Konnichwa, mina-san. (Crouches in fear due to the deathly stares) Okay, gomen about the long wait for the story. Just wanted to let you guys know that I didn't give up on the story even though I haven't started it yet. Anyway, I took forever to post since I had to take care of school with finals and all and as for summer, I needed the vacation and the story just slipped my mind. I know that fanfic is priority to most (receives stares) okay all probably but summer comes only once a year and I really want to enjoy it. Anyway, I'm back to posting stories as well as reading others again. So enough of me babbling and let's check out the first chapter of my first (technically second since the prologue was another story) fic!


The War of the Jinchuurikis

Chapter 1: The Dream

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. :( All I own is this plot line of the anime.


"Naruto-kun!"

"Hinata-chan!"

The two said shinobis embraced each other like they haven't seen each other in three years (AN: I know lame joke but hey some people might think it is funny). The dark-haired kunoichi soon gave the blond shinobi a kiss on the lips with as much passion that she could offer, which was a lot since they seriously haven't been with each other for a long time. Naruto was startled with Hinata's initiative action but soon shrugged it off since he too missed Hinata very much and gave as much passion in the kiss as well. Eventually both ninjas had to let go due to lack of air from the kiss.

"I missed you so much Hinata-chan," said Naruto with teary eyes.

"Same goes for me, Naruto-kun," said Hinata with the same teary eyes as her loved one.

The two said ninjas continued to embrace each other and wanted to never let go. But then the sky began to turn dark and encircled the two lovers.

"What the hell?!" shouted Naruto holding onto his girlfriend protectively (AN: For a picture of this scene, check out my avatar/image since that pic got me started on this fic as well as others). Suddenly a dark figure with gray eyes and spiky hair is seen in front of the two with eight different creatures sitting in the background, each having different colored eyes and all of them staring at the blond shinobi. Suddenly the scene is blacked out and all that can be heard is flesh being torn and a blood-curdling scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What the hell!"

After some ruffling around with a few "oofs" here and there, the light was turned on in a hotel room where two shinobis were staying before their return back to their home village, Konoha. These two are, of course, the "great" toad-sage and legendary sannin, who was trained under the Sandaime (Third Hokage) himself, Jiraiya and the #1 hyperactive, loudmouth, and knuckleheaded ninja of the leaf village, Uzumaki Naruto, though he really isn't considered too much of a knucklehead nowadays.

It has been three years since Naruto left the village for his special-training mission in order for him to be strong enough to handle the Akatsuki on his own if need be and personally for him to be able to bring back Sasuke for Sakura, whom he made a promise of a lifetime to bring Sasuke back to Konoha one day.

For these three years, Naruto has indeed become a strong shinobi and not one to be underestimated like his younger years since he was trained by a sannin himself. Just as his skills as a shinobi increased, his maturity as a person increased as well since he has grown up and is not a kid anymore, although he does tend to act like one from time to time because he still has the inner prankster within him and probably will never lose that part of him. Unfortunately, the part that he wishes to lose or erase is the demon that was sealed up in him for the past fifteen years since he was born. Because of this demon, the citizens of his village have loathed and even threatened his existence since they believe that it is his fault for the death of their great leader, Yondaime (Fourth Hokage). This should have brought Naruto to an early tragic end since anyone would have died from this type of treatment, especially at such a young age. But it did not and eventually the villagers began to offer some of their respect to Naruto due to his performance in the third exam of the Chuunin Exams where he defeated the Hyuuga genius, Hyuuga Neji, by utilizing Kyuubi's power and controlling it. Also, Naruto has constantly helped the village out with various missions that allowed Konoha to become closer to reaching its point of prosperity that it once held before Otogakure (Hidden Sound Village) invaded with Orochimaru, a former sannin and ninja of Konoha, leading the attack. And this is where the story of the said ninja, who is becoming a step closer to his ultimate dream of becoming the Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, continues.

(A few minutes after the dream)

The room that the two Konoha shinobis were staying at was simple with two beds and a dresser. This was a simple room since they were only staying at a small motel on the road for the night. And as said, the time was around one in the morning so everybody was sound asleep except for the mentioned two.

"Okay, kid. What is the matter with you right now!! I was trying to get some sleep as you can see until suddenly you start SCREAMING in the middle of the night unexpectedly. I know that you are an unpredictable ninja but don't be unpredictable in that sort of way since we just checked in a couple of hours ago," exclaimed the white-haired hermit with an annoyed look since he felt really exhausted after a lot of traveling in order to get back to the village on time.

"Gomen, ero-sennin. And for your information, I didn't expect to have a nightmare just now, you know!" argued the blonde shinobi.

