Ch. 107. Return to the Land of Waves. [2]

Time passed very quickly, and two hours passed in the blink of an eye. Mizuki was already very close to the east coast of the Land of Fire.

But along the way, there was no sign of team 7.

　　Mizuki:

- "What's going on? Did we take a detour?"

When he arrived at the beach and saw that the bridge was not yet completed, he felt very strange:

- "When I left the Land of Waves, there were only three days of work left on the bridge. It's already the fourth day, why isn't it completed yet?"

He continued to fly forward and arrived at the Land of Waves, where he found a large number of traces of battles that were not there before.

　　The forest was destroyed on a large scale and some islands were sunk.

　　Compared with these, the destruction caused by the previous battle between Orochimaru and ANBU was like playing house.

　　Mizuki:

- "What happened here?"

His eyes widened and he couldn't understand.

　　Can the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza cause this level of destruction?

　　Could it be possible that Kyuubi escaped from the seal?

　　Mizuki:

- "Naruto and Sasuke, please don't let anything happen!"

He had a bad feeling in his heart, so he speeded up and flew to Tazuna's house.

　　After knocking on the door, the person who opened the door was Tazuna's daughter, Tsunami:

- "Mizuki-San, why are you here?"

　　Mizuki asked hurriedly:

- "Where are Naruto and the others? Are they all okay?"

　　Tsunami said:

- "Everyone is here, but Kakashi and Sasuke are injured."

　　Mizuki:

- "What happened in the Land of Waves these past few days? Why are there signs of destruction everywhere?"

At this time, the people in the room knew from the sound that Mizuki was coming.

　　Naruto immediately came out and shouted happily:

- "Mizuki-Sensei, it's great that you are here!"

　　Tsunami opened the door and invited Mizuki into the house.

　　At this moment, Sakura's voice suddenly sounded:

- "Naruto, retreat!"

At the same time, she had taken out her kunai and stared at Mizuki with her eyes full of vigilance.

　　Naruto didn't understand the situation and asked Sakura:

- "Hey, Sakura, what are you doing? You don't even recognize Mizuki-Sensei?"

　　Sakura scolded:

- "Idiot, look at his forehead protector!"

　　Naruto:

- "Forehead protector? What's wrong with the forehead protector?"

He looked at Mizuki's forehead protector and wondered:

- "Hey, there's an extra scratch, it seems a bit familiar!"

'Lol, Naruto will never change :)'

　　Sakura said:

- "Idiot, did you forget Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame who came this morning? Didn't you pay attention to their forehead protectors?"

　　Naruto's eyes narrowed, and the look in Mizuki's eyes changed immediately. He extremely surprised, puzzled, and unbelievable:

- "Mizuki-Sensei, you...you have become...become...a missing-ninja?"

He struggled to say the word "missing-ninja".

　　Becoming a missing-ninja meant that Mizuki betrayed Konoha and became enemies with Konoha from then on.

　　Mizuki nodded and said:

- "Yes, I have betrayed Konoha, and I will no longer be a ninja of Konoha."

　　Naruto:

-"Why?"

The reasons why Naruto asked were always so profound, making it easy for people to feel guilty that I seemed to have done something wrong.

　　Mizuki:

- "Konoha cannot tolerate me. Sandaime wants to kill me, so I have no choice but to leave."

　　Naruto immediately shook his head and said:

- "Third Gramp's is not that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding. I will go back to the village now and ask him to find out."

After saying that, he ran out the door.

　　Mizuki grabbed him and said:

- "It's useless, and besides, it's too late."

- "Besides, I came here today to take you and Sasuke away."

　　Naruto was stunned and asked:

- "What do you mean? What do you mean, take me and Sasuke away?"

　　Sakura shouted:

- "No, Sasuke-kun will never be a traitor."

The noise downstairs was noticed by the people upstairs.

　　Kakashi and Sasuke went downstairs sickly.

　　Kakashi:

- "Mizuki, why are you here, you..."

He was stuck in mid-sentence when he saw Mizuki's protector and couldn't say the rest.

　　Sasuke also saw it clearly, but his reaction was the smallest.

　　To Sasuke, it didn't matter whether Mizuki was a traitor or not.

　　Mizuki said again:

- "I came today to take away Naruto and Sasuke."

　　Kakashi:

- "No, this is absolutely not possible!"

He refused immediately.

- "Mizuki, I don't know what happened to you, but the conflict between you and Sandaime should not involve Naruto."

- "Besides, you don't know the importance of Naruto. If you take him away, Konoha will hunt you to the ends of the earth."

　　Mizuki looked at Kakashi and suddenly smiled:

- "Kakashi!"

- "Can you bear to watch your Sensei's son being looked down upon in Konoha and being pointed at everywhere he goes?"

- "Can you bear to watch the "Son of a Hero" suffer unfair treatment until the day he died fighting for Konoha?"

- "Can you bear to see him being reviled by the villagers after his death, and have the inhumane words "Son of a Demon Fox" carved on his tombstone?"

A series of questions silenced Kakashi completely.

　　Kakashi looked at Naruto, his eyes full of struggle and intolerance.

　　At this moment, the smiling faces of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina appeared in his mind.

　　Looking back at myself, I feel indifferent, heartless, and just sitting on the sidelines.

　　Naruto:

- "Mizuki-Sensei, Kakashi-Sensei, what on earth are you talking about?"

- "Why can't I understand what "Son of a Hero" is?"

He was very smart. From Mizuki's few words, he vaguely realized that his past was not what the villagers said.

　　Mizuki sighed and said:

- "Naruto, it's time to tell you your past and the identity of your parents."

Kakashi:

- "Mizuki, you can't..."

　　Naruto:

- "Kakashi-sensei!"

Kakashi wanted to stop Mizuki, but Naruto was already standing in front of Kakashi, his eyes full of desire and determination:

- "Kakashi-sensei, I, Naruto Uzumaki, have the right to know who my parents are!"

Kakashi opened his mouth and finally fell silent.

　　Mizuki:

- "Naruto, your mother's name is Uzumaki Kushina. She is the princess of the Uzumaki Clan of the extinct Uzushuogakure and the last Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki of the Konoha."

- "Your father's name is Namikaze Minato. His identity is Yondaime of Konoha Village, the hero who sacrificed his life to save the village."