Ugh. I HATE THE SASUSAKU PAIRING. I will never convert. Never! So stop trying to influence me SasuSaku fans. STAHP. I won't listen. And plus, that pairing isn't even CLOSE to canon so your argument is invalid.

Once again, a new Naruto chapter leaves me with mixed feelings.

If you don't read the manga, just skip to the story, kay?

So in Naruto Shippuden chapter 643, Naruto's half of the Kyuubi and Minato's half of the Kyuubi basically meet up in a Kyuubi reunion. It was a little strange to get an inspirational speech from the dark Kyuu, but we did. And then Juubito was like: Fuck all of yall, i'm done here.

So he makes this giant tree flower shit like the one he did in the first stage of the Juubi, except it had like, four flowers. Tobirama and Minato were like: Oh shit, we have to save everyone!

And then Juubito was like: Oh no you don't.

And made a barrier from the spikes on his back.

Naruto is talking to Sasuke about how his sage mode worked, and how he had felt practically only nature chakra from Obito. Sasuke came to the conclusion, from what Naruto said, that nature chakra can cancel out nature chakra.

A theory of mine was that since senjutsu chakra worked, genjutsu would work as well. So that way Sasuke can have a part in the battle. But instead, Naruto and Minato went Super Saiyan, and so now I don't know what the fuck i'm supposed to think.

But before Minato and Naruto went Super Saiyan, Obito was trying to shit talk about Minato and Kushina, directly in front of Naruto! At this point, Obito made his way to the bottom of my list. You don't shit talk Minato and Kushina, you little bitch.

Anyways, Naruto was like: Bitch now ima kick your ass.

We got a little flashback type thing from Minato about Kushina. Let me just say, I fucking love Kushina. So when Obito was doing what I said above, shit talking Kushina, I wanted to pop through the screen and kick his sorry ass with my American powers, DEMOCRACY BITCHES.

I don't know why, but I was real bothered by discovering that tomorrow (not in our world, but in the Naruto world) is apparently Naruto's birthday. So that makes him... 17 now? No! I don't want my baby to get any older! It's scary... And that means that Sasuke's birthday has already passed. He's like, half a year older than Naruto or something like that, so his birthday is already done and over with and he's 17 too.

It's scary, right? Our baby's are growing up.

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Naruto is stretched out on his bed, thinking about the events that's happened over the past four days. "... I wonder where Sasuke is..." he murmurs to himself. Naruto rolls onto his stomach and hugs a pillow. "This place doesn't even seem weird... It feels like home. But shouldn't I be freaking out?" He stares at his hand. "... I just want to remember... And the only way that's going to happen, is if I get answers."

Naruto sits up on his knees, a look of determination on his face. "I need to remember. For Sasuke. And for my friends."

"Everything?" Kakashi asks, his tone light and playful. "You want to hear everything?"

Naruto nods, the determination from earlier still burning hard. "I need to remember. I mean.. It's important, right? I want to know what I used to be like, and what my life was like... But first, I have to ask something..." Kakashi nods his head, willing Naruto to continue. "I still don't get it... If Sasuke was 'criminal', why didn't you try to stop him or anything? And if he left, and knew you guys, why were you all acting like nothing happened?"

Kakashi leans back, crossing his arms over his chest. "Sasuke made a deal with us." Naruto raises his brows. "The deal was that if we kept quiet about Sasuke being there, then he would try to get you're memory back."

"So.. my memory is that important?"

"I guess you could say. We're just worried about you, Naruto. We missed you. So of course, we were going to take every opportunity we could."

"When was this deal made?"

Kakashi tilts his head in thought. "Around the time you broke your ankle."

"Hm... But, Sasuke is a 'traitor'... Kiba says... Why wouldn't you do the patriotic thing and tell the village? Why wouldn't you handle Sasuke?"

"Sasuke hasn't done anything bad yet. Of course, we need him to come back, but... I just couldn't say no to my cute little Genin." He chuckles. "Well, I guess you aren't Genin anymore."

"Another question... Do you know who my parents were? Or are?" Kakashi is silent, watching Naruto with soft eyes. "Hm... No. No I don't."

Naruto nods his head in understanding. "Okay... What was I like? How did I grow up? Was I really cool?" Kakashi leans forward a bit. "Oy Oy, calm down. Which one do you want me to answer first?"

"... How did I grow up?"

"Ahh. Alone. Isolated." Naruto furrows his brows. "It's because of something that's out of your hands. Something you can't control." Kakashi points at Naruto. "Something inside of you."

"Well what is it?"

"A fox. A demon fox. A nine-tailed demon fox." Kakashi try's to think of a way to explain without causing Naruto to flip. "The Kyuubi. It's been sealed inside of you for sixteen years now. It's a burden you have to bear, though. There's a seal on your stomach that shows when you use your chakra."

Naruto sets his hand on his stomach. "The Kyuubi had attacked the village sixteen years ago, and the Yondaime Hokage stopped it by sealing it inside of you."

"But..." Naruto hesitates, looking up at Kakashi. Kakashi nods his head to continue. "But the Kyuubi hasn't done anything... He doesn't seem so bad."

"The Kyuubi has done more to you than you know, Naruto. You're hurt people because of it." Naruto narrows his blue eyes, staring intently at Kakashi. "Did I hurt you?"

