CHAPTER 2- TO NEW LANDS:

Frilly was not having an easy time. Not only does he have to keep his head above water, he had to keep someone slightly bigger than him above water as well. To make matters worse, the water was moving rapidly and it was cold and it was dark. A lot to ask for a small juvenile moglin. Using what strength he had, he swam as hard and desperate as he could towards land. It took an agonizing fifteen minutes for him to do it. When they got to land, he immediately check Naruto to see if he was still alive.

Putting his ear to his chest, he was relieved to hear his heart pumping. He then thought about their situation. They were wet, cold, and the was barely any moonlight. He had to get a fire starting or they will die from hypothermia. He put his arms out and closed his eyes. After a few seconds a flame suddenly erupted from his hands. It wasn't very big, but it was warm enough for the two. The flame strangely was floating in the air between them. Then he went to Naruto and again took his arm out and then the water stuck on him began to drip down and absorbed to the ground. He was still wet but at least he was drier than before and the fire should warm and dry him overnight. Exhaustion finally took over and he collapsed knowing they were safe... for now.

KONOHA

The retrieval squad was returning from their successful yet demoralizing mission. The five kids were looking at the ground not wanting to look up. They were saved, but someone had to die for them. When the group arrived they were met with the parents of the girls plus the several clan heads and some ANBU and also the Hokage herself. Minako was a slender and tall woman of 5'7". She had somewhat spiky blonde hair that reached just bellow her shoulders. She had ocean blue eyes and an angular beautiful face. She had a modest C cup hidden by her jounin attire and robes.

When the group arrived, they noticed that while the kids were safe and the prisoner was bound, but they were not happy. Kushina more specifically looked like she was going to a funeral while walking by her daughters side by side. She didn't even notice her wife as she continued walking with her head held down but she did throw the prisoner down like trash to the group as she walked. "Make her suffer" her cold voice rang out as she held her daughters' hands tighter and continued home. Minako was confused as to what was happening. Why was her wife so cold? She turned to Mikoto who was comforting her own children with her older child. "Mikoto can you please tell me what happened? Why is everyone so down?"

"It is best we discuss this in private. Call everyone, we may have a traitor in our midst" Mikoto said as her eyes were blank and her voice monotone. Minako was shocked at the this. A traitor? How could that happen, and why was her wife so downtrodden. She nodded accepting the suggestion. She called her ANBU to call the Clan Heads. She did not want to find out too late someone else was taken, but in the back of her mind a terrorizing feeling was starting to build after seeing Kushina in her current state.

BACK TO NARUTO HOURS LATER

Frilly was waking up feeling light shine on him. He opened his eyes and found the sun rising and giving off its warm life giving heat. He looked to his new ward and found him still sleeping and now sporting a cut would develop to a scar. The least was they were dry now and the sun can warm them up. He can now Naruto's chest rising and falling. He felt relief but knew if no help came they were doomed. However he then felt a disturbance. It grew to a shock then a blinding light came. When he opened his eyes again from the light, he saw a man now standing in front of him. The man was wearing a white robe with gold trims and a big white pointy hat that covered his long blonde hair with a golden feather. He also had on him a wooden staff on his right hand and a book on his left. The man himself had green eyes and a scar going down vertically from the left side of his forehead to his jaws. He appeared young but his aura instilled wisdom and power, but his face was that of serenity and peace.

The man looked down and found the moglin with the unconscious boy. "Frilly? Is that you?" he asked, his voice calm yet worried. Frilly immediately ran towards him and hugged his leg. "Lucius! Thank the Dragon of Time you're here! Please you have to help Naruto. He fell from a cliff to a river and he's in very bad shape..." the moglin begged and would have continued but Lucius immediately went to the boy. He checked on him, looking for anything that could potentially be fatal or crippling. "He is not in any immediate danger, but that could change if he does not get any professional help. Where did he come from" he inquired from Frilly.

"I don't know exactly. We fell from the river when some horrible person threw him and I jumped to save him. He told he is an orphan so he has no immediate family and I don't even know where his town is exactly. He didn't tell me much about his village and I don't know the way. Lucius please we have to bring him with us or he could die out here. PLEASE!" he begged the man.

Lucius was thinking his options. He could try and look for the nearest settlement and leave the boy there, but that could take time and endanger his health even more. Plus he was afraid of this land. It was forbidden for them to enter this place for many good reasons. He could try to heal him here, but he was a novice healer and the injuries may not seem lethal now but that could change if he wasn't careful. Leaving him here was not an option. He was not heartless. The only option now it seems was to bring him with them. Sighing, he looked to Frilly and nodded his head. "Hold on tight Frilly. When we get home, you're going to get an earful from your parents and me! We'll decide what to do with the boy after we heal him. You can fill in what you know when we get back home and if possible maybe we can get him back. If not, we may have to ask the King what to do. Now get ready" he slammed the bottom of his staff to the ground and another blinding light flashed in the area. After the flash was gone so were they. They did not know or never will comprehend just how fateful this day will ever be nor how much of an impact this will bring to the world at large.