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Chapter Six: Night Terrors, Story Tellers and Party Goers, Oh My! Part 1

Nariko POV

I was suddenly aware of the darkness around me. It wasn't welcoming, nor familiar. No, it was thick, stuffy and felt heavy. Not like air, but fog. I turned around and opened my mouth. I quickly shut it when I began to choke. Could… Could you even choke on air? I felt dizzy and thinking fast, I held the top of my robe that Ojii-san got me over my mouth and nose.

I closed my eyes. Slowly I bent down and sat on my haunches. "Hey! Over there!" What? "Get out of the village! Evacuate!" W-Where am I? What's going on? Uhh, my head. Who am I? What the heck's going on?

"Nariko. Get up." Nariko? W-Was that me? "Nariko, get up." Yes, that's it! Uzumaki Nariko. I looked up at the girl that spoke to me.

"W-Who are you?" I asked weakly.

"My name is Dai." She said. I stood to look at her. She had a beautiful face and light blue hair that tumbled down her shoulders. Behind her, I saw an orange glow. It looked like… like…

"Fire!" I gasped. Dai nodded. I stumbled forward and pushed her out of my way. I saw we were in an ally. Not just any ally, but the filthiest, ugliest, nastiest one in the whole village. I ignored that. I ignored the splashes my bare feet made in the puddles of warm liquid. I focused solely on the sight before me.

Dai was suddenly in front of me. "Stop," she said, her voice was strange. Though the ally wasn't that narrow, her voice seemed to come from everywhere. "Nariko, calm yourself." She put a delicate hand on my shoulder.

"How do you know my name? Where are we? Are… Are those fox ears?" I asked, losing it as I realized that she had little fuzzy, ears on her head. Now that I was no longer dizzy, I saw that she had purple eyes.

"I am Dai, Nariko. Now, don't be frightened, this is but a shadow of the past. Now, be silent and I will show you."

I nodded, letting her take my hand and lead me into the battle. I gasped in amazement. Everything other then us were moving slowly. I turned to ask Dai why that was… but she was gone.

"D-Dai? Dai?! DAI?!" I cried, but only the cries of pain and anguish around me answered. She-She left? She just 'poof!' and like that she was gone?! How? All these thoughts whirled around like angered bees until I was standing across from with one of me dearest friends. I could only see half of his face. His eyes were like fire and his fur like rays of sun light. He bared his fangs and roared. I felt my heart pause and my blood go cold. Standing before me, destroying my home… was Kyuubi. "No." I thought. It wasn't possible. My giant ball of fluff was not a monster. But, wait…

Across the lot from him, was another? A blue fox. Blue… but this fox was smaller. And unconscious. Then he cried out again. But I understood it this time. It was not one of hatred, of scorn or disdain, but one of sorrow. He was staring and- what was that… a… tear. No, tears.

Kyuubi was crying. My heart dropped and crumbled a little. Who did this to my poor Kyuubi?

I walked over to him. "Kyuubi…" I gasped as a kunai struck Kyuubi's ear, and I knew not to interfere. So, I ran over to the blue fox and found the last person I ever thought to be there…

Normal POV

Naruto woke with a jerk. What was that? He listened harder. Then it hit him. He leapt out of bed and opened his bedroom door. Rushing to his sister's room he noted in horror that her door was open and her things in a wreck.

He ran into the living room and saw a kunai lying on the floor with blood on it. He picked it up and held it up to his nose. Just as he thought. Nariko's blood. Luckily, he found another little pool of it, then another and another. Naruto followed the pools of blood to the kitchen.

And in the corner of the room, curled into a ball, was Nariko. Her eyes were clenched shut, tears flowed down her cheeks and her foot was pouring blood from a gash on the heel caused by the kunai in the living room. He saw her lips moving, and bent over to hear her.

"…Dai?...Where are you?"

Nariko POV

I saw a figure by the blue fox. It was small and unmoving. It did not breath. I gat closer and saw it was a baby girl. She had strawberry blond hair and a pale face. She was dying. But the figure of the fox was staring at the baby.

She reached her paw out and touched it to the infant's stomached. The fox glowed and smiled at my, as if aware of my presence.

The child's eyes flew open and she giggled as the fox smiled weakly at her. "Goodbye, dear." the fox said and fell to the ground. Then she faded and a bright light shrouded them.

I saw the baby be swooped up and carried away. As I turned around, I saw the face of one of the greatest events in history.

The village was in pandemonium. Women fled to safety and men stood ready to attack. The great nine-tailed beast stood before them, baring his fangs in displeasure. A man stood in front of the mighty beast. What was he to do?

He knew something had to be done. The man's long, spiked, blond hair hung in his eyes. "You dare confront me, puny human? Why do you not flee? Why don't you run? Why aren't you helping your wife and children?" the demon taunted.

"I am not afraid. My family is not your concern. What is your business here, great demon?" the man replied coolly.

"Tell me; are you the leader of this village?"

"I am. I am the Fourth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf." The demon chuckled at the man.

