Hey guys! Before this chapter begins I just would like to thank everyone who is supportive of this story. It makes me really happy that you like it so much and I will do everything I can to improve myself more and more to keep you entertained (as well as making less and less orthographical and grammatical errors… =P). I really enjoy writing but what I enjoy the most is to write for people. So knowing that what I do is actually liked and entertains people makes me extremely happy and really pushes to write even more. ^^

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Naruto was in a foggy forest, walking through the trees without any real purpose. Then suddenly, he found himself in a whole other place. It was a bright large room covered in yellow and white light from the ground to the ceiling, making the young man feel like he was walking in a bright morning sky. Then, out of nowhere, someone appeared and walked toward him. It was a man with spiky blond hair with two jaw length bangs, framing either side of his face. The man was slightly taller than Naruto, and his eyes were of a sky blue color. He wore a short-sleeved long white coat over his normal attire, decorated by flames-like motifs on the edges. Having looked at his stone face that was carved onto the hokage's mountain, Naruto immediately recognized the man in front of him as the Yondaime. With wide eyes and a knot in his throat that he couldn't explain, the blond looked at Konoha's legend walk up to him.

"Hello Naruto," Minato said with a warm smile.

Not feeling able to answer the man and ask him how he could know his name, the young man stayed silent and kept on staring at the late hokage.

"You've grown a lot over the years," the blond man said, his eyes softening as he looked at the dumbstruck young man, "I am very proud of everything you have accomplished. I had been afraid that you would lose complete control to the Kyubi but I can see that you are managing quite well. I guess I worried for nothing."

"After all you take from your father." The Yondaime commented jokingly, giving a wink to Naruto who looked confused by those words.

However, before the blond could say anything to the older man, Minato began to fade away, a proud smile never leaving his face.

"Wait! Don't leave! How do you know me?" the young man hastily cried out to the fading man, a desperate tone in his voice as he didn't want the man to disappear without answers, while he tried to grab the man to keep him here but met nothing but air.

Naruto woke up instantly, his eyelids opening abruptly to find himself lying on his back in bed and facing the white ceiling of his and Kakashi's bedroom. Disturbed by the dream he just had, the blond cogitated internally about the meanings that it could have, staring at the ceiling absentmindedly. Why did he dream of the Yondaime? Moreover, why did the Yondaime act like he knew him? Where was this feeling of familiarity coming from? This confused and frustrated the blond to no end. He had learned by now that dreams always had a meaning and each of them had its importance. The only thing he needed to figure out was what could this one mean.

Heaving a sigh, Naruto rolled over on his side and looked at the man lying next to him with a pensive look. Kakashi was still sleeping soundly, his silver bangs lying almost flatly over his face, covering part of it. This was one of the only times that the jonin's hair didn't defy gravity and laid low. His face was relaxed, without any wrinkles, and his skin was smooth with no sign of an agitated sleep. He was lying on his stomach, his arms hugging his pillow and his face half buried in it. The only sound you could hear was the soft sound of his breathing. At this cute sight, Naruto smiled softly and brushed back a silver bang away from the older man's face, making him stir slightly before settling back down while hugging his pillow more tightly. It was funny to the young man how Kakashi could be really cuddly during the day, but when the time to sleep came, the only thing that could eventually get a hug from the jonin was the pillow. Not that the blond minded as he already had enough with his own body heat to sleep soundly. He had never liked to feel too warm when going to sleep, so the fact that the silver haired man wasn't the cuddly type at night was perfect for him. As he got lost in his thoughts, he had not noticed that his partner was waking up until two arms encircled his waist and pulled him flush against the hard chest of his lover.

"Hey babe," Kakashi said, nuzzling the back of the blonde's ear before gnawing on his earlobe playfully, "What were you thinking so hard about?"

"I had a really strange dream." Naruto said, humming in contentment as his older lover began kissing his neck.

"What was it about?" the jonin asked as he began, with his tongue and teeth, to play with the young man's collarbone, while one of his hands began caressing the smooth hairless skin of the blonde's chest, his fingers rubbing teasingly the soft nubs that were Naruto's nipples.

"Hmm I forgot." The young man replied, closing his eyes blissfully, his body melting under the ministrations of his lover.

"You are rather forgetful this morning I see." Kakashi commented with a mischievous smirk, flicking one of the blonde's nipples with his hand.

