Chapter 4

Naruto decided to stop calling out her name then suddenly, blood came out of Hinata's nose. "Hinata, Hinata-chan! You're bleeding!"Naruto exclaimed.

Plop, plop! The blood dripped and a pile of blood was already made. "Sai,Captain Yamato, wake up!"screamed Naruto. He ran to their sleeping bag and they disappeared.

"Ahhhhhh!Sai! Captain Yamato!"screamed Naruto, raising his voice. He turned there was that girl with red silky hair again. Naruto noticed this was all just an illusion.

"Uhh-,"uttered Naruto, unable to move. The girl with red hair smiled and ran. "Wait!"ran and scream by Naruto. He chased after the girl.

She finally stopped and questioned,"What do you want?" Naruto replied,"Huh..?You took me here." The girl started to run again, ignoring Naruto.

While running,Naruto screamed,"Wait..!You said I'm going to learn something..!" The background turned into a pitch black color.

The girl disappeared then a voice whispered,"In back of you.." Naruto looked back and seen the girl with silky red hair. She had no expression.

Tears came out of her eyes.. He gasped and exclaimed,"Hey!Why are you crying?" A village came into view. There was a sign that said "Hidden in the Trees".

Naruto found out that this was a village with trees everywhere. "My name is Azumi,"the red headed girl told Naruto. "My name means;Safe residence."

Naruto smiled and nodded,"Ahh.." A girl came out of a village house that looked just like Azumi. "Is that you?!"asked Naruto, shockingly. "Yes.."Azumi nodded.

Note: Naruto is in an illusion which is showing him; Azumi's past life.

(Azumi and Naruto are looking through her past in an illusion.)


Azumi's Past Life

Azumi came out of her house and looked up the sky. "Another beautiful day!"she said, cheerfully. An annoying little girl voice came out,"Azumi, Azumi!"

Azumi looked at the little girl and asked,"What is it?" The little girl pointed to her left, where she came from. Azumi turned and seen enemies attacking the village.

Everyone started panicking and escaping. She got upset and worried then her parents came out panicking also. Azumi didn't know what to do..

She seen her friend, Saito fighting an enemy so she ran to help. "Why are they attacking us?"asked Azumi, fiercely fighting. "Our trees..,"replied Saito.

The fight became so huge that a war came in. It took two days then the Hidden Tree was destroyed and all of the villagers had died.

The enemies had cut down many trees and left the Hidden Tree abandoned and none of the dead bodies were found. After that, the village was known as a forest.

Since there were no survivors, it was now known as a forest filled with Illusions from the death of the Hidden Tree people.


Back with Naruto and Azumi

"Ehh?So, you died by the war..?"asked Naruto, feeling freaked out. She nodded with a smile and whispered,"This forest has illusions because it's haunted.."

Naruto froze and stuttered,"Ehhh?! Uhh- so ghosts are real..?" Azumi chuckled and said,"You can go now.." Naruto smile and said,"Yea-h.." then he stopped.

He looked back and asked,"Are you coming with me to the real world or not?" A silence broke in and she replied,"I cant.." Tears came out of Azumi's eyes.

Naruto's eyes widened and he asked,"Why not?" She sniffed, smiled then replied,"I'm ..." "DEAD" After hearing those words, Naruto's eyes widened then half closed.

He faked a smile and stuttered,"S-so.. y-y-you're a ghost?!" Tears ran down her cheeks. "W-why are y-you crying?!"he scarcely asked, shaking.

Azumi faked a smile with tears and replied,"All you people ever do is think of me as a monster.." Hearing that, Naruto became sad, understanding her pain.

"Don't cry,"he sadly whispered.. Azumi heard him and cried even louder. He quickly grabbed her hand and hugged her. Naruto said,"It's okay.."

Azumi's eyes had widened then she started to smile and hugged him back. "Thank you..,"she replied.. "I've been stuck here, forever.."

Naruto stopped hugging her and exclaimed,"What?!That's not fair!" She smiled and said,"But thanks..I'm about to go through recardination.." Naruto was confused..

"Really? But how?!,"he asked, taking a step back. "Because.. you learned your lesson in this Illusional forest,"explained Azumi, looking up. A bright light came to view.

Azumi started to fly up to that bright light. Naruto jumped and screamed,"What do you mean?!" She suddenly disappeared then Naruto did the jutsu,"Release.."

He came back to where he was. Everyone was asleep except Naruto. The next morning, he woke up from the smell of fish. Naruto looked around and seen Hinata.

She also just woke and started to daydream.. "Hinata!"yelled Naruto, waving his hands around her face. She stopped and replied,"Y-yes?"

Naruto looked down and asked,"Can I tell you something?" She awkwardly smiled, stood up, and excused,"I have to do something.." Sternly, Naruto said,"Please.!"

She stopped the fake smile and sat back down. Naruto told her about his illusion. Hinata gasped and commented,"So, that was the message all along.."

Captain Yamato came back and said,"You guys are finally awake..Let's go." Hinata and Naruto nodded and they all went walking.

Sai and Captain Yamato were walking in the front of Naruto and Hinata. "You guys are so slow, back there..!"Captain Yamato whined. Hinata turned red and Naruto looked up and said,"Don't try to rush us!"

Sai flipped the pages of his book and when he found the right page, he smiled. "It is said that if two people are alone in the back, they may be hiding something,"explained Sai, skimming through his book.

"No, we're not.."replied Hinata, hiding her face with her bangs. She seemed very nervous for a second. They stopped walking and Naruto said,"I'll tell you guys later.."

Captain Yamato looked at Naruto sternly then smiled and said,"Alright!" Team 7 began to walk again. Hinata whispered,"Sppss... Naruto..!" Naruto turned to look.

She blushed with her wide lavender eyes and whispered,"Y-you're really going to tell them that this forest is haunted..?" He turned to look at the dirt as he walked.

"Yeah..,"replied Naruto, quietly. He smiled then added in,"but they wouldn't believe me. ^.^" Hinata blushed as she stared at his smile... "Aaah...Ahh.." Hinata fainted.

Captain Yamato and Sai turned around and seen Hinata on the floor. "What did you do this time?"asked Captain Yamato with a deformed face.

Naruto's eye began to twitch then he whined,"I DIDN'T DO A THING!" Helping Hinata up, Naruto heard the bushes moving. He looked around and seen Azumi run.

"Bye!"yelled Naruto, waving his hands. Azumi turned back and smiled. Captain Yamato asked,"Who did you say that to?" Naruto smiled and replied,"To the Tree Village!" (;

Captain Yamato smiled and asked,"How did you know?" Naruto went on,"Because..WAIT! Do you know about this Tree Village's history?"

Captain Yamato smiled and replied,"Of course." Naruto gasped and smiled.

To Be Continued