Here's chapter three I hope you all like it! I would like to ask all of you to please review and if you have time to check out my other story and community. In latest events I'm getting really busy prepping for our art exhibition and for collage, I need to get a 3.0 or higher in my next two report cards or I might not have a high enough G.P.A. Also I might take a while to update this fic because I'm going to be working on my other one after this one. I don't like writing chapters for different stories at the same time so please don't get to mad at me.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Bijuu speaking"

'Bijuu thinking'

Past

'Voice Naruto hears.'

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, or Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dream.


Something was wrong. I didn't know what it was only that something was wrong. Sure everything seemed to be fine, all my students showed up when they were supposed to, almost all of them had done all of their home work, and here we were in the academy yard doing strength building exercises.

'Maybe Naruto did something again.' I thought to myself trying to shake this feeling of uneasiness from my chest by steering my thoughts back to my favorite student. I frowned when I realized that lately my thoughts always seemed to come back to him. I couldn't tell if I was just over worrying or if no one worried enough. I had been glad when Jaraiya-sama had showed up and whisked him away to Spring country after his latest run in with Sasuke. It wasn't good for Naruto to be left alone after that encounter, still why was I worrying so much?

I sighed as I noticed that a few of my more lazy students had stopped running completely, I mentally pinched the bridge between my nose before growing a wicked grin. I really should thank Guy for teaching me that genjutsu, who knew that with just a few modifications it was perfect for scaring kids into submission. I flashed my hands through the hand seals faster than anybody could see before rounding on my poor clueless students before inhaling a large amount of air.

"SUICHI! MIKKI! NANA! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING SLACKING OFF?! I WANT TO SEE YOU RUNNING BEFORE I CAN BLINK OR ELSE YOU'LL BE HANGING OFF THE HOKAGE MONUMENT BY YOUR TOE!" I yelled watching with light amusement the trouble makers stumbled over themselves in haste to obey my command. That amusement vanished in an instant when I felt a large wave of… something wash over me.

'What, what is this?! This isn't chakra, it feels to… flimsy…? I don't really know what it is but why does it feel so familiar and just how strong is it?' I thought to myself before noticing that all of my students had stopped and was staring around in confusion, I felt my eyes widen in disbelief. 'It's so strong that untrained academy student are able to feel it? Why haven't any of the anbu come yet?' I asked myself noticing that there wasn't another ninja, anbu or otherwise, anywhere near here.

"Iruka-sensei what was that?" Asked Noriko a girl who had just joined the academy, I gave her a serious look before answering.

"I don't know but I'm going to check it out. I want all of you to stay here do you understand?" I watched as she and the rest of my students nodded before turning and running to the source of this weird power. As I ran I couldn't help but think that this had something to do with Naruto, I don't really know why I thought of him but I did and my feeling of uneasiness grew even more. It wasn't very long before I found myself in front of a swing, a swing I realized that Naruto always played on.

The power now was so strong it felt like I was moving through a swamp now instead of the open ground. I approached the swing cautiously while nervously pulling out a kunai taking comfort in its familiar weight in my hand. I stepped up to the swing and saw to my surprise that a single golden feather was laying on it.

"What is that?" the words were out of my mouth before I even realized it, I reached forward and gently grabbed it; before I could react there was a flash of light and everything changed.


Iruka was walking home from the academy with a stack of this week test in his hands. He tsked with disappointment as he looked the newest test in his hands. Naruto had scored a two out of ten and that had been his greatest score this entire semester. Iruka sighed.

"Naruto what am I going to do with you?"

"I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone"

Iruka stopped hearing singing from the last person he had ever thought to hear singing.

"I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone"

Iruka was torn between staying where he was or if he should go to his student.

"Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh-Ah
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone

Read between the lines of what's
Fucked up and everything's all right
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone"

Well that didn't sound healthy. Iruka worry over turned his respect of his student's privacy and he found himself rushing toward the source of that singing.

"I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me
'Til then I'll walk alone..."

Iruka found himself slowing down as her reached closer to the source of the singing. He noticed that he was now pretty close to that swing Naruto always played on; he also noticed that he could now faintly hear the soft swish as someone swung back and forth.

"Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah
Ahhh-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah
I walk alone
I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I'll walk alone"

"Naruto!" He burst out as he walked out of the bushes startling Naruto off his swing.

"Iruka-sensei! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you have left already?" Naruto asked looking nervous; Iruka looked worrying at his student before answering.