"And who's fault is Aah!...that?" Naruto asked rhetorically, his back arching under the sinful hands of the jonin, quickly adding in a growl, before the silver haired man could retort anything, as he wound his arms around the older man's neck and pulling him closer, "Okay now less talking and more action!"

With a roguish grin, Kakashi dived in for the blonde's mouth, claiming his lips into a passionate kiss that lit both of their bodies on fire as they began to engage in some early morning activity.

The next day, Naruto and Kakashi were at the cottage, painting the wall of the room that would be their living room. They had done some big progress with it. They had decided to keep most of the rustic aspect of the cottage by letting the beams exposed and using light and natural colors, though they also did some of the rooms in a rather modern style. Now all that was left to be done was to paint some rooms and put some wallpaper in some others as well as lacquering the wooden floors.

"We should give it a name." Naruto commented out of the blue as he was painting the walls in a light brown color, having lost the argument with Kakashi about painting the living room in orange but having won the fact that there would some be orange along with red in their ultra modern kitchen.

"What was that?" Kakashi asked, having been startled by his younger lover's statement and not understanding completely what he meant.

"The house." The blond explained, "We should name it."

"Ah sure that could be nice." The jonin replied as he continued painting, "Do you already have a name in mind?"

"Actually yeah." The young man told him, "I was thinking of Kokoro no katei."

"Home of the heart huh?" the silver haired man commented with a smile, stopping to paint to look at the blond, "It's nice. I like it."

"I thought so too." Naruto said, as he stopped painting as well and turned to Kakashi with an excited smile of his own, "Maybe we could put a sign in front of it with the name so that people who come will see it."

"That's a great idea. We'll do that after this if you want." Kakashi told him getting a bright smile from his younger lover before they both got back to painting the room.

Later in the evening, the two of them were sitting in their apartment resting and enjoying some peace and quiet after having worked hard on the house all day. After having finished with painting the whole living room, they had created a sign where they had put the newly found name for the cottage. Right now, they were both sitting on the couch in the living room, having a hot cup of tea to warm them up from the cold weather that was actually going on in Konoha.

"When do you think we will be finished with the house?" Naruto asked after a moment of silence, as he leaned against the older man, his steaming cup of tea between his hands.

"I think we will be able to move there in a week." Kakashi answered, one his hand holding his cup while the other rested on the young man's hip.

"Hmm that's good." The blond said making a satisfied sound in the back of his throat.

Tomorrow was White Day, so the two men were going to take a break to celebrate it. Kakashi had planned the whole thing. He had reserved a private cottage in an onsen for them so that they could have a place to be just the two of them. The jonin hadn't told Naruto about this bit of information, as he wanted it to be a surprise. But also because he knew the blond would have protested about it being too much, but he wanted to be alone with his young lover with no one to bother them.

So the next day, Naruto and Kakashi packed a bag with a change of clothes and all the things necessary for a two day stay at the onsen. The blond was really excited about it and couldn't stay still for more than one second as he kept making sure they had everything while bouncing around and grinning like a loon. Fortunately for both him and the silver haired man, who wasn't sure he would have been able to deal with the young man's hyperactive attitude about the whole thing, the onsen that the jonin had chosen was only an hour away from the village. They arrived at the inn right around the time for lunch. The onsen was located on a hill, where a village spread at the feet of it. They decided to eat at a restaurant in the village before going up to the inn. After having eaten, they went to check in at the inn, where the owner greeted them and showed them their room. The lodge they were in was nice with light and warm colors, creating a calm and relaxing atmosphere.

"You had booked a cabin?" Naruto asked surprised, as he turned to Kakashi after having looked at the room they were in.

"Do you like it?" the jonin asked, sounding slightly nervous as he waited for his lover's approval.

"Are you kidding? I love it!" the blond replied with a bright grin, hugging the older man tightly.

"Happy White Day love." The silver haired whispered tenderly, hugging him back and looking down at the young man with warm loving eyes.

Raising his head, Naruto gave Kakashi a quick peck on the lips before letting go of him and beginning to explore the small cottage excitedly.

"This place is awesome!" the blond said with enthusiasm as he went to look at the bathroom.

"I'm glad you like it." The jonin told him with an amused smile, as he looked at the young man coming back into the room and looking into the drawers and closet as if he would find some hidden treasures.

