Hey everyone! Here's the new chapter. Sorry if it's a bit short... I still hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, just the idea of this story..

"I-It's alright. It was just a nightmare. No problem!"

He gave me a funny look, but seemed to accept my answer and went back to his pile of blankets.

Jeez, after that, I won't be able to sleep.

The images will keep repeating in my head. It's a shame to say that it was a true event, too. However, unlike the Uchiha massacre, nobody but me knew about this one.

Once I untied myself, it was around 3 a.m. With the tears still flowing from my eyes, I went around the house, picking up the dead bodies and throwing them into the large fireplace. It was awful, especially when I had to pick up my mother. After that, I cleaned the blood off the floor, walls, and ceiling, and repainted everything. By the time I was done, it was 8 a.m. and everything looked the same as it always did.

There was no way I was going to tell anyone.

I had to act normal and say that they left to travel the world. I vowed to avenge my family, but my father practically disappeared from the world. I thought the nightmares would stop. I mean, it's been 3 years since it happened, but I guess the memory will stay with me forever.

I try for sleep once more and succeed, but only to be met with another, even worse nightmare.

There I was, age 12, standing in a place worse than home: the Forest of Death. Naruto, Sasuke, and I had just made our secret code for whenever we were separated. Once we all got back together, Naruto was blown away, leaving Sasuke and I to face some weird snake lady. Sasuke and I looked into her eyes and we were drawn to a world that showed us our deaths. The both of us were paralyzed and couldn't move. The fear was controlling us, making me cry and Sasuke throw up.

She threw two kunais at us, but Sasuke was able to move and pull us into a tree. He had stabbed his leg to get rid of the fear, but I could still see it there in his eyes. I was worried about him and was going to ask him how he was when he covered my mouth. Suddenly, a huge snake appeared behind us, Sasuke not noticing at all. We jumped away and then Sasuke proceeded to fight with this creepy woman.

After a few minutes, she suddenly bit his neck, and three black, spiral commas appeared. He gripped his neck in pain and passed out. The woman disappeared while I went to Sasuke to comfort him. All I could do at the time was cry. Not even Naruto could help me. He was hanging on a tree, also passed out. I was able to get them both situated under a small alcove and get some cold water on their foreheads.

Suddenly, a twig snapped. The woman from earlier reappeared and stood before me, looking as scary as ever. Trying to act brave, I stood in front of the boys with a kunai in hand. I made the mistake of looking into her eyes yet again. This time, I saw everyone getting killed, including myself. I even saw my family there.

Once I came to, she was biting my neck and the same marks Sasuke had appeared on my neck. Then, she poofed away, leaving me crying in agony on the floor. There was no way I could stop fighting the pain! I can't let down Sasuke and Naruto!

What was worse than the pain was the images flooding my mind. Everyone precious to me was dying and it was all my fault. I only I wasn't so weak! If only I would've gotten there earlier!

I deserve to die!

When I opened my eyes, I saw the sun rising through the horizon, turning the sky a blood red. Sasuke was leaning against the cave wall, silently eating some tomatoes. I slowly sat up, stretching my arms and back, attempting to get out all of the kinks from sleeping on a rock floor.

Sasuke switched his glance from his tomatoes to me, acknowledging my awakening. I pulled together my blankets and put them away. After that, I put on my now dry clothes and pulled out some onigiri.

Once we finished our meals, we set off to the Sand village in a peaceful silence.

The mission was pretty uneventful. We went to the village, got the scroll, and came back to Konoha with no trouble at all.

Well, I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry about the repetetive nightmares, but it's leading up to something, so don't worry!!

Please review for the next chapter, pwease? :3