"Identity Revealed"
"Just what happened, Naruto?!" A worried Kakashi asked him.
Naruto kept silent. His eyes were down, his thoughts wandered. He painted an emotionless face, he looked so down.
Hanabi was in the hospital and still recovering from the wounds she had acquired from the enemy. Hiashi had deployed people to investigate.
"We can't just sit here and wait for the Hyugas to bring us updates. Naruto, if you will not talk about the incident we cannot move to help them." Kakashi blurted.
"I will bring Hinata back myself and I will make that bastard pay for what he has done," Naruto said with slight anger in his voice.
"And I can't allow you to go save Hinata," Kakashi stated.
"Naruto..." Shikamaru muttered while standing behind his back.
"Tell us everything you know about the enemy," Shikamaru added.
"I don't know what that bastard's motive of taking Hinata. He controlled her. He said he had cast a spell on her." Naruto told them.
"More like a genjutsu?" Kakashi muttered and held his chin.
"Do you know him?" Shikamaru asked.
"I don't know him he was wearing a mask but he told me his name..." Naruto continued.
"And who was him?" Kakashi asked.
"His name is Rengo," Naruto said.
"Rengo?!" Kakashi and Shikamaru said in unison.
"Well, thank you for the information Naruto. Please have some rest and don't do anything reckless. This is an order from me, the Sixth Hokage." Kakashi commanded.
Naruto left the Hokage's Office. Shikamaru and Kakashi remained silent inside the room.
"We need Sai and his company to investigate this Rengo's whereabouts. Please call up Sai for me Shikamaru." Kakashi ordered.
"Yes Sir!" Shikamaru replied and then immediately leaves the office.
"Rengo..." Kakashi muttered.
***
A huge and darkened room had welcomed Hinata. She was still under Rengo's genjutsu. She always wore that expressionless face. Only those candles hanging on the wall were giving light to the room.
"Have some rest, Princess. You will be doing some task tomorrow." He walked outside the room after he told Hinata. He locked the door ensuring she would not escape.
"Not so long and I will be fulfilling our dreams, my brother. I didn't expect it to be this easy." He said and then laughed full of wickedness.
"Byakugan... one of the most powerful eyes. HA-HA-HA..." He continued.
"The world will be mine very soon... HA-HA-HA!" he kept laughing like a devil.
He walked towards the bottom part of his hideout. A door was in front of him. He opened it and his eyes glittered like diamonds.
"Soon... soon you will be destroying those who will get in our way." He said and again laughed until he lost his breath.
***
"Hanabi!" Hiashi shouted out of fret. Hanabi got conscious a day after that incident.
"Fa-father..." she muttered in a very weak voice.
"Don't talk yet. Wait a minute, I'll call the doctor." Hiashi said and left his daughter for a while.
Hanabi wandered her gaze around the room.
"Where am I?" She asked.
"Big sister..." she muttered after remembering her sister Hinata.
"Why? Why did you..." She added.
"Lord Sixth, please excuse me," Shizune said.
"Ahh! Shizune, like I always tell you just drop the 'Lord' when you are calling me..." Kakashi again pointed it out to her.
"This is very important news," Shizune added.
"What is it?" He asked with a serious face.
"Hanabi has waked up." She revealed. Kakashi leaned his back on his chair with relief.
"That's good news. She'll make our investigation easier now. See to it that she'll recover as soon as possible." Kakashi said.
"Yes Sir!" Shizune responded with full of respect to the Hokage.
"Lord Sixth, this is Sai reporting." Sai's voice tingled in Kakashi's ears.
"Come in Sai." He commanded.
"This is about this Rengo guy." Sai started his intention upon facing the Hokage.
He dropped a paper on Kakashi's desk. It contains the profile of the man they were investigating.
Kakashi picked the paper and read everything on it.
"He is one of the missing ninjas after the war. According to our intel, he was last seen in the Land of Silence." Sai stated.
"Land of Silence?" Kakashi muttered and again stare at the paper.
"And I figured out..." Sai paused. Kakashi was seriously looking at his eyes waiting for him to continue.
"He is Gengo's younger brother." Sai continued.
"Gengo?! You mean, that guy who can cast genjutsu using words?" Kakashi asked surprisingly. Sai nodded.
"So that's how he managed to easily put Hinata under his genjutsu." Sai added.
"Did you find out what are his intentions for kidnapping Hinata?" Kakashi asked.
"Unfortunately, not yet. We're still investigating. Furthermore, we can't find his location right now." Sai explained.