"I was going home but then I heard you singing and I decided I wanted to see if it was real or not. Why didn't you tell me that you could sing?" Naruto blushed and looked away from both embarrassment and shame.

"Cause I'm going to be a ninja and what king of ninja is good at singing?" Iruka gave him a small smile of understanding.

"Naruto just because they are ninjas doesn't mean that they don't like some of the more finer things in life. In fact I know a ninja who likes to garden." Naruto looked up in disbelief.

"Really?" he asked looking hopeful and nervous at the same time.

"Really." Iruka assured him with a large grin, but that grin faded into worry and he looked at Naruto again. "Ne, Naruto, why were you singing such a depressing song?" Naruto looked away before answering.

"Cause I was tired of being happy."

"You were to pretending to be happy?" Iruka asked feeling like someone had punched him in the gut; Naruto gave him an odd look before answering.

"Do you know anybody who's happy when they're hated by everyone around them?" Iruka could almost feel the sarcasm and hurt in Naruto words and flinched.

"Then were you pretending to be happy this entire time?" Iruka asked desperately not wanting the loud and hyper Naruto that he grew to know to be fake.

"No, there were a few times when I was truly happy, but then anybody who had been paying attention would have noticed."

"When?" Iruka asked curiously but Naruto only shook his head.

"If you want to know then you have to find out by yourself. I'm not going to be betrayed again." Iruka felt his curiosity rise as he heard Naruto say that, who had betrayed him? At the same time Iruka knew that he wasn't going to get anything else out of his student so he gave up on it right now. He turned around before looking over his shoulder and beckoned to Naruto.

"Well do you want to get a bowl of ramen, my treat." He watched with amusement as Naruto leapt to his with a large grin threatening to tear his face in half before yelling. "YATTA!!" and went racing off to Ichiraku leaving his sensei to follow chuckling in his wake.


Now I knew something wasn't right and my worry grew a hundred fold. I raced back toward my students and told them they had the rest of the day off before I went tearing off toward the Hokage Tower.


'Mendokuse.' Was the first thought that went through my head as I surveyed the reactions of the people around me. Choji was standing next to me with a chip half way toward his mouth, Ino stood next to him shocked and confused by the new turn of events. Asuma had stopped smoking and was now staring at the Hokage with serious eyes showing how bad the situation was.

A little to our left was Team Kurenai, Hinata had fainted, no surprise there, Kiba was kneeling holding her with his mouth hanging wide open in disbelief. Shino on the other hand was harder to judge since he was mostly hidden by his large coat, mask, and sunglasses; but by the way his shoulders were tensed I would say that he was just as shaken as the rest of us. Kurenai was kneeling next to Kiba her hand hovering over Hinata but her eyes showed her uneasiness.

Team Guy was standing to our left. Both Lee and Guy had small rivers of tears leaking down their face but thankfully they both said nothing. Neji looked both worried and disturbed but didn't show any other emotion on his face. Tenten was fingering some of her weapons while biting her lower lip in worry.

Team Kakashi on the other hand was doing the best out of all the teams. The again they did hear everything before we did so they probably had more time to accept it. Also they were there when it happened which probably made it impossible to ignore it. As I finished looking about the room I couldn't help but notice that a lot of people looked like they couldn't believe what they had just heard, but then again I couldn't really believe it either.

To be told that Naruto had grown a pair of golden wings when saving a small village.

To be told that said pair of wings has shattered leaving Naruto in a coma.

To be told that the feathers were in fact parts of Naruto soul and memories.

To be told that if we wanted him to wake up we would need to gather said feathers.

To be told that we were doing all this because some old lady had told us to and not with some legit fact.

'How did all this start anyway? Oh that right we were called here by Shizune…'


"Ah, Asuma-san I'm so glad I found you! Tsunade-sama has requested you presence in her office right away, she also ask that you bring your team with you." Shizune told Team Asuma with a breathless voice as she stopped in front of them. Asuma raised an eyebrow at her.

"Is there a reason why we're being called so suddenly?"

"It's about Naruto; it's an emergency so please hurry I have to find Team Guy." That being said, Shizune turned on her heel and raced away from them leaving a small dust cloud in her wake.

"Well, she said it was important so I guess we should get going guys." Asuma said as he got up and Ino huffed annoyed. "And lady you mean right." She threw a dangerous glare toward their sensei who quickly nodded his head.

"Well lets go see what wrong with Naruto." Ino gave a sigh before throwing her hand into the air.

