A/N: This was written for Makura-chan and my new muse, Maker Of Eden, who has contributed greatly as to what will be going on with this story. So I thank the two of you for your help!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Bleach. If I did I sure as hell wouldn't be writing a fanfiction of them. Nor do I own the song from Naruto, Natsuhiboshi. Though I find it a sad song, and I am inspired by it I don't have any claims.

Summary: Love has always evaded the Jinchuuriki. For as long as Naruto lived a single secret had remained that, whilst few ever tried to see it. When one finally succeeded everything ended and was forced into the open. Trying to keep this new place from falling all the same our favorite Jinchuuriki must stop the enemy that ruined everything and redeem the villages that were lost. NarutoxBleach crossover

Pairings: FemNaruxHarem (of sorts), Later there will be ItachixSoiFon…

Thoughts/emphasis/elements talking/Flashback/Dream

Zanpaktou/Demon

Hollow

Dangerous Love

Chapter 7: The Lost Soul

Previously

*Unknown (yet again, the creepy randomness!)*

The creature let out a fearsome roar and leapt to its' feet, racing toward the master and panting heavily, menacing growls erupted from the beasts chest as it lowered itself before the master.

"Go."

With that one command the beast took to the skies and released its power.

*With Mitsuki*

It's all wrong. It wasn't supposed to be this way. I won't give up until he's gone, and I won't go back on my word. I'll find a way for us to have another chance, I have to. For all of us.

"To do what is right or to fix your regrets?" asked an unknown voice.

Who's there?

*With Itachi*

To protect, that was his answer. Always, to protect, to help, for peace, for a better tomorrow…but now…now it was because everything is all wrong. It wasn't supposed to be this way. I can't give up until he's gone, until I've kept my promise. I'll find a way for us to have another chance, I have to. For all of them.

"To do what is right or to fix your regrets?" asked an unknown voice.

Who said that?

Now

*Mitsuki*

Mitsuki awoke with a jolt of fear and panic, the dream had been too real and achingly familiar. She had had those dreams before, when she and Itachi had first found themselves in the forest of the Rukongai districts, the forest that had reminded them of the home they still loved and hated to know they would never see again. The nightmares were her guilt eating at her from the inside, they were her shame of knowing that she had tried and failed to save so many people, the innocents and her precious people, and it stung enough to leave a lingering mark on her being.

Mitsuki felt it with all her being, the guilt that ate away from her. Sure everyone she had seen before they died didn't blame her and they told her it wasn't her fault…but how could she feel otherwise? They had died, they had died and she had lived and it wasn't enough. I should have done more, I should have been there for them, I should have…there were many things I should have done, so many regrets, and whoever sent the dream had to have known, thought Mitsuki. That dream must have been sent. There was a voice, one I didn't know, I'm sure of it!

Mitsuki could no longer sleep with her mind running in guilt ridden circles and the memories brought back to the surface. She quietly rose and dressed for the day in a new outfit she had from a sealing scroll. If there was one thing she was glad she had been able to retain in this new world it had been the ability to seal things. Leaving her room, she walked down the stairs, careful to avoid anything that might make a sound loud enough to wake up any of the others, and walked outside. Jumping up to the roof, she took a seat and stared at the sky, that never ending shade of darkness with only stars to light it up so it didn't swallow her being and absorb her into it. Then there was the moon. The moon that was bright, like the sun but different. Like everyone. Everyone was the moon, they would shine with help from the sun and the sun, in return, promised an everlasting light to guide their path and lead them forward.

It was almost peaceful. Mitsuki felt it in her heart, and the winds whirled around her in a silent tune of melancholic joy. A sad song that turned the world, with words only she remembered, so she sang, "Natsuhiboshi, naze akai? Yuube kanashii yume wo mita. Naita hanashita. Akai me yo natsuhiboshi naze mayou? Keita warashi wo sagashiteru dakara kanashii yume wo miru. (English: Summer Day Star, why is it red? Last night I had sad dreams. Crying as I spoke with red eyes Summer Day Star, why is it lost? I'm searching for a child who vanished and so I will see sad dreams.)"

"Mi-Mitsuki-chan?" asked a hesitant voice from below.

*Itachi*

Itachi woke silently, his shinobi training kicking in from all the years of being silent no matter what the situation. His eyes were wide and his breathing was slightly hitched, but no other signs of distress were visible to the eye. Calming himself Itachi recounted his dream, no, his nightmare. The words were truthful, but blades that cut through everything he believed. It was making him question things he had done for the sake of peace and brought all the inner turmoil that he had long since silenced to the surface and for once Itachi was willing to admit he was no longer okay; he needed someone, the only person who could understand him completely.

Shifting out of bed, Itachi attended to his immediate needs and calmed himself by making his bed and putting on clothing similar to that of his days in ANBU. He let himself drift as he walked to his Captain's office, thinking intensely about the dream that had shattered some of his resolve and strengthened it all at once. There was someone else there, someone controlling the dream, thought Itachi, but who would have that power? No one in Seirietei has shown abilities such as what I experienced…there is more to this than meets the eye and I do not like the implications. It seems he is ready to make the next move and all the pieces are falling into place.

"Itachi-fukutaichou?" queried Soifon, she had never seen her fukutaichou look so disturbed and it worried her. "Is everything alright?"

"Hai, demo, I need to go to Rukongai for a few hours, would that be alright Taichou?" asked Itachi, his voice wavering slightly and his face blank.

"Alright but return here soon, the ryouka should be arriving soon and you are part of our best defense," said Soifon. Itachi had been in her division for a long time, he had advanced quickly and had easily been marked a prodigy, but there were some things that evaded her knowledge of him, but this was something he needed, it was more than just him going to Rukongai and it was obvious to her how much going was a necessity for him.

"Arigatou, Taichou," said Itachi. "I will return quickly. By your leave?"

"You are dismissed," said Soifon.

Itachi bowed and quickly left in the direction of the Rukongai district he could sense Mitsuki in. It was barely there, but a pulse of reiatsu close to Mitsuki told him someone else was there as well, it felt familiar, and yet it was one he couldn't place. It would seem, speaking to Mitsuki about the nightmare would wait. First there was a story to hear, just waiting to be told from the lost soul that was both familiar and not.

A/N: I'm so sorry this is short but I wanted to post this now since today 8/27, though in some places it is already 8/28, is my birthday and I wanted something to be put out there. I thank my imouto-chan for the post of a story she is writing just for me that occurred at midnight!