The Path Taken
Chapter 6
The Trip Back

***En Route To Ame***

Retsujō had been dashing for what seemed like a day and she was quickly growing tired. But she couldn't rest, for she had to get to her little brother. She could only hope as she ran to where she knew Ame was and she hoped that he was alive and well and with Aiko.

**In the sky again**

They had been flying for an hour now. On a huge bird that Aiko seemed to love flying on considering that the six year old was looking excitedly over the edge of the bird. Toketsu kept an eye on her so that he would be ready to help her if she fell off. She was so amazed when she saw Deidara make it but then screamed and hid behind Toketsu because of Deidara's mouths on his palms. Deidara became disheartened at her reaction and hid his hands. She then jumped aboard the bird and squealed in delight when they took off.

Now they were high in the sky and headed towards Ame. Toketsu was happy and sad. He is going to be free from the likes of the Hidden Snow, but his other friend would be back there all alone. Now he wished that she were here. Though now he could only hope that she was safe.

He was brought out of his thoughts by a tap in the shoulder. He turned to see Zabuza looking at him. "When we get back to Ame you are going to show me that weapon of yours." He said gruffly. "Sure Zabuza-san I will show you my weapon when we get back. Although it is very hard to lift it because of my build. Hey Itachi-san." Toketsu called out. Itachi looked over, "Yes?" He asked "Are there any stores that sell training weights in Ame?" Toketsu asked. "Yes, Ame has several high quality weapon stores that sell training weights." Itachi replied. Deidara was fixated on flying his bird so he was just staring out into the horizon. However his thoughts were on the Aiko. 'Where have I seen that girl before.' He pondered until he got an idea. "Hey girl." He called out. Aiko looked over to him and answered. "I have a name and it is Aiko." She said angrily. Deidara didn't seem to care. "What is your surname? Un." He asked with an "un" at the end because of his speech impediment. Aiko became wide eyed. "M-Moesashi." She stuttered out and the grown ups' eyes all widened. "Holy crap." Zabuza grunted in disbelief. Itachi was speechless. Naruto was clueless as to why that was significant. Deidara was taken aback by the fact that there was one of the members of the famed Moesashi clan sitting in front of him. Naruto couldn't handle the tension, "What is so suprising about the name Moesashi?" He asked. "The Moesashi clan were an infamous clan in Iwagakure. They were strong because they could control the essence of fire. It was a special bloodline that anyone would want to have in where village. The only downside being that a member of the clan could only unlock this power if their DNA structure was perfect when they turned ten years old. With the ability of fire comes the uncontrollability of the very weapon they use. Without a controller, fire runs rampant and spreads quickly and demolishes all within its path." Itachi explained. Naruto looked at Aiko and back to Itachi, "So she might be able to do whatever she wants with fire?" He asked. "Yes, Naruto." Itachi replied. Naruto looked at Aiko then at Itachi once more "That's so cool!" He yelled. And Akame tipped in agreement. Then all fell quiet. The silence lasted for a good five minutes and Naruto had a very bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, as did Akame.

...

"KAWAII!" Aiko squealed as she launched herself at the almost defenseless little fox.

Akame will would never recover from the mental trauma.