"I will destroy this village. Watch it burn!" I saw it. In his eyes, there wasn't a need for power, but a pain that I couldn't place. The fox demon lunged at the Hokage Tower. He destroyed homes and shops with no remorse. The Hokage leapt into action, striking the demon. Kyuubi wasn't looking for power.

The demon fell to the ground, awed at the power of the warrior. "Leave this place, great nine-tail!" The Demon rose again, lunging at the Hokage. The Hokage struck the demon again, the demon howled in pain. No, I thought, Kyuubi was looking for the other fox. Could they not see? Were they blind?

A needle stuck into the demon's neck. The demon fell into a death-like state. The Hokage ran to his friend and looked at the infants in his arms. He stared at the twins. The man, he was holding the girl that almost died. Her and a boy. I saw his friend say something and the Hokage nodded. He picked up the boy up and laid him by the great beast. He sealed the demon in the child and collapsed onto the ground,

The two children wailed. The world held its breath. Everyone gasped when the Hokage went limp. He was their hero. They stared dumbly at him before the women broke into tears. Rain fell and the birds stopped singing. The Hokage… was dead.

"Nariko, wake up!" a voice called to me. "C'mon, sis…" I felt the cold, hard ground under me. Was I lying on the floor? There was a burning feeling coming from my foot. Then a familiar smell hit me. Blood. Why was I bleeding? Oh no… I feel kind of…

I jumped up, moving as fast as I could to the bathroom. I heard Naruto groan as I left a trail of warm, fresh blood behind me. But I couldn't worry about that right now, I was going to be sick.

Later: Nariko POV

I blinked owlishly up at my brother. He frowned. Not good. "Ohayō gozaimasu, Nii-san," I said weakly. He frowned and helped me stand up. Oh, he was not happy.

"Do you know what you did last night?"

"Well, considering that 1) I was asleep and 2) you're gonna tell me anyway, iie, I don't know what I did last night." I said, rolling my eyes. Naruto sighed and pulled me into the living room.

"Nariko, you had a Night Terror last night. You wondered around into the living room, stepped on a kunai, gashed your foot open, curled up in a corner and started to cry and talk about someone named Dai."

I stared at him, not believing him. "But, I never have nightmares, much less night terrors!"

"I know, and that's what's scaring me." Naruto said. He looked really concerned. Just then the door opened and Takeo frowned at me.

"Nariko-chan, you really should watch out for your headset." He tossed me my headset. [ya know, the head set communicator thingy?] Just then, Mika walked out of my room. Takeo gave her a 'wtf' look, and I grinned.

"Hey, where'd the fluff balls go?" she asked.

"I… er…"

Takeo shook his head. Suddenly I was dive bombed by little furry critters.

"Ack!" Standing in front of me were the four kittens. There was a little brown boy named Kibou, a ginger girl named Tora, a black and white boy named Kishiro and white girl named Miyu. They Mewled pitifully and padded over to me.

"You are a bad mother, Nari-san," Takeo teased. I smiled at them and got down to hold them. They pawed at my baggy camouflage pants. I realized I only saw three kittens. Then I felt little claws on my back.

I jumped t the little, 'mew' that came from right by my ear. "Tora-chan," I laughed as I felt her snuggle into the hood of my parka that Kiba gave me.

"Yeah, well they don't stay still." I said.

11: 30

Everyone was gathering around the tower. My friends and I sat with the kittens and we all said how wonderful it was. Ojii-sama let Mika and I come up and make a speach.

"As I look around and see all of my friends, I think how luck am I? Because of my dearst friend I got to meet many of you, and others I met by almost plowing you down in Naruto's 'Run For the Ramen'. I love all of my friends, but I have to say, Mika was with me the most." I looked around and saw everyone looking at my. "I spent alot of time with her. We had our lazy days with Shika-kun, training days with Kiba, buffet days with Choji, shopping with Tenten and Hinata, missions with Takeo who I still feel like I don't understand, Hell Days with Reika and sometimes, just plain days. We've gone around with camcorders and camras, taking funny pictures of Kiba adn everyone else when they were off gaurd, made bets and laughed when I lost yet agian, yelled at each other and learned about all of our corks."

Mika laughed. "We've trained, laughed, eat and even cried with each other. We poke fun at each other, curse each other out, brake into each others' houses and never freak when one of us randomlywalks out of the other's bed room when we didn't know we were there. But all of that is just one year."

"Just 365 days in our lives. Just imagine what we'll come up with next year. maybe snakes in Takeo's socks, pudding in our bags, black spray paint on the windows..."

"Oh yeah, sis, one more year of pranks, one more year of spying on others and one more year of having the greatest friend in the world!" Mika said. I turned away from them to wipe the stray tear from my eye, but mika caught me. I turned to see her crying too. We smiled and hugged each other as everyone cheered.

"No, one more year of having the best sister in the world." I said and the clock struck twelve. "Happy New Year! Get ready, cause this year we're coming back with twice the crazypranks!" I saw a few people pale and Mika and I laughed evilly.

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