"Whoa look! There is a private outdoor pool!" Naruto exclaimed as he slid one of the paper doors, at the back of the cottage, aside, revealing a small garden along with a steaming hot spring pool.

Of course the jonin had known there was a private pool. After all, he wanted to enjoy the view of a flushed naked Naruto soaking in a hot steamy bath without anyone around, as he wanted the privilege of such a view to be allowed only to him. This thought made Kakashi have a lecherous smirk on his face, though he quickly erased it, as he didn't want to be caught by the young man about having perverted thoughts. His face went back to its usual expression of 'innocence' in time for when the blond turned to him.

"You're amazing you know that." Naruto said with a warm smile, his face showing all the happiness he felt.

"I didn't, but maybe you could show it to me." Kakashi told him with a suggestive look, a lustful glint in his eyes, trying to grab the blond to pull him to him.

"Nuh huh! Not before we first go to take a dip in the pool." The young man replied as he dodged the older man, "We've come all this way, so we need to enjoy the hot springs!"

"Alright." The jonin agreed, making the blond look at him suspiciously for having accepted so quickly.

But as he began to undress while heading toward the small private pool they had, Naruto realized why the silver haired had agreed so heartily.

"Oh no mister you are not going to get away like this!" he said with a shake of his head and his hands on his hips, adding as Kakashi threw an innocent look his way, a confused expression on his face, "We are going to the big bathhouse."

"Kill joy." The jonin muttered with a pout as he went to the closet to get the yukatas of the inn for them to put on before going to the main bathhouse.

A few hours later, after they had relaxed into the hot springs and enjoyed some of the activities that the inn offered, they went back to their little cottage where a table full of food that the inn staff had brought welcomed them.

"Everything looks so delicious!" Naruto exclaimed with saliva dribbling from his chin, as he looked at all the different dishes, the mouth-watering aromas wafting toward them.

They sat down and began to eat with gusto, tasting every dish, eating until their stomach was full. Afterward, they sat at the veranda facing the small private garden, and drank some tea while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere. Sitting contentedly next to each other, enjoying the mere fact of being together, they stayed quiet for a bit before they decided to go for another soak before going to bed. This time they went into their small private pool.

"Ah this feels like heaven!" Naruto said with an appreciative moan as he lowered himself into the hot water.

"You know that you saying this while being butt naked isn't really good for my sanity." Kakashi whispered huskily as he leaned toward the young man, nipping at his earlobe playfully.

"Oh yeah?" the blond said before gasping as he felt one of the older man's calloused hand traveling up and down his thigh, caressing his skin and groping teasingly random parts of his body from time to time.

"Hmm yeah, your voice turns me on so much." The jonin replied in a purr, while his mouth alternated between sucking on his neck and kissing it, earning a loud moan from his young lover, "And your body…it makes me want to claim you and make you mine all night long, making sure that nobody will ever try to touch you."

At hearing this, Naruto lost it and roughly pushed the silver haired man back against the stone seat of the small hot spring. Straddling the man's hips, the young man then captured Kakashi's lips in a searing kiss, transmitting all the passion and desire he felt into it. Not complaining at the feisty attitude of his partner, and not minding the roughness of it at all, the jonin enthusiastically responded to it by circling the blonde's hip with his arms and pulling him closer to him, a hand threading into the young man's hair to deepen the kiss. They kissed each other fiercely like that for a moment.

As things were getting hot and heavy, the mood becoming more and more intense as passion was poured in, Kyubi intervened inside Naruto's mind.

"Oi gaki! I know you don't really like me and I have stayed silent for a long time about this but you really need to listen to me right now. If you are not careful you will…" the Nine Tailed fox began to say but got interrupted by an extremely annoyed Naruto.

"Go away! I don't want to listen to you right now!" the young man said in a cutting voice that didn't want to hear anything.

With that said the blond roughly pushed away the demon fox into the deep realms of his mind, where he would not be able to hear him, and refocused on the man whom he was sitting on and that he was kissing fervently.

Kyubi didn't intervene anymore for the rest of the night and the two lovers were able to fully abandon themselves in each other. They fell asleep in the arms of the other, Naruto having completely forgotten about the earlier event that happened with the demon fox, and too happy to sleep in the arms of the man he loved.

