around Naruto's age standing close to her.
In fact, everyone else was around Naruto's age. The raven haired guy, the girl with pink hair, the smiley faced pale guy, the brunette with the dog, the hyuga pair, the donut-eyed uber brows guy, the anime-buns and high heels chick, the fishy guy in the shades, hood and face mask, the tall fatty, and the flashy blonde.
They were listening intently to these two old prunes, with raven-hair taking the hostility prize.
The female Hyuga gasped when she saw him.
"Naruto-kun!" She tried to run to him, but was caught and held back by the brunette with the dog.
The others looked at him longingly, wanting to run to him to but with their feet seemingly glued to the ground.
Naruto stared at them questioningly until Ibiki pushed him into the room and shut the door without entering.
"Hey!" Naruto yelled.
"Don't mind him." Ordered a big-breasted blonde woman, (the hokage, Naruto guessed) who pointed at the hospital bed. "Come over here."
I don't have Microsoft word on my phone so I will edit this later. Please excuse any typos or grammar errors for now. Also, a haori is the same type of cloak that Minato wears.
Chapter eleven: return, part 1: captive
Naruto blew his hair out of his face in a way that didn't hide his displeasure.
This guy, Ibiki, was something else. He wasn't nearly as old as them, but you could tell he was just as experienced as some of the Uzumaki veterans.
And he wanted to interrogate Naruto, who wasn't a good liar. And who knew that his clan was still alive and well, and on their way to the Uzushiogakure Ruins.
He had to be honest in a way that didn't give away too much information. It was his only option.
"What kind of fuinjutsu is this?!" He yanked on the chain again for emphasis.
"That is a special restraint jutsu developed by the fourth hokage for the interrogation corps." Ibiki explained. "It's no surprise you aren't familiar with it. But how did you know it was fuinjutsu?"
Naruto just shook the chain again. "Get this off me and I'll answer whatever questions you want me to."
Ibiki tucked the clipboard under his arm and undid the jutsu.
The cuff clicked open and hit the floor.
Naruto rubbed his wrist as Ibiki opened the door.
"This way." He ordered.
Naruto followed him out the door and down the deserted hall, rubbing his arms.
"It's freezing in here!" Naruto complained, and was promptly ignored.
Ibiki led him to a smaller room, which turned out to be a restroom with his old clothes, cleaned and repaired, hanging on the wall.
"Take your time." Ibiki told him before he slammed the door shut.
This was too good to be true. They wouldn't just leave him alone, would they? There had to be a trap here.
He brushed the walls with his hands and checked the water. Nothing was poisoned...
He went ahead, showering and changing. He noticed these were not his old clothes. Just his long red short sleeved Uzumaki clan haori remained. Everything else was replaced: fish net armor, long-sleeved black shirt, green flak jacket, orange jumpsuit pants, and blue sandals.
There was something else. It was an Uzushiogakure headband. It was in good condition, but ancient.
He put it on and looked in the mirror.
He didn't like what he saw for some reason.
"Where are my old clothes?" He demanded after throwing the door open.
"You like to make a lot of noise, huh?" Ibiki wrote something on his clipboard. "You're old clothes were too badly damaged to be repaired. Follow me."
Naruto glared, shoved his hands in his pockets and walked behind Ibiki in a huff, his head down and his eyes closed.
They reached a room with a table and two chairs at opposite ends.
Ibiki took one while Naruto fell into the other, leaning on the chairs back legs with his arms crossed behind his head.
"Okay, to begin," Ibiki looked up from his clipboard, "What do you know about Konoha?"
That was a weird question.
He shrugged. "Nothing much; it's one of the five great nations; it's allied with the other four and some smaller villages like Ame."
He was very careful not to mention Uzushio.
"Good..." Ibiki wrote something on his clipboard. "Now what do you know about yourself?"
Naruto's eyes snapped open. That was an even stranger question.
"What do you mean?" He snapped.
