Note: I made a mistake in the last chapter that I didn't catch in time, Riolu's eyes AKA: Blade are not red but blue, sorry for any confusion.

It was tough getting out of that place, but we had made it… somehow. I'm still confused about the sudden strength I have but I'm not complaining much. It did after all get us Riolu. Though, what I didn't really understand, was the strange visions I've been getting… maybe, it has something to do with the past, but whatever is causing them, they're getting stronger and stronger. Just, just what could the images and sounds that flash through my mind be trying to tell me!?

Naruto and Hinata groaned as they ran out of the cave. Just thankful that they had managed to escape with their lives, though Naruto wondered what had happened to Itachi. At the moment though, Naruto was just happy to have grabbed Riolu from that place and to bring him back to Arashi. Looking back at Hinata, he saw that her face was a little red from all the running they had to do, her heart was beating so loud that he could clearly hear it from where he was standing. She gasped for breath, her one hand on her shaky knee as she tried to get herself to relax. Had to have been one hell of a run for her to be this tired.

"You… alright?" asked Hinata between wheezing breaths.

Naruto nodded, unable to speak for the time being, worn out himself. Though, he knew that right now Riolu had to head on home. Arashi had to still be waiting for them to come back. Riolu looked up at Naruto and tilted his head. As if he was trying to figure out where he's seen him before. "I've seen you before…" said Riolu while blinking his innocent blue eyes at Naruto, the spiky ears twitching against the blonde man's cheek.

Naruto looked down and frowned in confusion. How could this Pokémon have seen him before when he never met this Riolu before in his life? Shaking his head, Naruto calmly said "sorry little guy, but I don't remember meeting you." The small Pokémon just frowned before shrugging and jumping out of Naruto's arms and stretched. Naruto was a little confused, the more he looks at Riolu, the more he notices that the small Pokémon wasn't hurt at all. In fact, he seems fine. Is there something that he was missing?

"Naruto? Hinata?"

Both young adults turned and saw Arashi rushing towards them. His eyes wide with worry and concern, soon though that had changed into relief when he saw that none of them were hurt. Naruto just gave the old man a thumbs up and a big grin. As if saying that the mission was a success. Even though he had failed to capture the Shadow Pokémon, Naruto knew that he had done a good deed by saving this Riolu. Nothing was wrong with that, though he still had so many questions, questions about the strange visions he's been having the more he seems to battle or the more he encounters people that he feels like he's met them before somehow. Though at the moment, he didn't have time to think about that, he had to get himself and Hinata a pair of goggles and head over to the next town. Maybe there would be some more answers for him there.

"Blade!" shouted Arashi with a smile on his face. The tiny Pokémon smiled before jumping into the older man's arms and nuzzling his chest. It must have been a while since they've seen each other. Either way, it was such a tender moment enough to bring a tear to one's eye. Naruto of course tried to hide his own tears at the scene. Wanting to keep the tough guy act, even for a moment. Though sadly, it seemed that wasn't meant to be for Hinata elbowed him in the side as if saying 'I know your crying'.

Okay, so maybe it was too late to keep the fact that he can cry a secret from Hinata… but he could have at least have kept it a secret from Arashi. Come on, the guy is tough as nails… though not including this very moment.

Suddenly, Riolu/Blade jumped from Arashi's arms and stood in front of Naruto with wide blue eyes. His smile was bright and friendly. Arashi blinked in confusion as if he was trying to figure out what Blade was trying to do, or even trying to say. Suddenly, what Riolu said had caused Naruto to go into shock. "I want to go with you; I want to stop people from using Pokémon like machines. Please let me come with you Mina- I mean Naruto."

Naruto stared at the Pokémon with wide eyes. How was it possible that… wait, had he been about to call him Minato? Okay, what is with that? There is no way that he could look like this 'Minato' person… unless; there was more to it than he thinks. Either way, he had to keep going… but could he bring Blade with him on this journey when he didn't belong to Naruto in the first place? Looking up at Arashi, he said "Blade wants to come with me… but, I don't know if I should after all… he's yours."

