AUTHORS NOTE!

HELLO WIND AND SAND and THE DEAD TELL NO TALES READERS! I know i haven't posted the chapters needed to continue the stories but the sooner i posted this the better.

Since the Naruto Manga has taken a turn, i have to do some changes and not only that, i'll be waiting until AFTER the manga ends to continue on. I'm really sorry that i haven't posted anything since the last chapter, and i truly feel like a horrible writer for that. BUT! For the Dead Tell No Tales: Prologue i will finish it up sometime in the future, but for now, it's on temporary Hiatus. I will not be working on Wind and Sand until i figure out what to do to continue it for Karura's situation and Hikaru's high-and-mighty attitude. It will also, be on temporary hiatus.

I'm sorry that you are disappointed, but i promise you, i won't leave these stories unfinished! I will come back around to them when i get those dastardly plot bunnies and have them give me back my ideas for these stories. Thank you for taking time to read this!

REMEMBER TO KEEP ON READING AND WRITING! :D

For those who read THE DEAD TELL NO TALES: PROLOGUE, here's a little sneak peak of what will happen in the future where Yume is older and has been an informant since her 'Death'. Just to keep you guys on edge for a while. ;) Remember this is on Temporary hiatus, i will return to it. :D

Preview:

13 years later…

"Let's see; Codename: Golden Fox and Crying Death. Aliases: Tsuki Mitsubishi, Kura Kimisuru, and Haruhi Hajiniora age: 25, height: Five foot, 6 ¾ inches, weight: 124 pounds. Anything I'm missing? It's been a while has it not?" A white spiky haired man grinned at the long black haired woman eating a bowl of salt ramen.

The girl was a bit pale but just as beautiful. Her sapphire blue eyes were staring at the last of her ramen.

"What do you want Jiraiya?" Her soprano voice rang, as she took out a little fox pouch, and placed some money on the table for the vender.

She stood up and walked out of the place with Jiraiya at her heels. "Hey now, wait up! You have no clue how much time I've spent trying to track you down!" He shouted as he clopped down the street, trying to catch up to her.

The woman stopped underneath a tree outside of the small town she stayed in. She sat down and waited for the white haired man to stop ogling at a couple of woman. She had her hair done up in a complicated ponytail with braids in them, and she was wearing thick eyeliner on her eyes and many shades of blue eye shadow. She wasn't that fond of make-up, but she had to deal with it, for it was part of her job description. Her lashes were thick and long giving her a bit of a sultry look. Her pink lips were in a tight line as she was deep in thought. She was wearing a grey and blue ninja outfit. Her shorts were black and she was also wearing a grey kimono bell sleeved top with a blue obi. She was wearing a mesh shirt underneath and both of her arms were bandaged tightly. There were also her black ninja shoes; which holds an extra kunai if anything happened to her. Her small purse-like pack was beside her. It held her ANBU fox mask, money purse, and some various weapons and poisons. Including a very special sword that she hasn't used since her untimely death.

Then she saw a hand waving in her face.

"Hello! Earth to Yume-chan!" The male voice said above her.

She looked up with a bored look, but her eyes held a bit of mischief.

"Oh, so you are done peeping at some poor innocent women, you old pervert?" She said as she grinned.

Jiraiya frowned. "Now, now, you know I'm not a pervert…. I'm a SUPER PERVERT!" He said as he struck a pose.

The woman, now dubbed Yume, stood up and walked away with an annoyed yet somehow amused look on her face.

"Yeah, good luck with that." She said as she walked away.

"WAIT!" Jiraiya said as he followed closely at her heels.

"I'm heading back to Konoha for some…erm…research. I was wondering if you could come back with me! You wouldn't want a handsome old man returning alone to his home village right?" He said as he walked alongside her.

"Not interested." She said shortly.

'I still have to track down Orochimaru… my Intel has told me he was heading north…wait~ North…Konoha is North. And isn't Jiraiya trying to find that group Akatsuki?' She thought deeply again.

She stopped abruptly and Jiraiya stopped beside her with a serious look on his face.

"You are thinking deeply again, Yume-chan…" He trailed off.

Yume looked up at Jiraiya and had a closer look at the man that she –though never admit it- called her Father. He had a little wart on the right side of his face on his nose and one red line that reach down from both his eyes to mid cheek.

"Jiraiya, no one is around… any luck on the group Akatsuki?" She said turning serious. Jiraiya looked foreword and started walking, Yume easily catching up.

"I only managed to find out what they are after… the tailed beasts." He said solemnly.

Yume's head shot up to the older man in disbelief.

'The tailed beasts, Are they insane?' Shock with through her head and she couldn't help but choke a little.