The rest of their stay at the onsen went well and by the time they were back at Konoha, Naruto, whose dream he had had a few nights ago about the Yondaime was still nagging at him, had decided to do some research about this man that everyone called a hero and one of Konoha's best shinobi. For days, he went to the library and read every book he could find on the village's history and every piece of paper that had the name of the late hokage on, but no matter how much he read and how long he looked, the young man didn't seem to find what he wanted. There was no information about the man's personal life, barely the name of people who had been his teachers. There was nothing about if he had been married, if he had had any children, nothing… It frustrated the blond. Furthermore, something bugged him. Around the time of Kyubi's attack on the village, nothing was said about how Naruto had been the one chosen to be the Nine Tailed beast receptacle. There was no information whatsoever on how the Yondaime had chosen him specifically. Why him? Why not someone else? Of course he could have asked Ero sennin about it but he had a feeling that the older man wouldn't tell him anything. Kyubi was just out of the question. He knew if he asked something from the demon fox he would have to give him something in return, and there was no way in hell it would be just a box of chocolate or flowers. Though he wished he could have a better relationship with the Tailed beast, Naruto knew that Kyubi was too sneaky to be trusted. The young man decided that he could not talk to anyone about it without fear of them putting barriers in front of him to try to stop him from discovering something. People seemed to keep a secret from him. It reminded him too much of when he was oblivious of the fact he had the Kyubi inside of him, and he didn't like that at all. He was 16 years old for Kami's sake! He could handle the truth! He didn't like being kept in the dark. With that thought in mind, the blond decided that he would break in Tsunade's office and to look at the archives and medical files that she kept stored preciously in a room joined to her office. After having made up his mind about breaking in the blonde woman's office, Naruto began to prepare his plan meticulously.

Meanwhile, on Kakashi's side, the jonin was finding himself in a dilemma. It had been three days since their little escapade at the onsen, and Tsunade had called him to her office to tell him something. A meeting between the female Hokage the Raikage of Kumogakure had been planned at a secret place that was at equally distance from both countries. For this event, each Kage was to bring two of their special op forces as personal escort and bodyguards. Tsunade had chosen Yamato as one and wanted Kakashi to put back on his ANBU uniform to be her second escort. The Raikage and her had never got on really well, and she knew that the silver haired man's ability to be diplomatic would be of great help. If he agreed to come and be her personal guard, the meeting had a chance to not end up into a shouting match with things being smashed to pieces in anger. This is how the head medic woman asked Kakashi for him to work as an ANBU member one last time as a favor. After hours of pleading from Tsunade, which soon turned into threats of revealing extremely personal embarrassing things about him to Naruto, Kakashi agreed, though reluctantly. He had left the ANBU for the good reason that he didn't want to have any direct contact with the elder council, which was stupid when he thought about calling them a council as they were just two. By accepting to become an ANBU once more, he felt like he was betraying himself in a way. But he couldn't say no to Tsunade, no matter his feelings toward the elders he still had duty toward his village and his Hokage.

This is how he walked back to his apartment to go to his apartment to gather what he needed for his mission. When he arrived at the apartment, he saw Naruto sitting at the table in the living room, his face scrunched up into a very serious expression as if he was deep in thought. As the blond had not noticed him yet, the jonin sneaked behind him, and leaned right next to his ear.

"What are you thinking so hard about?" Kakashi asked in low voice.

The blond gave a startled jump before turning quickly to the silver haired man.

"Geez! You startled me!" he told him placing a hand on fast beating heart.

"Sorry." The older man said with a smile, not looking sorry at all.

"So, what did Tsunade-baachan wanted?" the young man asked, "Did she ask you to do the paperwork in her stead?"

"Actually, she assigned me mission. I have to leave in an hour." Kakashi replied, his smile instantly falling as he said this.

"What! So soon?" Naruto exclaimed with a frown, "I thought we had a few more days off after our last mission."

"Well that was a special request from the Godaime. Apparently I'm the only one who can do it." The jonin said, thinking that this statement was half true.

He hated to lie to Naruto but ANBU matters had to stay secret even from the persons close to you. Though the silver haired man still hadn't told the blond about his past as an ANBU, he knew he would tell him one day as he wanted nothing to be kept from each other. But for now, he would keep this secret until the day he decided to tell the young man.

"Okay. Then I guess you should hurry up and pack." Naruto mumbled disheartened as that meant that the older man would be away for some time.

