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Not So Different

Chapter 3

Secrets Revealed

Sakura grunted, she had fallen rather badly and it was surprise if she didn't have a brain damage. "Or do I have?" she wondered when noticing that the place where she was didn't look like Academy Training grounds. The place where she was looked like some sort of alley, except the fact that it had a roof. It somehow reminded her some sort of underground prison.

She also noticed that somehow there was small amount of water on the floor. Luckily it only reached at her ankles. "Naruto! If you are playing some kind of trick, this isn't funny!" she could clearly hear her own echo through the hallways and that just made it creepier.

"No way Naruto would this kind of a trick. Even if he wanted." she knew enough that all of his pranks were harmless and not something like this. But then she heard something else coming from some dark hallway. It sounded like mix between a growling and hissing.

Then there was the voice "Over here child." she didn't know why, but she had the feeling that she should follow it. There was just something about the voice, like a mother that had something interesting to show her child.

She carefully started walking. The hallway was just dark and there was only some strange dirty green colored light illuminating the whole place, but it wasn't enough, it just made things creepier.

She looked at the large door. "How the hell am I going to opened that thing?" Sakura gasped silently. But she didn't have to think about it sooner as the doors simply just opened and behind them were what looked like really, really large bars. And middle of them was some sort of sigh, in which read "Seal".

"What is this?"

She moved closer, trying to see what was behind the bars. As she moved closer she could see something really large was moving behind them "It is a good thing that you have finally found me." Sakura literally jumped in pure fear and landed on butt. Before her was standing a gigantic creature. It had two large, scaly wings and two large and long horns which seem to have some sort of jewelry on them. It also had some strange looking jewel hanging on it's lower mouth.

But what really draw Sakura's attention were the green snake like eyes that stared back to her. She simply looked at them in fear, but in those eyes she only was able to see calmness and that was the thing in a way scared her.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" the creature asked. But of course Sakura already know what sort of a "creature" it was. "A dragon…" she said. The eyes closed when the dragon let out a quiet chuckle. "Yes, I am a dragon. Would you come little closer so I may see you better?" Sakura hesitated, usually when a large and imprisoned creature asked you to come closer all they wanted do to you, was to eat you.

"Don't worry, I won't eat you." the dragon said, now laying on the floor like some sort of house cat. Waiting for her. She slowly got herself back up and walked slowly towards the bars. Still though ready for any kinds of "surprises". Once she got to the bars, she could see the dragon clearly. It was just large, it's wings were like large bat wings, it had three large talons on its every foot and it's scale was dark green colored.

She let out a small yelp when the dragon lowered its head to her level. Then its mouth formed what looked like smile, which also showed the creatures large white teeth's. Which made Sakura feel more uncomfortable. "We need to talk child."


"Damn, damn, DAMN!" Naruto cursed himself. Why he had to distract Sakura while she was still on that tree? He didn't think that she would be that distracted, but somehow she was. And now she was unconscious on his arms as he tried to make his way to his apartment.

He had another reason to be really afraid, if people saw him and Sakura, who seem to have a small wound on her head people might get the wrong idea. And so far nobody hadn't seen them, or they just didn't pretty much cared.

He soon reached his apartment and swiftly went inside and laid Sakura on his bed. He then ran to the bath room to get some towels to clean up Sakura's head injury. But he was nervous since he didn't know what to do. "Why these medical things have to be so hard!" he nervously raised Sakura's head and put the towel back of her head. But as he touched her head Sakura mumbled something that didn't make any sense. The only thing he understood was the word "Naruto…" He felt a small warming on his cheeks.

Then Sakura stirred. It almost looked like she was having a nightmare. Naruto stared down at her with scared face, since he didn't know what to do. But something told him to do something, so he took her hand into his.

After few minutes it looked like Sakura was finally waking up and Naruto quickly pulled his hand away. "Thank Kami Sakura-chan! Are you alright!" Naruto started screaming when Sakura had awoken completely and was now having her in a tight hug. "I'm so sorry can you forgive! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" and he repeated that few times.

"Na…Naru…Naruto. You are crushing me…" Sakura gasped. But it looked like Naruto was too busy with his "Forgive me's" that he didn't hear her.

SMACK! "Ow! What was that for Sakura-chan?" Naruto whined. While holding both of hands on his head. "I said I was sorry."

"That still doesn't mean that you can strangle me all the time you like BAKA!" she said angrily, while pointing at Naruto.

Naruto took his hands away from his and placed other hand back of his head while giving Sakura a nervous grin. Sakura only sighted at this. She couldn't never be mad at Naruto forever. He was just… she quickly lost her thought while trying to think out something.

"But, you are still forgotten." she said, now having a sweet smile on her face. Naruto looked somewhat relieved, but Sakura could still see that he was worried. "And you don't have to worry about me." she said. Trying to cheer up Naruto a little. "I feel fine already."

She soon winced when she touched back of her head. "That sure will leave a mark for a while." but she soon remembered, why she had the scar. "I need to get out of here." she thought. She needed the room to think. About what happened few moments ago. "Hey Sakura-chan. Are you sure your alright? You look little… distant?" Naruto asked carefully.

