Disclaimer: If I own NARUTO, then this wouldn't be posted here… so… not mine… (author muttering curses at fate…)

WARNINGS:

This fanfic is so gonna be shonen ai… male/male pairing fic… slash… and the likes… so if you don't like this type of theme, or is sensitive, or easily offended, or has issues or something, then please stop right HERE and just push the BACK button so as not to waste your precious time (and mine) in reading and complaining to this good ol' apathetic writer…

This piece is rated for "some of the language and themes not suitable for young audiences…babble, babble, babble…", meaning there will be some cursing here and there, there will be some graphic violence… and loads of angst and drama… but no graphic NC-17 stuff I think (sorry hentais! (chuckles!)

This is AU branching out from the arrival of the godaime…

Author's Notes a.k.a. Drabbles:

Hi Minna San!

To see the plot of the story look the next chapter for a brief background. This thing has a little pinch of everything methinks… from sugar to spice… a little dark, a little angsty, with some attempts at humor (note the word: attempt), a little romance, a little drama, some action…etc, etc…

This is what I call a fanfic gone out of control… why? Because I was planning to write a oneshot Naruto fic… then after watching "Sin City" after watching Naruto one time, this whole scenario just weaved it way into my head creating a whole new world its own… and still weaving there… honestly, sometimes the scenes become quite vivid it's almost scary…

This fic was formerly known as "Phantom Footsteps", I changed it coz as the story progresses in my head… betrayal seems to be the foremost theme so… oh well… as this plot just won't let me get proper sleep... I guess have to write it down… after writing the first two chapters of Phantom Footsteps it still won't let me rest… so here I am revising the whole thing and typing as much as my spare time will allow me… good thing I don't have classes today, so I can type all I want and let the ideas fly in my head… I'll be posting as many chapters as I can before exhaustion and reality do me in…

Forgive the language inconsistencies and glitches, I think I often sound like a cross between an nineteenth century romantic writer wannabe and a thrashy comic writer… I really need enroll in creative writing or something…

So let me take you inside this mundane world that I have the nerve to call imagination…

ODES OF THE BETRAYED

By KAGE KUROKAWA

Hope you guys read and review… it is really appreciated… : )