"I promise I will come back as quickly a possible." Kakashi told him, caressing the young man's cheek tenderly before giving him a quick kiss on his forehead.

The silver haired man then went to the bedroom he shared with Naruto and packed his ANBU clothes in a bag along with some shurikens, kunais and a short sword. Though he would normally have no need for them, it was better to be prepared at any eventuality. When he was done, he went back down to the living room, where Naruto was standing, waiting for him.

"I'm going." The jonin said.

"Be safe." He young man told him giving him a soft smile.

Smiling back softly at him, Kakashi quickly pulled down his mask to give the blond a soft sweet kiss on his lips before pulling it back up and leaving the apartment. When he was sure nobody could see him, the jonin quickly changed into his ANBU outfit in a dark corner of a street, putting the shurikens and kunais into his pouches and attaching the sword to his back. Lastly, he put his wolf mask on and hurried to the Hokage office where he was to meet with Tsunade and Yamato.

As soon as Kakashi had closed the door behind him, Naruto rushed to their bedroom to get a few things. Such an opportunity was too good to pass up. He had heard that Tsunade-baachan would be away for a few days and now his boyfriend had been assigned a mission. This was the perfect opportunity to get into the old hag's office and to dig for information about the Yondaime without being suspicious or getting caught. After all there was no better way to know someone than by looking at their medical file. Moreover, he knew Konoha kept the records of all the great shinobis whether they were dead or alive. He had actually discovered this when he had once been caught playing a prank on the persons in charge of the archives and had been given as a punishment to reorganize every file in alphabetical order.

After having put on a black outfit and having taken a few things such as a flashlight, the blond went to Hokage's office, prepared for a sleepless night of investigation. When he finally managed to get into the archive room, he searched for Minato Namikaze's file, which he found rather quickly and began to read it intently. As he read on, what he discovered made his eyes widen more and more in shock. In the mention marital status, the case married was ticked. But this was not what had made the young man react. On the space where the name of the spouse was marked, there was written Kushina Uzumaki. The same last name than his… Did that mean that they were related? Hastily, the blond looked for the woman's file and looked into it. The only mention of family members was of a certain clan that had apparently been wiped out and that she was a distant relative of the first Hokage's wife. But she apparently had had no child. Then how were they related? Had there been many Uzumakis who lived in Konoha? Suddenly, Naruto realized something: he hadn't looked at his medical file. He would certainly learn a lot more by looking at it. Impatiently he searched for his own file.

After a few hours of infructuous search, the young man was beginning to get frustrated. Then, an idea struck Naruto's mind. He hadn't searched into Tsunade-baachan's office. He then went there and began to rummage into the drawers and through the pile of files that were on her desk. With an internal cry of victory he finally found it and began to look into it. When he arrived at the part where it said who his parents were, what he saw made him take in a sharp breath. In the space for the name of his father and mother was written the name of the Yondaime along with his wife Kushina Uzumaki. Was it for real? Could he really be the son the Fourth? Then why would he have sealed the Kyubi into his own son? Would his mother have really let him done something like that? All these questions were storming inside his mind as confusion, and sadness coiled inside of him, his eyes stinging as his vision was getting blurry with tears that wanted to spill. When he had decided to come here to investigate, he hadn't thought he would discover this kind of things. Now he wished he hadn't come here in the first place. It hurt. Knowing who his parents were actually hurt more than not knowing as it was bringing a whole new lot of questions and uncertainties. Suddenly he felt so weak and vulnerable. Naruto replaced the files to their right place and quickly left the Hokage tower. At first he had wanted to go to his old apartment but then he remembered that he had sold it and so went to his and Kakashi's apartment. Once arrived at the apartment, the blond went to the bedroom where he slumped onto the bed on his stomach, burying his face into a pillow and sobbing silently until he fell asleep from exhaustion into a restless sleep.

For the next three days, Naruto spent his time thinking about everything he had learned about him and the Yondaime, his sorrow and confusion had soon changed into hurt and fury as he began to realize that Kakashi must have known about all this as he had been the one to take care of him when he was just a baby. Moreover, he had been the student of the Fourth, so there was no way he could not have known his parents. Why didn't he tell him anything? It seemed like the older man was hiding a few things from him and he didn't like that one bit. He didn't know what exactly the jonin hid from him, but the young man was dead set on finding that out as soon as the silver haired man came back.