"Yeah… I guess I just, need some rest." Sakura put a "fake smile" on her face. "See you tomorrow Naruto." She got herself out of the bed and started walking to the door. But then she stopped and turned to Naruto. "And thanks for taking care of me." she gave him a hug and left quickly leaving the baffled Naruto in his place to think what just happened.

Once Sakura made to her apartment, she collapsed on her bed, deep in her thoughts about before.


"We need to talk child."

Sakura just stared and the dragon stared back. "But first I must apologize of knocking you out that way." the dragon said sound little sorry. "Wait! You caused me to loose the control over my Chakra? I thought it happened because I was too distracted by Naruto!"

"That is mostly true." the dragon said. "But you could have killed me!" Sakura yelled in anger. Didn't this creature care at all if she would have been killed?

"Such small head injury wouldn't be lethal to you as long I am around." the dragon said. Closing its eyes and giving Sakura, a comforting smile. Sakura was just even more confused. What did it meant by "as long she was around"?

"I'm sure you have lot of questions." Sakura nodded. "Unfortunately, we don't have much time but I can answer few of your questions." Sakura started thinking fast. "Are you the one from my dreams?" Kami she felt stupid! But she needed to be sure. "The one that saved from dying?" she carefully asked.

"Yes child, I did indeed saved you that night. And were right about that it wasn't a dream. But you already knew this, am I right?" it was right. In some sense she knew that dream she had seen was real. Since it just felt so real. She nodded.

"How you are inside of me?"

"That is little more complicated, even I'm not still sure how that happened." the dragon said. Well, that didn't help much.

"Can you then tell me how you were sealed inside me?" She never would have dreamed that something large and powerful as a dragon would been able to seal inside of a human body. It just seemed impossible.

"I was sealed inside of you by a powerful Fuinjutsu called Shiki Fujin." the name send shivers through her spine. It probably was a Forbidden Jutsu. "Which was used by the Yondaime Hokage to seal Kyubi."

Wait! Sealing the Kyubi? "What you mean by that? No one never mentioned it being sealed!" Sakura yelled. It had to be mistake.

"There is no power that the humans could posses to kill one of the Bijuu creatures" the dragon stated grimly. Now Sakura's curiosity jumped into a new level. If the Kyubi was sealed, then where it was now? But the dragon seem to read her mind. "Yes the Bijuu was sealed away, but not in some simple item but inside of an living human."

Sakura stared blankly. Why would nobody ever said anything about this? Didn't nobody knew about Kyubi being sealed away? Or did they just wanted everybody to believe that it was killed?

"Then, where it was sealed." Sakura asked. Her voice now trembling. She was afraid to knew the answer. "Kyubi was sealed inside of an jinchuriki. Kind of like yourself. And you know this person."

Sakura's eyes winded. This was something she wasn't prepared for. She wasn't prepared to hear that someone she knew contained the feared Kyubi no Yoko. But then who it was? It sure couldn't be Ino, but then again that girl had some serious issues. Sandaime was out of the question, but that old person might some hidden skeletons.

And Naruto, he was just too nice and didn't show any kinds of proofs that he was container of an Demon. Wait! Demon? Why did everyone actually thought that he was a demon? Why did he as the most hated person in the village? No, I couldn't be! "Naruto…?"

"Yes child." the dragon said sadly. Sakura felt like going numb, this all too hard to her, she needed time to think about this, did Naruto even know about this? Again the dragon answered before she had time to ask. "I'm afraid that he doesn't know of the burden that has been laid on to him. And if he would knew of his secret, it might not be pleasant to him."

"But… he needs to know!" Sakura argued. "I agree child, but we don't know how he will react. It might take little time before he can learn about his secret."

"So, I am just going to keep quiet and pretend this never happened!" Sakura was getting furious, didn't Naruto deserve to know why everyone treated him the way they did? Would the truth about the Kyubi be so devastating that Naruto might even loose will to live? No! He was stronger than that!

"Yes, for now."

Then all of sudden Sakura started feeling strange sensation going through her, it was some itching her body quit badly. "What is going on?" she asked, being afraid that something bad was about to happen to her.

The Dragon rose its head and it seem to look past the walls. "It seems that our time is over for now." it said.

Sakura started then feel as she was "leaving" this place, she could see body start disappearing. When her lower waist was gone, one finale question filled her head. "Wait! Before we uuum… meet again, what is your name. Or what are you called?" she asked carefully.

The dragon sent one finale warming smile at Sakura and answered. "My name is Gadian. And I'm also called 'Dragon Mother'." then the large room which contained this creature, disappeared and she found herself inside Naruto's room who was both shocked and relieved that Sakura had awakened.


Sakura sighted at the memory, everything had happened in a blur. But she decided to put it away, until she and Naruto had become full pledged Shinobi. "I will tell Naruto tomorrow." she thought. She couldn't keep this kind of secret even from Naruto. "What if he hates me for not telling him?" she shivered at the thought that Naruto would hate her for the rest of his live.

"Oh Kami, I hope everything will turn out right" she thought when she turned side on her bed and fell into a deep and disturbing dreams.


Well, wasn't this little lame. But I hope you still liked it. And REALLY BIG special THANK YOU to Anak-Sealed-Wings who gave the name idea. So THANKS!

If you had prolems to imagine Gadian in all of her "glory", she sort of looks like Alexstrasza from Warcraft.

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So till next time, ARIGATO TO OYASUMINASAI!