"Sasuke Uchiha reported that Seto revealed the following information to him," Ibiki flipped the front paper of his clipboard over. "'Uzumaki Naruto has been travelling with the surviving members of the Uzumaki clan for an unknown period of time. For the first few weeks, he was in a near-comatose state, barely able to move or speak. Later he trained with Uri Uzumaki and befriended Tsuna Uzumaki and the smaller children. Seto believed he could use Naruto, but when he found Naruto to be unwilling and unhelpful to his schemes, he attempted to kill him.' Is all that true?"
Naruto clenched his fists. Sasuke Uchiha...
"No." He lied, trying to be as convincing as possible. "The part about me having amnesia is true, but I wasn't travelling with the Uzumaki."
"Sasuke reported they all have red hair." Ibiki argued.
Kairi's flashed through his mind.
"There are tons of non-Uzumaki redheads all over the world." Naruto countered. "Seto gathered a bunch of them and they've been pretending to be Uzumaki to earn money."
"What about you?" Ibiki pointed at him with his pen. "Seto wanted to use you. Why?"
Naruto couldn't tell them about Kurama.
"I'm a real Uzumaki descendant." He admitted. "So are Seto and Uri. We're the only ones. The others are innocent."
He had to protect his family, especially the nine children.
"What do you remember about the time before you got amnesia?" Ibiki asked, leaving the clan subject alone for now.
Naruto relaxed.
"Not much." He searched his mind, and felt his head become hot and heavy with every second he took. "Everything's really fuzzy and unclear. I get the feeling I was in a lot of pain, but was also really happy. There were... Kids... My friends... I tried to protect them, but something... Happened and..."
He broke off, pressing his hand against his skull.
"I see..." Ibiki flipped the page back and started writing again. "One more thing."
He slid a photo over to Naruto, tapping it with his finger.
"Do you recognize these two?"
Naruto felt his heart fall into his stomach. It was his mom and dad, more clear than they were in
Seto's memories. He could see their headbands now.
"Konoha ninja...?" He mouthed in awe.
They were from Konoha... His parents...
That's right! They were! In Seto's memories, Mom had been taken to Konoha, where she met Dad and that meant...
That meant...
He stared hard at Ibiki, trying to peer deeper, to see the past.
Do I know this person? He asked himself. Does he know me?
"This interrogation is over." Ibiki announced. "Now you get a physical."
Naruto forgot his pain and blushed from head to toe.
"I get a what?!" He scooted back in his chair.
"I said you get a physical." Ibiki repeated. "From our leader, a medical specialist? She's going to make sure you have amnesia and aren't just pretending."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at him. "Why would I pretend to have it? That's stupid."
"Follow me."
"Stop ordering me around!"
Nonetheless, he followed him anyway. He had to make sure Ibiki didn't order anyone to search for his family.
They turned down one hall, where Naruto saw some people gathered at the far end.
One was a guy with the silver hair and eye patch-style headband.
Another was a bowl-cut guy around the same age.
Another had a helmet-style headband and brown hair, also the same age.
One was a beautiful woman holding a baby, with a young man around Naruto's age standing close to her.
In fact, everyone else was around Naruto's age. The raven haired guy, the girl with pink hair, the smiley faced pale guy, the brunette with the dog, the hyuga pair, the donut-eyed uber brows guy, the anime-buns and high heels chick, the fishy guy in the shades, hood and face mask, the tall fatty, and the flashy blonde.
They were listening intently to these two old prunes, with raven-hair taking the hostility prize.
The female Hyuga gasped when she saw him.
"Naruto-kun!" She tried to run to him, but was caught and held back by the brunette with the dog.
The others looked at him longingly, wanting to run to him to but with their feet seemingly glued to the ground.
Naruto stared at them questioningly until Ibiki pushed him into the room and shut the door without entering.
"Hey!" Naruto yelled.
"Don't mind him." Ordered a big-breasted blonde woman, (the hokage, Naruto guessed) who pointed at the hospital bed. "Come over here."
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