He stared out the window with a sadness known only to him. Sakura walked in and saw him. She felt sorry for him in a way because he had jumped in the way to save her. "Naruto, how are you feeling?"

"......" He continued to stare out the window. She started to walk slowly over to him, but he must have realized it. He stood up and started to leave the room. She had an idea that would possibly make him feel better.

"Here Naruto." She formed a few hand seals and a shadow clone appeared next to him. "This way you won't have any trouble going around in the village." She saw his left fist connect with the clone forcing it to disappear. "HEY! What was that for!"

"Leave me alone......."

"Naruto...i'm only trying to help." She saw him turn his tear streaked face toward her direction. His eyes were bloodshot as if once he woke up he never went back to sleep.

"I said to leave me alone! I don't need your help!" He ran out of the room and toward the stairs that led to the entrance. Sakura stood in the room, stunned.

"I was just trying to help you....." She walked out of the room to go and report to the hokage.

-Somewhere near the Hokage Monument-

Naruto trudged along the tree line that surrounded the massive stone faces of the monument. He looked, to the average person, a sad and almost joyless person of who he once was.

"I can never be a ninja again. My dream is over. Becoming hokage is just a fantasy now." He found himself upon the Fourth's stone head, looking over the village once more. *Ping* His vision blurred. "Whats going on?" *Ping* He blacked out and found himself standing in front of a closed stone door. Everything else was white surrounding him. *Clap Clap* Naruto whirled around, and saw a glowing white person clapping in his direction.

"Congratulations, you have successfully paid your toll." Naruto was confused.

"What toll?" The figure just smiled and laughed.

"This power that you had, was sufficient enough for me to grant you access to the Truth." In the figure's hand sat a round red orb. Naruto looked closer and a fox's head jumped at him.

"AHH!" He backed up toward the stone door. "Who are you! And what is this place!"The figure just smiled.

"Soon you will understand everything that has been said to you. With the loss of your arm, This new power will be useless. However, people know when I have surfaced and talked to certain people like yourself. Soon you will not be alone, and the return of your arm will be along shortly." Naruto looked at him dumbstruck.

"My...Arm?" The door behind Naruto creaked open and thousands of black arms and hands grabbed onto him. "HEY! WHAT GOING ON!" An enormous eye opened behind him. Thousands of pieces of images and information started to force themselves into Naruto's head. His head felt like it would explode at any second. Then..... It suddenly stopped and he found himself lying in front of the glowing figure.

"Well? How do you feel?" Naruto sank onto the floor and passed out. "They will be coming for you. Don't worry, your life will begin again soon enough." Naruto woke up back in Konoha hospital. He started to get out of the bed when a gently hand pushed him back down. Standing over his bed was none other that Tsunade.

"Granny...." She looked at him with the concern a mother would give her child.

"No. You almost died again. Your very lucky Sakura was worried about you. She went looking for you and found you collapsed on the monument. You need to rest now." He looked at her.

"No." She slapped him across the face. It wasn't hard enough to put him through the wall, but enough to smack some sense into him.

"YOU ALMOST DIED AGAIN! DON'T YOU TELL ME NO!" Tears were spilling down her face. "When I saw what happened to your arm I blamed myself for it."

"Granny....." She bent down to look at him at eye level and gave him a hug.

"I don't want to lose you also Naruto. Your the only person of a select few that I consider family." He looked at her with eyes full of sorrow.

"I have to leave the village.........." Tsunade looked at him with concern.

-Konohagakure Village Gate-

Four figures were walking in the village. Each one of them were wearing a blue military style uniform except for a blond boy who wore black. One of the figures in blue looked in the blond kid's direction.

"You sure he's here Fullmetal?" The kid nodded.

"I'm positive of it colonel." The female of the group spoke up.

"What if he proves hostile?"Another blond boy spoke up. This one was about the same size and the other kid but was almost identical to him.

"Brother can take him."

New people are entering the fold. Sorry for the short chapters, but i really think that this is the best way to keep your attention. Please review. Tell me what you think of how i worked the toll for the truth into naruto's bad condition. Thank you and Peace out until the next installment.