By Heart Alone Chapter 2

By: Beth

Please Note: NONE OF THESE CHARRIES BELONG TO ME. THE ONLY ONES THAT BELONG TO ME ARE THE MULTIPLE DRAGONS, KAORU, AND IZUMI. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, PLEASE DO NOT POKE ME WITH THE STICK OF DOOM OR THE STONE OF PWNING.

Last Time:

The squad made a break for the gate, shutting it closed behind them. The dragon stopped short and stood there, not going another inch.

"So, they're playing like that are they?" the older girl said. She took her hand back and put it against her chest.

"Awww. Quitting already sis?" the younger girl said.

"I'm low on chakra." The older one said. "And the stone dragons need to be punished for attacking out of turn. We'll get the leaf village back later." She walked into the darkness.

"Come on, Wisheu." The younger girl said. The dragon nodded, turning into a white mist and disappearing into the little girl.

"Come along." The older girl said, disappearing completely. The younger girl nodded, and raced after her.

The squad got into the boundaries of the village. They gasped, and sprawled onto the ground.

"We have to tell Hokage…" one said, gasping for air.

"Yeah…" the leader ninja said. They started running toward Tsunade's place. They were still out of breath so they staggered as they came closer. They finally arrived.

"H-Hokage!" the leader said.

"What is it?" she asked, coming out.

A few of them were bleeding from when the dragon had attacked them. So they were taken away to the hospital to be treated.

"What the hell happened to you?" Tsunade asked.

"Th-There are dragons." The leader explained everything.

"So, they are showing their ugly, scaly faces." Tsunade seemed to hiss.

"You're acting very hostile to them."

"They've come here before, a long time ago, before I was even born."

"Then, how do you know about them?"

"My family has passed down the stories about the dreaded dragons." she said, sighing. "They're strong, and if they attacked…I'm sure we'd lose."

The leader ninja looked at Hokage with a scared look on his face. "I can't believe it." he mumbled.

"Believe it." Tsunade said. "We might actually die this time."

The leader ninja bowed, and limped off to the hospital. Tsunade had great concern in her eyes.

'This will be ugly if they decide to attack us…We barely survived the last attack.' She thought.

"I can't believe this wonderful weather!" Naruto said, walking down the street.

"Why am I with you again?" Neji said, walking next to him.

"Kakashi-sensei asked us to patrol together, remember?" Naruto said.

"Yeah, yeah." Neji said, waving his hand. They then ran into Sakura and Tenten.

"Did you hear?" Tenten asked.

Both the boys looked puzzled.

"Apparently not." Sakura said, putting her hands on her hips.

"They say that a whole squad of ninja had just come back from a big stone gate from the forest." Tenten explained. "They squad saw that they had saw dried blood on the gate, they say that the dried blood probably belonged to the ninja squad that had gone missing."

"So the ninja squad that had gone missing really had been killed." Naruto said quietly.

Neji nodded. "I guess." He said. "I really hadn't expected anything else."

"Huh?" everyone asked.

"As soon as they were gone for three days, I knew that they had been killed, but I wonder what happened to the bodies." Neji explained, he added the last part thoughtfully.

"Nobody had said anything about tracker ninja getting the bodies." Sakura said.

"What's going on?" a voice said from behind Neji and Naruto.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said, hearts in her eyes.

'Oh, great.' Naruto thought. 'Pretty boy here is gonna hog all the attention again. Like he does all the time. Especially with the girls.'

Sasuke looked at Sakura, and then at Tenten. "So, what are you guys talking about?"

Neji looked behind him. "The girls here were just telling us about what happened in the forest outside the village." He said smoothly.

The girls nodded.

"Didn't you hear just the latest news?" Sasuke asked.

Everybody except Naruto shook their heads.

"They said that there was no trace of the bodies of the ninja. And they didn't see any evidence of more ninja being there either." Sasuke said,

"So, tracker ninja didn't get to the bodies?" Tenten asked.

Sasuke nodded. "Not even from other villages. No tracker ninja from anywhere got to the bodies, they just disappeared in thin air."

"That can't be!" Sakura said. "Dead bodies don't just vanish!"

Naruto huffed and walked away. Neji watched him go.

'Where's he going?' Neji wondered.

Naruto returned to the academy. He walked into an empty classroom, and started writing something down on a piece of paper. He walked back into where Kakashi usually met them, and put down the note.

'Time to figure out what the hell is going on.' He thought.

He jumped out the window, and into the forest, heading toward the forest. He stopped, and camped out that night.

The next morning, Sakura and Sasuke walked into the classroom. Sakura looked around, but Naruto wasn't there.

"Hey, where's Naruto?" she asked. "He's usually the first one here."

Sasuke looked around and saw the note that Naruto left, and saw the window open. He walked over to the note and began reading it.

"Dear Whoever gets this note,

I'm sorry for leaving all of a sudden, but I wanted to find out if that rumor that Tenten said the other day is true. You all may think I'm insane, but I have a feeling, a strange feeling, that I've been to that place before. I don't know why, but I'm going to see if I can figure out what's going on! Believe it! I'm not sure I'll come back alive, I think that something there is unnatural, and something that nobody has ever faced before. So, wish me the best of luck!