"Whenever is there something that isn't wrong with him?" She said playful yet at the same time her eyes showed how worried she was. When they got the tower they were slightly surprised when they saw both Team Kurenai and Team Guy.

"Did Tsunade-sama called you here as well?" Kurenai asked surprised. Ino nodded and looked up at the tower worriedly.

"If she called all of us here then it must be something really bad, we should hurry." Tenten said while she and her team made their way into the tower. The other teams were quick to follow. When they reached Tsunade office they weren't too surprised when the say Team Kakashi minus Naruto and Sakura but it did nothing to settle their worries.

"So what did you call us here for?" Kiba asked annoyed. Tsunade took a deep breath before answering.

"If you all remember, not too long ago Naruto and his team met up with Uchiha Sasuke after infiltrating one of Orochimaru hide out." Everybody nodded and Tsunade continued. "Well shortly after they came back I sent their team on another mission with Jaraiya to form an alliance with Spring country because Naruto happens to be a close friend to the queen there."

"Naruto is friends with the Queen of Spring Country?!" Ino asked in disbelief reflecting the faces of everyone there except Team Kakashi, Tsunade nodded before speaking.

"They became friends when their team escorted her back to her home land but that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to tell you that while staying in a small village not too far away from here they were attacked by the Akatsuki."

"Is he alright?" Hinata asked timidly.

"Well sort of…" Tsunade answered while turning to look toward the hospital.

"What does that mean?" Tenten asked.

"Well he's in a coma." There was a stunned silence before a sudden thump as Hinata fainted.

"How the hell did that happened!?" Kiba demanded angrily.

"Well the Akatsuki attacked the town they were staying at and then Naruto saw all the damage being done because he was there and from what I understand he uh… rose into the air… and started singing… which apparently healed everything… then he grew these golden wings that I don't know, made him stronger. Then when he finished his song his wings shattered and he fell into a coma. From a story an old lady told us the only way to wake him up is to collect his feather which are really his memories and pieces of his soul and give them back to him." There was a stunned silence that fell over the group.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Kiba yelled and secretly everyone agreed.

"I'm not, we also have a time limit to gather all of these feathers but I'm not too sure how long we have, also there are five people who will be able to gather feathers much faster than anybody else."

"What Tsunade-sensei says is true. We really do need to gather those feathers." Sakura spoke making everybody realized that they were taking this very seriously and another silence fell over the group.


"Could you explain in more details what happened?" I asked and Tsunade nodded.

"From what I understand Naruto was able to use his own soul as a power source and by doing so caused his soul to shatter and spread all over the world, with out his soul his body can't survive but because he already had a large amount of chakra, his chakra is being used to support his body but once that runs out he will die. This is why we need to gather his feathers which are actually shards of his soul." Tsunade explained.

"What did you mean when you said five people would be able to gather feathers faster than everybody else?" Tenten asked.

"From what I understand the feathers are actually inactive meaning that we'll have to bring them physically back to Naruto for him to regain it, but there are some people who are so close to him that they are able to awaken the feathers by themselves and thus are able to gather feathers at a faster rate than everybody else."

"Why five?" I asked wanting to know if there was some special meaning behind that number.

"Actually there might be more or less depending on who Naruto saw as important." Tsunade answered and I nodded my head while I thought up a list of everyone who could possibly activate the feathers.

"Do you know anyone who can do it right now?" I asked, maybe I'll be able to figure out a connection to these people and Naruto.

"Well that's what our job is supposed to be, we have to find out who can activate his feathers." Kakashi spoke up without looking up from his book. Just then the door slammed open and one very flustered and worried looking Iruka ran into the office.

"Iruka-san you look worried what happened?" Tsunade asked.

"I have no clue what happened but I was out with my student in the academy training yards when all of a sudden I felt this thing, it was some kind of energy but not chakra. So I went to check it out when I got to the source I found a golden feather and I picked it up, then suddenly I was seeing one of Naruto memories. Tell me did something happen to Naruto?"

"Well it seems that we just found one person who is able to activate Naruto feathers, one down four more to go." Kakashi said with a small chuckle while Iruka stood confused in front of the Hokage.

I sighed; really all of this was to mendokuse…


Translations:

Hokage= Fire Shadow (in this case it's a title)

Mendokuse= Troublesome

Well here's chapter 3 and I know that it's shorter than the other two but I think it's fine. If it's a little confusing then please don't hesitate to ask me questions please review!