"No, but it was close." Kakashi says with a chuckle. Naruto leans back, satisfied with the answer. "Neh Kakashi-sensei, I have something to ask."

"Well go ahead."

"It's something about what Sasuke told me... He said he was trying to get power so he can achieve his goal. Well, why did he come to me?" Kakashi tilts his head. "Hmm? Sasuke's already gotten power."

"What do you mean?"

"That's the whole reason why he left the village. I wonder if something went wrong..." Kakashi looks out the window. Naruto hears a bird in the distance, and looks out too. A hawk is circling in the sky's.

Kakashi stands and places his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "I'm sorry, but i'm afraid I have to go Naruto. We'll talk more later, okay?" He leaves Naruto sitting at his table, not even bothering to tell him to leave.

Naruto waits until he hears the door shut to sigh. "Well that was a little helpful."

Naruto watches Sakura rush around the kitchen in the small home. She grabs some flour out of the pantry and smacks it onto the counter. Then she rummages through the fridge and gets milk and eggs.

"What are you mad about?" Naruto asks from the dining room table. Sakura glares down at the ingredients. "I'm not angry."

"Yes you are. When you're mad, you bake."

"Since when?!"

"Since forever."

Sakura huffs and turns around, crossing her arms and leaning against the counter. "I hate this. They haven't told me anything, but you go up to Kakashi and he spills. This is total bullshit... Sorry." Naruto waves his hand as if swatting away a fly. "It's just... Why won't they tell me anything? I want to know! I even tried asking mom and dad, but they didn't say one thing to help me. All they said was how they were happy to be back in the village. I can't believe they didn't tell me about this. I can't believe you and I- That they are-,"

"I know." Naruto interrupts, drumming his fingers on the table. "I wonder if it's real different here. I mean, it seems normal. Maybe a little more cultural... Hell, it's like we're in Japan."

Sakura gives him a look. "It's weird when you curse."

"It's not like i'm ranting."

"Whatever." Sakura grabs a bowl and starts to throw the ingredients together.

Naruto thinks back to when Sasuke first told him everything. It was all too weird. If Sasuke had left the village to get power three years ago, why did he show up where Naruto was? Why now?

Sakura slams the oven door shut and sets a timer to thirty minutes. She puts her hands on her hips, and looks at Naruto. "Well, what now?" Naruto shrugs, his blue eyes clouded with boredom. "You know..." Sakura murmurs. "... I kind of wish we never had run into Sasuke."

Naruto slams his hands onto the table. "How can you say that?!"

"I know it sounds bad!" Sakura says, her voice louder. Naruto sits back again. "But we had it good! We were doing fine! You and I. Kiba and the others... And then we find out we had been living a lie? It's not exactly what i'd call a fairy tail, Naruto! If he had never come... none of this would have happened."

"Don't you want to know what we were like? Aren't you curious?"

"No." Sakura's voice is stern, but Naruto can tell by her eyes that she's wavering. "I'm scared. I'm scared to know that I had lived this whole other life and I knew nothing about it."

"But Sakura-,"

"I don't know what happened! I don't know what I was like! What if I didn't even know you?"

Naruto gets a guilty look on his face. "You did..."

"How do you know?" Sakura pesters, giving him a curious glare.

"They told me you, Sasuke and I were on a team together." Sakura sighs in exasperation. "Of course they did. Because they tell you everything."

"Sakura seriously though-," Naruto stands up and walks around the table towards Sakura. "-you really don't want to remember? You don't want to know? Can you even accept what we... are?"

"Demons." Sakura murmurs, staring down at the tile. She shakes her head. "This is all ludicrous."

"But interesting."

"Why are you the one who's calm about this?!"

"I don't know." Naruto answers honestly. "I'm not... as scared as I was. I just know that I have to remember. I want to know about my past." Sakura eyes him up and down. "You don't want to know anything else?"

Naruto tilts his head in question. "As in: You don't want to know how things work here? Naruto, we're demons. We aren't people... What if we don't... What if we don't go to heaven?"

"That's ridiculous."

"I'm serious Naruto. We may have lived another life before, but we're different people now with different beliefs. Are you just going to throw your faith out the window? What if this is just another lie they've made up?"

"Sasuke wouldn't lie to me..."

Sakura scoffs. "Apparently he has before. I know that you have feelings for him, but maybe they aren't as... 'grand' as you thought they were." She sets her hand on his arm. "Look Naruto, we can't trust anyone. Only you and I. It's all too weird. You understand right?" Naruto is silent for a moment. "We can trust Iruka, right?"

Sakura shakes her head. "No. He lied to us too. We can't trust anyone. Just you and I." She try's for a smile. "We can go home after all of this has settled down. Okay?" Naruto's heart hurts thinking about betraying his friends like this, but he nods. "Good."

"Sakura... we can't trust your parents either." The girl looks stricken, and closes her eyes. After a few long seconds, she nods. "I know..."

A thick tension hangs in the air, both of them want to break the pact already. But they know they can't. They only have each other.

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(1) I thought it was funny because when I was typing Kazekage, I accidently spelled it Kazegake. And then when I went back and read it, I stared at it for a long time because I couldn't tell if it was wrong or not.

Okay, sorry it was a short chapter but I told myself that I had to update before school started again. Sophomore! Yeah!.. Anyways, it might take longer for me to update, but i'll try! Review please!