***With Retsujō*****

Retsujō was having a hell of a time, first she stops to rest and recover. Then she heard what sound like a little girl glomping a small animal. She stood quiet and grieved for the poor animal. She was now halfway to her destination and was so damn sore from the dash across a freaking ocean that separated the land of snow from everything else. Oh how she loathed oceans. She looked behind her spot beside a pond at a the scrolls she had stocked with all of Toketsu's belongings. She then looked at her headband and thought about her life in the Hidden Snow. She then grimaced as she thought of the treacherous people of the Hidden Snow, she thought of how they tortured Aiko and Toketsu. Pulling out a kunai, she then slashed through the insignia of the Hidden Snow, she will never return to the hidden village again. She then looked at the finished weapons scroll again. This time she made sure to unravel it all the way. She found an odd seal on the end. She activated the seal and three more seals came out. The first one was labeled "Ancient Seal Research" the second one was labeled "Ancient Seal Tests" and the third was labeled "Successful Tests" and she opened the "Successful Tests" scroll out of curiosity and gasped when she saw ten completed seals and their descriptions below them. The first one was a form changer seal. It could make a fluid substance stay in a single form. The second was a sentience seal. It would give an inanimate object a mind of its own. The third was a shape manipulator. It would make a shape able to be manipulated. The fourth was a substance gatherer, it would collect a specified amount of a specified substance. The fourth and fifth were a chakra storage and a chakra emitter. The storage was self explanatory and the emitter basically gave an object chakra pathways that were almost identical to a human's except for it being a bit stretchy. The sixth was an item storage seal. The seventh was a speech allowance seal. It granted an object speech, be it telepathic or traditional. The eigth was a communication seal. It allowed communication through the mind. The ninth was an explosive seal that looked pretty potent. The tenth was a full storage seal. The words under it said "Unseal this seal, Tenshi." Retsujō unsealed the object inside and another letter and a double sided Square pyramid (pyramids on both ends) with intricate seals carved into it popped out. She read the letter;

"Dear Tenshi,

If you are reading this then something dire had come to pass. The object you have just unsealed is the fruit of my research and labor. What you need to do is channel a tiny bit of chakra into the red mark on the tip of the tip of the dual tetrahedron and throw it into a body of water, the seals will do the rest."

She looked at the item in her hands. While it looked kind of scary, it was Toketsu's work, that and she wondered why the hell Toketsu spoke so maturely. So she channeled some chakra into the tip and she threw it into the pond. A few minutes later the area where the item went 'splash' at began to glow an illustrious bright blue and the water sprang up and landed in front of Retsujō. She jumped back in surprise as the water formed into a humanoid figure. The limbs were odd, they curved instead of bent at a joint because there WERE no joints. It's abdominal area was a elliptical tube and the head was a regular head with two bands flowing in the non-existent wind behind it. And the dual pyramid object sat floating in the middle of the chest area, glowing and making a visible chakra system. All in all it looked like a Very flexible ninja.

The figure just sat there, unmoving. So Retsujō walked up to it. She looked at the letter and flipped it over. There were two phrases on the back;

"Password hint: "Quoth the raven _""

Retsujō immediately recognized it as a line from Toketsu's favorite poem "The Raven" (which I do not own T-T) she immediately blurted out "Nevermore." And the watery ninja sprang to life. Its eyes glowed white, its mouth glowed but it was a small bit more dim. Then it spoke in a cheery voice.

"Hello Tenshi, I am Mizutomo (water-friend), I will be escorting you to Toketsu's location!"

****** In the sky... Again******

Toketsu bolted upright, scaring Aiko, who was laying down with her head on his chest, and getting questioning looks from the ones awake (Itachi, Deidara, and Zabuza).

"Something the matter gaki?" Zabuza asked. Toketsu shot a glare at him then looked away towards the location he got the sudden feeling from. "She woke it up." He said. Zabuza grunted, "Well that doesn't explain anything at all." Toketsu ignored him, opting to put two fingers to his temple and making a seal appear and trail towards his mouth like a headset. "Activation codename: Mizutomo A-1. Establish link." He said. Itachi activated his eyes to see that there was a wave of chakra that shot from Toketsu. A few minutes later another wave shot back and Toketsu's seal glowed. Toketsu then spoke, "Mizutomo A-1, Mission Code: TEN36ESCO05 Rendezvous Point: Amegakure. Speed Mode: true, Power Mode: false, Attack Mode: false, Berzerker Form: not authorized, Use of Deadly Force: attackers only, Mission Priority: high. Begin Mission." He said almost mechanically. And another wavelength shot outwards.