Naruto

P.S. If you come looking for me, bring some ramen!

Sasuke's eyes twitched. "That idiot!" he yelled.

Sakura looked at him like he was insane. "What is it Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke handed her the note, Sakura read it. Worry came into her eyes. "We have to go after him!" she said to Sasuke.

"I know." Sasuke said. He sighed. "That Naruto, always getting us into trouble."

Sakura looked at a certain part. 'How would he know of that place?' she thought.

Naruto walked up to the gate. The blood was still there, but the dragons still weren't there. He gulped nervously.

"This must be it." He said to himself. He struggled to get the doors open. The same charred land before was in front of him.

"This place…" he said. "It looks so familiar." He then saw something in the distance. It looked like it had giant wings, three pairs to be exact, it came in fast, and Naruto looked for a place to hide. There was nothing out here except for burnt ground and charred trees. He waited for the worst. The dragon landed in front of him, crumbling the dead grass as it delicately put down all of its four legs. It had white fur, and orange, spiky hair that almost covered one eye. The dragon had three pairs of wings, the wings were light and feathery, which was probably why it had six of them. The young girl on the dragon was the same from before.

She jumped down off the dragon. "Thanks, Wisheu." She said gently to the giant creature in front of Naruto. The dragon seemed to purr as it received praise, then looked at Naruto and growled. The girl looked at Naruto. She smiled.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

Naruto looked at the girl. "M-My name is Uzamaki Naruto…" he stuttered.

"Naruto?" the girl asked. Naruto looked at the girl, studying her appearances. She had pure blonde hair, which was about chin length, and bright blue eyes. She didn't look like she could harm a fly. She had on a shirt that was made out of dragon hair, sewn together so finely, that the fibers couldn't be seen. She was also wearing pants that were made out of the same substance as her shirt, dragon hair, but once again, it was so finely sewn together, that the fibers couldn't be seen. She had armor made out of dragon scales on her shoulders, as well on her knees and elbows. They were black in color, with silver and gold scales as well.

"Why are you wearing that armor?" Naruto managed to ask.

"Oh, this?" the girl looked at the armor on her. "I don't know, my sister just put it on me and said be ready for the signal."

"Signal?" Naruto asked.

"Don't worry." The girl said, sitting down and getting food out of a pouch that was held on the dragon. "It's nothing really big." She held some food out to Naruto. "Want some?"

Naruto felt his stomach growling. "It's not poisoned, right?"

"Would I be eating it if it was?" the girl asked wisely.

Naruto shrugged. He took part of her food and began eating it. "Wow, this is good." Naruto said. He looked at the girl. "By the way, I told you my name, what's yours?"

The girl looked at Naruto. "Huh?" she asked, as if she hadn't heard Naruto the first time. "Oh, my name's Izumi. My big sister is Kaoru."

"Hm." Naruto muttered, taking another bite.

Izumi looked at Wisheu, who was looking at the sky. Wisheu's orange eyes glowed with worry.

'What is it Wisheu?' Izumi wondered.

Wisheu growled, and stood up. She continued growling. Izumi's eyes grew wide.

"Naruto! You have to get out of here!" Izumi said frantically.

"Wh-Why?" Naruto asked.

"Just get out of here!" Izumi screamed.

Naruto stumbled to get up. He raced across the field, and through the gate. He stopped to close the gate. He wondered why Izumi had told him to get out of there. He decided to come back later and ask her. He knew he could trust her.

Izumi smirked. "He's so clueless." She said to herself, crossing her arms.

Wisheu was still pinned to looking at the sky. "Looks like Kaoru is on her way." She muttered.

Another dragon could be seen in the distance. It had pure black scales, like Izumi's armor. There was another figure riding the gigantic creature. It was another girl. She had the same clothes as Izumi, but her armor was covered in total gold scales. Her eyes were a dark green, and she had blonde hair also, but it was longer and in a ponytail. She rode on a black and dark green dragon. Its wings were thick, and demonic. Its eyes were a bright yellow and had a strange look in them.

"Izumi. You're late." The girl said.

"Sorry, Kaoru." Izumi apologized.

"Just be ready for the signal." Kaoru said coldly.

Izumi nodded and looked over at Wisheu, who had a scared look on her face at the sight of Kaoru. Kaoru had flown off as soon as she delivered the message.

As she left, she muttered. "The signal is almost here. Get them ready."

Izumi nodded. She looked at Wisheu, who returned the gaze. Wisheu groaned slightly, and let Izumi get on. Izumi just saw fire shoot from the sky.

"The signal…" Izumi muttered. Wisheu purred reassurance. "Thanks Wisheu." Izumi said, some hair falling in front of her eyes and covering her right eye. They took off and disappeared into the horizon.

OMG cliff hanger! xD! The second chapter is done, yay!!!!! Chapter three is also on the way! I wonder what'll happen next. shifty eyes Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this one, and enjoy the next one too!