"A nightmare? What exactly were you dreaming about that forced you to scream at the top of your lungs and right on my old ears?! Just to let you know I will probably go deaf thanks to you," asked Jiraiya.

"Sorry for the scream but that was unexpected too since the nightmare I had really scared the crap out of me!" said Naruto.

'Whoa. Naruto having a really bad dream that actually scared him out of his wits is actually disturbing since he is hardly scared of anything since he has faced a lot in his life that no dream should be able to compare to,' thought the toad-sage. Jiraiya then began to notice that Naruto was actually trembling in front of him and it seemed that he wanted to just hug his knees at the moment but decided not to.

"Oi, kid. You should tell me about your dream because it may be connected to Akatsuki somehow since they are really apart of your life now as well as your fate," said Jiraiya in the most teacher-like way he could muster in his words.

"I don't know, ero-sennin. I really don't want to talk about the dream right now, let alone remember it since it freaked me out real bad."

"I know that but you got to because it may be some clue leading towards Akatsuki, possibly even towards Sasuke if you think about it since Itachi is apart of that organization."

Naruto's trembling began to be at ease and his breathing slow down to an almost normal pace but not as much since it has only been around 5-10 minutes since his dream/nightmare. Therefore, since it was a nightmare, all of it was still stuck in his head and he remembered nearly every detail of it. After taking a deep breath and exhaling it out, he began, "Alright, ero-sennin. I had a dream about returning to Konoha that involved being reunited with Hinata-chan." Then Naruto went quiet because the next part was when the nightmare began and was hard for him to talk about since he wanted to forget it but couldn't.

"You mean your girlfriend that you have been sending letters to often," stated Jiraiya with curiosity. Naruto nodded and continued.

"Soon after that, it all began to go dark and suddenly this guy with gray eyes and spiky hair appeared before us. I can't really describe it better than that since his appearance was shrouded in shadow except for what I just said. Anyway, then other shadows began to appear behind him. I think there were eight of them but I'm not really so sure. Also they all looked different from one another and most definitely were not human according to my standards. Then it all went dark and suddenly the sound of flesh being torn was heard followed by a scream."

Naruto stopped there and Jiraiya could tell that that was probably the end of his dream/nightmare since he guessed that was the moment where Naruto woke up screaming. Soon after the explanation, the blond shinobi began to tremble again as well as sweat a lot, and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. Jiraiya saw this and went to go get a cup of water and a towel to help Naruto with his "problem".

"Here, Naruto. Drink this and go take another shower. You're sweating like a bamboo here and I don't want you feeling all icky in the morning when we leave since we should arrive at Konoha in a couple more days," said the toad-sage.

Naruto perked his head up at the sound of being almost home. He instantly forgot his dream/nightmare and started to think about a certain dark-haired, pupil less-eyed kunoichi who he has missed so much over the past three years. The letters that they have been sending to each other made him want to see her so badly since the sound of her voice in those letters made him more anxious about going home than his craving for Ichiraku ramen, which he also can't wait to get at Konoha.

Jiraiya began to notice the change in Naruto's attitude and smiled inwardly. He knew that his blond apprentice has missed his girlfriend this whole mission and wants to meet her as soon as possible since he cherished all of her letters as much as he cherished life itself.

Naruto then began to relax and took a gulp of water that Jiraiya offered to him. He then went to the bathroom and took the much needed shower that Jiraiya suggested. Leaving the bathroom, the blond shinobi went back to bed feeling all relaxed and temperamental about everything so that he could sleep even though he still had that dream/nightmare still playing at the back of his head.

'I hope that dream was just a dream and not some vision of the future… Please be safe and well, Hinata-chan.' After that thought Naruto went back to dreamland with nice dreams of ramen and, again, a dark-haired kunoichi this time.

(At the same time just outside of the motel)

"It has been a long time, Naruto. And now I believe it is time we finish the battle we started three years ago in order to see which one of us is the strongest. I realized now that I was a fool to let you live last time but this time I will not make the same mistake again."

And with that, a figure with red eyes and three black marks on each pupil disappeared from his location and vanished into the night.


Okay, mina. How was the first chapter of my fic. Cool? Lame? Exciting? Dramatic? Dull? Just let my know by pressing that handy little button that says "Go" next to "Submit a Review" if you are new at fanfiction though I doubt it. Anyway, I will try to update on the weekends only since this is the only time that I have for writing my stories. Also, just to let you guys know, I have a few chapters of the story written but not updated since I want to be ahead of the posting so that I don't feel too pressured by you guys wanting to know what happens next, just like the anime showing fillers so that the manga can go decently well ahead of the anime. The only differenc is that there won't be any fillers here, just the story. Anyhow, I should stop talking. Be sure to R & R Ja Neh!