Arashi gave a small smile, the kind of smile that a grandfather would give to his grandchild. He didn't know why Arashi was staring at him like that, but what he did know is that it made Naruto feel weird to be given that kind of smile. What Arashi said, confused him completely… "You can take Blade with you, I trusted you to save him, so why shouldn't I trust you to look after him?" After he said that, the old man reached into his pocket and pulled out Blade's pokéball before handing it to Naruto. "Take good care of him Naruto." He smiled a bit, causing Naruto to smile in return.

It wouldn't be so bad to raise a Riolu… in fact, Naruto always wanted one because he finds their attacks to be amazing, not to mention their speed and agility. Though, his favourites were still the Eevee evolutions than anything else. "Blade return," said Naruto, causing a beam of red light to shoot out of the pokéball and engulfing Blade before he was placed into his pokéball. Looking down at the smooth object in his hand, he wondered if he would be able to take care of his Pokémon, ever since the vision he had with that demon guy, he… he's been having doubts about himself. Not to mention, he worries about Hinata's life.

"One last thing Naruto… Hinata, you both ride a hover bike correct?"

"Yeah, why?" said Naruto with confusion.

Arashi chuckled before holding out two pairs of goggles. One, looked almost like Naruto's old pair though the strap was red, and the eye pieces just covered his eyes though were tinted so dark that it reminded him of those one way mirrors. They would come in handy to cover his eyes changed on him while talking to Pokémon. Looking over, he looked at the second pair; the pieces mostly just covered the eyes, the lenses wrapped around in a soft looking material that wouldn't irritate the wearer. The lenses were clear though the strap was lavender as were the material that rimmed the glass.

All Naruto could think was how cool they looked though he didn't care what they looked like. Smiling, he took the pair with the dark glass and slid it over his head and over his eyes to test it out. Wow… dark yes though not too dark to block his vision. The young man could clearly see Hinata grab the other pair and put them on. She frowned a bit wondering why hers wasn't dark.

"Press the left side of the goggles Hinata," said Arashi with a chuckle.

Hinata did just that, and before she knew it the glass darkened to black. So, they could also act as sun glasses while they were on the road. That would come in handy. Looking back at Arashi, Naruto said "thanks for everything Arashi. But, if I may ask… why are you giving us these?"

Arashi sighed softly as he said "well, I guess you could say that I wanted to return your kindness but, also to do something nice in my son's place."

"Huh?"

"It's nothing Naruto. Just head on to the next town, there you just might find the answers that you seek there."

Naruto frowned, how would Arashi know that he was seeking answers to anything? Shrugging that mentally to himself, he turned to Hinata as he said "I'm ready to go, you?" Hinata looked up at Naruto and just smiled at him before nodding.

"I'm ready to go Naruto." She said with a sweet and tender smile. It was enough to make Naruto's heart skip a beat and his face to grow red and hot. Gulping, he gently wrapped his hand around Hinata's forearm and started to head on to the bike. Though, he had missed what Arashi had said…

"Do you see him Minato? I had thought that he had died long ago with you and Kushina… but, I guess that wasn't the case. He grew up into the kind of man that you both hoped he would become. I bet your both very proud of him, as am I to be very proud of my grandson." Arashi said with a smile, tears brimming the edges of his eyes.


Naruto drove on through the desert. He didn't know how long it was going to take to get to the next town. But, from what he had heard, Hinata has her god mother there along with someone who was the god father for a friend of her family's. Then, of course it was also where Hinata's family lives. Though, why did it feel like he had a bad feeling coming around? Frowning, he shook his head, trying to ignore it but the chill… the chill that he was feeling wouldn't leave him alone.

As he rode off, Naruto tried to keep his mind focused on the drive, but it seemed his mind wanted to be in other places. Flashes of red, green, and blonde danced in his vision. Screams and strange sounds echoed through his ears. Naruto's hand tightly gripped the handles of his bike as he tried to ignore the visions. But it seemed that they were taking over his vision. He could see something… it was white cloth… a jacket? Whose jacket could it be? He didn't know what was going on but he wanted this all to stop.

