Naruto opens his eyes to see children running around a playground. The young man quickly got to his feet. He can hear children laughing and yelling at each other. Then a kid run right through Naruto before he joins some of his friends. The young man pats himself down then looks around in confusing.

A female voice said, "Naruto, you are in your memories at this moment. We are currently in a memory from your past."

Naruto looks where the voice is coming from. The young man is shock to see a girl his age near him. The young woman has light brown skin with dark green hair. She has kind blue eyes that show great Kindness in her eyes. The young woman is wearing a dress with small leaves as a design. She let out a small laugh at Naruto's face. He looks cute with that confused look on his face.

A shock Naruto ask, "Is that really you, Bethesade?!"

Bethesade nods her head, "Yes this is my true form before I took my tree form. I have a long life span that rival the Uzumaki Clan in their prime. Before you ask, my body ages very slowly which why I look like this."

A confused Naruto said, "But, your tree form is huge in size. How can your human form be so small when your tree form is huge?"

Bethesade sigh, "My tree form collects chakra from the air and earth. Come on, we need get your head straight."

Naruto frown at what Bethesade said. He knew her family was hunted down by greed of man. Maybe, the young man oversteps his boundary with Bethesade. Naruto follows Bethesade as the children play around them. He sees the young woman stop few seconds.

Bethesade said, "I should not snap at you. But, when you have people hunting you down for your gifts. A simple question like you ask before can cause a lot of heartache for me. But, I do trust you. The only problem is that I have to keep Zazie and I safe from evil people."

Naruto did not know what say to the young woman. While he is hated by the people of his home, they did not hunt him down like an animal. Naruto wonder what kind of gifts that Bethesade's family have in their possession to kill for. Naruto knows Bethesade trust him but she is keeping secrets from him.

Naruto moves from the topic, "You point out that we are in my memories. I do not remember this place at all. Is this from my mind begin mess up in the first place?"

Bethesade reply, "Yes, you are slowly gaining your lost memories back. We looking for something that should not be here. As you can see, we are in a playground with a lot of children. But, you not running around the playground."

Naruto looks around the playground to see his younger self. But, he does not see himself running around the playground. The young man heads for the swing set. Bethesade sees Naruto heading toward his right. This puzzle the young woman as she follows Naruto. After a few feet, they see a steel wall with number of seals.

Bethesade frown at the sight, "Someone with great skill put up this mental barrier. If I am not mistaken, this looks like a Yamanaka mind seal. I wonder what is behind this seal."

Naruto said, "I know for a fact that the sandbox and swing set should behind the seal. But if the Yamanaka Clan is behind this…"

The young woman looks at Naruto, "Then the Hokage might be hiding something from you. I can see where you are coming from."

Bethesade step closer to the wall and put her hand on the wall. Naruto sees the seals turning into dust. Then the steel wall turns a red color. The wall slowly turns into rust and fell down. The young woman fell to one knee. Naruto notices Bethesade is on one knee. The young man rushes over to Bethesade.

Naruto ask, "Bethesade, what happen to you?"

Bethesade panting, "I am fine but if the other mental seals are like this complex seal. We are going have problems getting your memories back."

Naruto looks ahead to see his child self-playing with Zazie. They are building sand castles in the sand. Bethesade stands back and watch the memory. She sees two children playing in the sandbox. Bethesade wonder why this memory was seal.

Naruto said, "Zazie and I play here whenever she had free time. We swing on the swing set and play tag. I wonder why these memories were seal."

Bethesade put her hand on Naruto's shoulder, "We will figure out that question later. For now, we need to get these mental barrier seals off of you."

"After you unseal this memory, most my memories are coming back to me. Could this be some kind of master seal on my memories?"

Bethesade pondering what Naruto said, "That would have explained why I had a hard time with the seal. Why was there such a complex mental barrier seal blocking these memory?"

Naruto walks around the sandbox with his younger self and Zazie. He is searching for something that would cause this memory to be sealed. The young man stops at the benches. Naruto thought, he sees light shadow on the bench. He looks behind the bench to see a human shadow. Naruto waves Bethesade to the bench. The young woman feels something is off about the bench.

Bethesade said, "A memory has been destroyed here. Who or what did a great job erasing this memory?"

Naruto ask, "Can you tell what the memory was?"

"I feel happiness and love from a young woman. I think she is a young mother. As I said, the memory was erase. Even with my power, I cannot begin back a memory."

Naruto look at the younger Zazie, "How about Zazie remembering the woman, who was sitting here?"

Bethesade reply, "I do not think that Zazie will remember her. Of course, we can ask her when we are done."

Naruto nods his head as Bethesade wave her hand. They disappear in a white light. After few seconds, they arrive in a dark room. Naruto looks around the dark room. The young woman let out a small cruse. They appear in a destroyed memory which means the memory is gone.

Bethesade said, "I cannot do anything here. We better move on."

Naruto reply, "Of course, we need to fix my memories before something happens to them."

Writer's notes: I am still working on this story. Yes, the update is short chapter.