"If he is Gengo's brother, he is a tough enemy. He might also be avenging his brother or must be fulfilling his mission of ruling the shinobi world but, how is Hinata being directly involved in this?" Kakashi stated.
"He must be planning something else," Sai commented.
"It must be all about the Byakugan," Kakashi muttered.
"Naruto, are you there?" Sakura called out for him outside his apartment.
"Sakura, maybe he is gone somewhere," Ino stated.
"I'm worried about him. I've heard about what happened to Hinata." Sakura said with a sad and worried face.
"Who would have kidnapped her? He's terrible." Ino commented.
"Hinata must be saved immediately. I know Kakashi-sensei is already on the move for this." Sakura added.
"I think we need to help find Hinata," Ino said. Sakura nodded in agreement. They left Naruto's apartment and gone to seek help.
Meanwhile, Naruto was so depressed. He locked himself in his apartment. He had heard Ino and Sakura outside but he was too weak to get up and talk to them. He was still thinking why on Earth Hinata was kidnapped.
Someone knocked on the door. He did not get up. He kept silent.
"Naruto! Are you there? Open the door, please." It was Shikamaru.
With a heavy feeling and a weak body, Naruto stood up to open up for Shikamaru.
"Are you okay?!" Shikamaru asked with a worried face. He did not answer him.
"Fix yourself. Lord Sixth wants to talk to you." Shikamaru revealed.
"Talk about what?" He asked with a weak voice. He looked uninterested.
"About the mission of saving Hinata." Shikamaru declared. Naruto's face brightened and kept his eyes wide open upon hearing Shikamaru's statement. A weak and unenthusiastic Naruto ran off to the Hokage's Office leaving Shikamaru speechless and shocked.
"That idiot Naruto! What a drag." Shikamaru said while smirking.
"Kakashi-sensei, when do you plan on deploying us?" Naruto said with eagerness in his tone.
"Calm down Naruto. There's no need to rush." Kakashi answered.
"No need to rush? This is an urgent mission." Naruto insisted.
"I said calm down!" Kakashi was slightly irritated by Naruto's tone. Naruto was shocked and then he looked away.
"You don't even know what kind of enemy you're going to face. Take a look at this first." Kakashi said and hands over Rengo's profile to him.
"So this is Rengo? This bastard!" Naruto muttered almost crumpled the paper.
"I have tasked Sai and Shikamaru for this mission because they have intel about the enemy and his location. I have tagged you along because I know you will insist to come and still find ways to rescue Hinata even without my permission." Kakashi blurted.
"Alright! Let's get going!" Naruto declared.
"Take it easy, you idiot. Don't be so excited and cause troubles." Shikamaru pointed out.
"I know right," Naruto responded to his statement.
"Alright, from now on your actions are your call. Your mission is to bring back Hinata and capture Rengo. Understood?" Kakashi said.
"Yes Sir!" The three of them responded simultaneously.
The three of them rushed outside the building and headed their ways to the forest.
"Hey, hear me out," Shikamaru said.
"Do you have plans?" Sai asked.
Shikamaru nodded.
They stopped for a while to hear Shikamaru's plan. Sai presented the map and pointed out the enemy's location. They started listening to Shikamaru's plan.
"Listen up Naruto. If Rengo's ability is the same as his brother who can cast genjutsu by manipulating people's minds, you need to resist it through your own will." Shikamaru explained.
"What do you mean by resist through your own will?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"This kind of genjutsu is somewhat making you drown into the darkness. This genjutsu usually attacks the dark side of you until you give up and make your heart totally covered with darkness." Shikamaru stated.
"I was caught by that kind of manipulation myself. Thanks to Ino, she saved me back then." Sai added.
"You need to be extra careful Naruto. And of course, all of us should. Although we have encountered such enemy before we still don't know what else he could do." Shikamaru muttered.
"I see, but..." Naruto murmured.
"Wait, what's wrong Naruto? What's bothering you?" Sai asked.
"I was thinking why would he come after Hinata? I remembered him say Hinata will play a very important role in his plans." Naruto revealed.
"That's what we must unfold. We won't allow him to do any harm to Hinata. His brother wanted to rule the world maybe he was also part of that plan and wants to continue his brother's legacy but, we won't let that happen, like never." Shikamaru declared.
"Of course, that's why we need to get moving!" Naruto said.
"You have interrupted my visit to the Sand. So you better save Hinata no matter what or my sacrifice will be in vain. Understood?" Shikamaru blurted.
"Stop ordering me around, Shikamaru. I already know that." Naruto said while smirking.
"Let's go!" Sai shouted. The three of them took off to rescue Hinata.
Hinata, hang in there. I will save you and that's for sure...