The voices echoed through his mind, he couldn't decipher them but what he could make out, was that it belonged to a woman. Gritting his teeth, Naruto heard the sounds of flesh being ripped apart, the sound of agony and pain. Naruto tried to get it all to stop! Why wouldn't these visions leave him alone?! Wasn't it bad enough that he sees these even a little bit and now he was seeing even more than he wanted to see!

"Naruto!" a voice echoed through his vision.

'Who… who's yelling for me?' thought Naruto, trying to figure out who the voice belonged to. But it seemed that he just couldn't think, his mind was fading into the vision. Or was it a memory? Whatever it was, he didn't know and it was starting to piss him off at the moment.

"Naruto watch out!"

That was when the vision vanished, for as soon as he came around, his bike was heading toward a sand hill. He didn't have much time to turn, hell he didn't have time at all. For his bike had hit the sand hill, causing Naruto, Hinata, and Kurama (who had been sitting on Hinata's lap) to fly off of the bike and roll on the sand. Hinata of course, made sure to shield Kurama of the fall, wanting to make sure that he didn't get hurt.

Naruto grunted in pain softly as he rolled onto his stomach from the crash. Damn, that had hurt like hell though. Pushing himself up, he looked around, hoping that he could at least find Hinata and Kurama. He couldn't bear to lose him, knowing that it was his fault that this had happened. Damn it, why was this happening in the first place? Moaning, Naruto pushed himself up onto his shaky legs and started to look at the area. There had to be some indication to where Hinata and Kurama fell right?

Sniffing the air, Naruto hoped that maybe he could track them by scent- wait, why would he need to track them by scent? He's never had to do that before had he? Nah… he didn't remember if he could or not. Right now though, he had to focus on finding Hinata and Kurama.

As he searched, the young man's mind started to race. He kept thinking on what could have happened to Hinata. Such as did she hit her head and pass out? Did she have a serious head wound? Or worse, was there something sharp out here and Hinata had been stabbed by it?! 'Please let her and Kurama be okay!' thought Naruto with fear. Gulping, he ran faster around the area, praying, hoping, and begging that she wasn't hurt! "Hinata answer me!" shouted Naruto.

"Naruto…?" whimpered a voice.

"Hinata!"

Naruto rushed toward where the bike had crashed, he must have flown pretty far for only Hinata and Kurama to land near the bike. Though, at the moment he didn't give a damn how far he flew, all that mattered was that they were both safe. That was all that mattered to him right now. As soon as he had reached them, Naruto sighed in relief when he only saw a few scraps on Hinata and the small Pokémon that was still in her arms. Nothing too serious so, he was happy about that, though he still felt bad for crashing like he did, he would have to check the hover function on the bike to see if it survived the crash.

"Naruto… are you okay?" asked Hinata as she gently rubbed her forehead, her other arm gently holding Kurama who looked like he was in a little bit of shock.

"Yeah… I'm fine, I don't know why… I'm sorry." He was unable to figure out how he had let this happen. It seemed that the visions were getting worse and worse and he had no idea how to stop them. Looking back at his bike, he sighed before walking over to it, and flipping it back right side up. Frowning a bit, he checked the engine and checked to see if the hover function would work properly. Sadly, that didn't seem like the case. He'd have to risk and ride the normal function for the bike to get to the next town. Great, just great.

Shaking his head, the young man calmly said "we won't be able to travel with hover mode. We'll have to keep going through ground mode."

"Alright Naruto but let Hinata drive!" shouted Kurama.

"Why?" asked Naruto in confusion.

"Think of it this way Naruto okay? You were driving, you started freaking out so to speak, you didn't see the sand hill and CRASHED! You are NOT driving and risking our lives today thank you very much! Get Hinata to drive damn it or so help me I'll claw your hands so bad you CAN'T hold into the damn handles!" shouted Kurama, his eyes narrowed into slits. This was the first time he's seen Kurama this angry, and it sorta freaked him out to a new level.

But he knew that Kurama was right.