"Damn…that's not good. Why?" She asked.

"I have no clue…but whatever they are after, it's not good. You also get information about Akatsuki right?" He asked her from the corner of his eye. She nodded.

"Yeah…I do…but I've been focused on Orochimaru's position for the past 6 months…I've only found out that he's heading North…Konoha is north. I have a bad feeling about this." She said as she picked up the pace, Jiraiya following soon after.

"All the better reason for going back right? Plus I heard that the Chunin exams are going to be there~" He said in a sing-song voice.

Yume rolled her eyes. She took to the trees and started jumping from branch to branch, Jiraiya shouting at her to slow down.

"Come on you Old Pervert, if you can't keep up, I'll leave you behind!" She shouted back to him dodging a branch.

About a few minutes later, they were jumping side by side.

"So you were saying that the old snake is in Konoha?" He said seriously.

Yume nodded. "Yeah, last I heard from my Intel, he was in Suna. I left Suna, not three months ago. Something may be going down." She said as her eyes flashed gold for a brief second.

"Seriously, I posed as a civilian and the atmosphere was pretty tense." She paused in thought.

"There is a kid that has the one-tail in him." She finally said.

Jiraiya snapped his head towards her and nearly ran into a tree doing so.

"Really now? That's not too surprising. The Kazekage's kid huh? That's gotta be rough." He said as he shook his head.

Yume rolled her eyes and sped up.

"Yeah well that kid's not the only person that has a demon to deal with." She muttered, but Jiraiya caught what she said.

"You know…you have a nephew back in Konoha." He said softly.

Yume stopped abruptly and landed wrong on a branch, falling to the ground and staring up at the sky with an annoyed look.

"Yeah…weren't you his appointed 'Godfather' Old Perv?" She said as she sat up and rubbed her head.

She has heard many things from secret messenges that were sent to her by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Naruto Uzamaki. 'It's a good thing that he took his mothers last name. The Namikaze name is to be feared. But we do have a bunch of enemies that could have easily picked him off if they ever found out.' She mused to herself.

Jiraiya jumped down and helped her up. He looked at her fondly as if she was the daughter he never had.

"You know that I travel a lot and I don't have time to take care of a kid." He said but Yume interrupted.

"But you were appointed though…you promised." She said as she turned her back on him.

"You could have easily taken care of him Yume." Jiraiya jabbed back.

She shook her head. "No I couldn't, not with the mission Minato and you assigned to me." She glared at him back.

'Not to mention you dragged me into all of this. And you know I couldn't take care of him while on the missions I've been on…its all suicide missions that I have narrowly survived.' She finished in her thoughts.

When she received a message that Minato and Kushina were killed, She practically begged and pleaded with every message to Sarutobi to attend the funeral in disguise. He pressed that the mission she is on is crucial, and is not to return unless needed. Then she begged to go back to Konoha and retire from duty to raise Naruto. Again, she was rejected.

Then a thought crossed her mind. 'Was he praised as a hero? Surely he was raised like that. Sure the Kyuubi was sealed in him. Naruto is a guardian, the guardian of the Kyuubi and savior of Konoha. Minato and Kushina would have wanted that, right?' She thought.

As if her thoughts were spoken out loud, Jiraiya answered her unspoken question.

"I'm sure the kid has someone to take care of him. There were plenty of friends Minato trusted. Hyūga, Inuzuka, Nara… any of them could have easily taken him in and raised him as their own." He said grinning.

"Though I sort of wonder about the Hyūga though, the Inuzuka matriarch is a bit scary, and Shikaku probably thinks taking care of a kid is a drag." He chuckled.

Yume laughed. He was right. Maybe Naruto is raised with a good family that took care of him. She shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Right?

"All right Jiraiya, you have convinced me. I'm going back to Konoha. But with my changed appearance, no one would recognize me. Plus, they think I'm dead." She said as her smiled faded a bit.

"I think I should stay like this until the time is right. What do you think Jiraiya?" she asked looking back at him.

The man placed one of his hands underneath his chin.

"You could pull it off. But you have to be careful. You could easily be found out." He said slyly.

Yume smiled again.

"The only person that managed to find me as Yume Namikaze was you, Jiraiya, and it wasn't long until after three months you found me too." She said as she struck a little pose.

Jiraiya laughed. "That's true. No matter if you put on a henge or change your hair color, I recognize a Namikaze Chakra signature anywhere, not only that, I was the one who suggested that you become a great informer. Besides, I trained both Minato and you." He said clapping a hand on her nodded.

"All right…so… TO KONOHA WE GO!" She said to the skies.

There's your sneak peak! I'll let you minds go off in tangents and leave you in despair as you go insane. XD