Toketsu looked around at all of the people staring at him with odd looks. "What?" He asked. "What the hell was that all about? Un." Deidara asked. "I was activating and giving my prototype orders." Toketsu said. "Those looked like ancient seals, thought they were lost through the ages." Itachi said. "They were ancient seals, Itachi-san, I found a small library with all of the Ancient Sealing research notes." Toketsu replied. "What are the Ancient Seals?" Zabuza asked. "The Ancient Seals are a fuinjutsu that are more potent than modern ones, though the modern fuinjutsu has more variety and is more limitless, the ancient fuinjutsu seals can interlock and do wondrous things. The drawbacks are that they are harder to understand, even harder to replicate, and insanely hard to interlock. I only know this much because I have a nine tailed demon that knows the ancient sealing art that has been teaching me since I could walk." Toketsu explained. "And you are how old?" Zabuza asked. Naruto was up by now focused his thoughts to speak with Kurama.

'Hey Kurama, do you really know that amazing sealing stuff?' He asked the lounging demoness, 'No, I know only the modern sealing art, I could teach it to you if you'd like.' She said with a smile. Naruto couldn't help but grin 'I'd love that Kurama.' He said. 'Ok then Naruto, I will filter my memories of sealing into your own when you sleep.' She said. Naruto bowed in thanks and left to the real world. (Yeah yeah, Kurama is a goody goody. You all know you love it.)

*******With Retsujō******

Retsujō stated at the aquatic form as it stood stock still. It started a few minutes earlier, it was explaining what it was and it suddenly and immediately froze. A few seconds it said "Link established." And then it stood still again. Then it stood still. And now Retsujō was growing impatient, she was about to reach forward to touch it when it suddenly spoke. "Mission Code: TEN36ESCO05. Mission received. Mission parameters updated. Rendezvous Point: Amegakure, Mission start." Then it relaxed. It looked at Retsujō, "Well then Tenshi, it seems that I have gotten a new mission, now don't be afraid." It said as it latched onto Retsujō's back. Retsujō looked behind her to see that Mizutomo had changed into a set of flat wings with an odd flat box in the middle. She went and sealed all of the items that she had unsealed and sealed all loose objects into a seal on the back of her hand. "Are you ready to depart?" Mizutomo asked. She nodded her head and the odd flat box started gathering chakra. Her eyes widened as she had begun to realize what was going on. She and Mizutomo then blasted off in a burst of speed. Towards the location of Amegakure.

****in the sky***

The group could now see Amegakure on the horizon and were beginning their descent.

"If you would all please fasten your seatbelts and put your trays and seats in the upright position and turn off all communicational devices as we begin out descent into Amegakure. Un. We would like to thank you for flying Artistic Airlines and we hope you all had a blast and that our service was a masterpiece. Un." Deidara said.

As they were beginning to descend, a flying object whizzed right past them with insane speed. "IT'S A BIRD!" Zabuza shouted "IT'S A DRAGON!" Naruto shouted. "IT WORKS!" Shouted Toketsu, happy that his prototype was working perfectly. Aiko was excited because she knew who it was that just zoomed past.

Let the reunion begin!

**********END*********
Yeah, I am going to make Naruto and Toketsu complete opposite in every skill.
Modern Sealing/Ancient Sealing
Demon Fox/Demon Wolf
Land of Fire/Land of Snow
Ice Control/ Gravity Control
Dark(-ish) Kyuubi/ Light Kyuubi
The list goes on, and they make the perfect tag team. Toketsu and Aiko are a close second. And yes, yes I did just implement a whole other OC, so sue me. =P the next chapter will be a reunion of OC's,(so many OC's it's amazing :D)Toketsu's weapon explained, a little romance, village alliances will be made, a village will be introduced, and in two, three, or so chapters will be a time skip to when the six year olds will all be twelve year olds. And then soon after that... um... ehem... *drumroll starts*... *a banner unravels to show the words "CHUNIN EXAMS!" And confetti falls.* That's right my dear sweet readers, the only thing I planned out... (Yep. I've been completely winging it this whole time except for first chapter) the genin teams will also be revealed. And Naruto discovers another path soon. GOOD BYE SEE YOU NEXT TIME!