Sighing softly, the young man walked over to Hinata and handed her the keys. "I hope you know how to drive Hinata…" said Naruto with a hint of uncertainty in his voice. Hinata of course, just nodded and gave him a bright smile. Naruto wasn't all too sure if Hinata could drive but… well what did he have to lose right?


It took them a few hours, but they made it. Naruto had been surprised that she knew how to drive his bike, not that he was complaining. Taking a deep breath, he stepped out of the side car and stretched. He felt like his legs had fallen asleep and he hated it when that happens. Sighing softly, Naruto looked around wondering where they were. Strange thing was, he had a chill going up his spine.

"You okay Naruto?" asked Hinata.

"F-Fine… I just had… a strange chill that's all." He said, hoping to sound calm right about now. Though, the chill just wouldn't leave him alone. In fact, it seemed to be increasing and getting stronger the further he walked into the village with Hinata. Looking around, he saw that the town was lush, almost like it was a town within a forest, protected by dense trees.

For some reason, Naruto felt like he's been here before. "Hinata… what is this place?" asked Naruto softly, not sure why that was. Taking a deep breath, the young man started to walk through the town with Hinata, trying hard to ignore the chill that was coursing through his body. It almost felt like something was forcing its way into his mind, as if trying to get him to see something.

Naruto looked around, staring at all the people they walk by. They all looked so happy and carefree. As if they didn't know that the world was in danger with the Shadow Pokémon around. Maybe that was for the best, best for them not to know, for them not to notice at all. Though, is it right to lie to people just so they could keep their inner peace? Maybe, though that was just something Naruto was trying to convince himself of.

Finally, Hinata's voice snapped him out of it. "It's called Konoha." She said with a smile before looking up at the blonde haired man. Though, when she saw the colouring of Naruto's skin, she frowned a little in confusion. "You okay? Your skin looks really white…"

"I'm fine… just… dizzy." He whispered softly.

Though sadly, that wasn't the case. Naruto felt like his head was going to split open. Flashes of red and screams started to echo through his mind once more. Stronger than before, enough for Naruto to end up blocking out all sounds and sight that surrounds him. Hinata stared at Naruto, trying to get him to snap out of it. But it seemed that he wasn't going to come around.

"Hinata!?" shouted two voices, causing her to turn and stare at two people who were heading their way. One of them was a woman with long blonde hair pulled back in two low ponytails. Brown eyes, soft delicate white skin with a small hint of a tan. On her forehead was a blue diamond that anyone could easily see in a crowd. Her clothes were a low white blouse that almost resembled a kimono in a sense. A long green jacket that reached her knees and black dress pants with black heeled sandals.

The man beside her had long spiky white hair. His eyes black, with red stripes going down his face almost like he was crying tears of blood. Two locks of his hair framed his face, his skin was a little tanned though a little darker than the woman's. His clothes were a green outfit with a red vest and those sandals that she sees people wear at festivals or something.

Though, at the moment she didn't focus on that. Hinata was too concerned about Naruto. Naruto grabbed his head and started to scream out like he was in pain. "Hinata!" shouted the two people rushing toward her. Again, she ignored them as she grabbed Naruto, trying to get him to stop, to get him to relax. What was causing all of this!? Before she knew it, Naruto threw her off of him; Hinata landed with a hard thump but didn't pass out.

"Hinata are you okay?" asked the woman with concern.

"Help Naruto, something's wrong with him!" said Hinata with panic in her voice. Tears started to fill her eyes as she feared what was going to happen to Naruto. "Please Tsunade, Jiraiya help Naruto!" Naruto's screams echoed through the village, the woman rushed over to Naruto, sensing that he was seeing something. Whatever that would be, he'll have to tell them when he calms down enough. Tightly holding the curve of his neck and shoulder, she pressed onto the skin. Hoping that it would work on someone that was in such a panic.

It did just that, for not a moment too late Naruto fell over out cold. Hinata rushed to Naruto, hoping that he was okay. "Hinata…" said the man as if he was confused. "Tell us what happened from the moment you left where you were, until now and how you met… him."