That night, as Naruto was hanging a bit in the living room, watching a movie before going to bed, he heard the front door open. Soon after, he saw the tired figure of Kakashi come inside the living room with his bag on his shoulder. The meeting had gone mostly well but it had been really hard to keep Tsunade in her seat as her conversation between her and the Raikage had mostly been a shouting match. Thankfully, they had come to an agreement and the meeting was over in just a day. The jonin was just happy to be home now and be able to relax after a tiring mission. However, Naruto didn't see it like this.

"How was your mission?" the blond asked with a neutral voice, trying to stay polite and not start to aggress him vocally without warning.

"It was exhausting but I managed." The silver haired man said with a small smile before looking at the young worriedly as he sensed something was wrong.

"Is something wrong?" he asked, as he put his down on the table and to the couch where the young man was sitting on.

"Well let's see," Naruto said sarcastically with a bitter voice, standing up from the couch, "I recently discovered that my father was the Yondaime, someone who was your teacher when you were young, and you didn't tell me a thing about it!"

At this Kakashi tensed a bit before taking a step toward the blond.

"Naruto…" he began to say but got interrupted as the blond let go of his anger.

"Save it!" the young man told him taking a step back, to keep a distance between him and the jonin, "You know how I hate people lying to me and not telling me things! When I was a child, the others would make fun of me, telling me that my parents must have abandoned me because I was too much trouble. I began to think that they were right, that nobody would ever want me. I thought that I must have had done something for them to have left me like that. At that time there was only Inari-neechan and Iyashi-niisan that were there for me but they were busy and so they couldn't always be there for me."

Naruto breathed in deeply before continuing before Kakashi could say anything.

"Then I learned that I was Kyubi's jinchuriki. I learned that everybody had kept me in the dark about this. Then I met Iruka-sensei and I was really happy to have had someone finally recognizing me." He added, tears slowly beginning to flow down his face, "I thought that there were no more secrets. But then, you announced me that you had raised me for a year when I was a baby. I accepted this revelation and decided that since we were together; if there had been any other secrets you would have told me. But now I discover that you had hidden something from me that concerned me directly!"

"Naruto I'm…" Kakashi tried to speak but was once again interrupted by the blonde's angry yell.

"You are what huh? You are sorry?" Naruto exploded, his red in anger and his cheeks wet with tears, "I don't want you to apologize and think everything will go better afterward! What I want are explanations!"

Exhausted both physically and mentally, Kakashi sat down on the couch with his hands holding his head. He couldn't deal with this right now. Why did that have to happen right now? He was so tired he wasn't sure he could have this discussion right now with Naruto. As for the blond, he was looking at him with resentment in his eyes at the man's attitude, too furious and hurt to take into account the other's exhausted state. He was furious against the silver haired man and he wanted to get an explanation now. Then, he turned to the table where the bag that the jonin had brought back with him was lying. With blind determination to see if the man was hiding anything else from him, he went to it, opened it and looked at the content in the bag. Kakashi, realizing what he was doing, quickly got to his feet and tried to prevent the young man from seeing what was inside the bag.

"No don't!..." he exclaimed, but it was too late.

Naruto took out the wolf mask that was Kakashi's ANBU mask, and looked at it with a sad expression on his face before turning his yes to the horror-frozen jonin.

"See? You don't even trust me enough to tell me that you work with the ANBU." Naruto said, his voice soft with sorrow, as all his anger had left him and had just been replaced with an immense sadness.

Softly, he put the mask down and began to leave, taking only a jacket on his way out. Just before he went past the front door, the blond stopped.

"Don't follow me. I need to be alone for a while." He said in a low voice, without turning around to look at the other man.

Feeling helpless, Kakashi watched the young man walk out of the apartment, despair going through him, praying that he would come back and that they could sort this whole mess out. He didn't want to lose him, especially over something as stupid as this. Knowing he now had his nerves too on fire, and that he would not be able to sleep well, the jonin walk up to the mini bar he had and decided to poor himself something strong, wanting nothing than to forget and relax as much as he could while praying interiorly that everything would get solved tomorrow.

Naruto was walking at a quick agitated pace in the streets, just trying to settle down all the emotions that were swirling inside of him. He soon found himself near the village's river, and decided to go seat on the nearby pontoon. As he sat down, the blond looked at the reflection of the moon in the dark water. For a moment, he listened to the nature, taking in the cold night air that was gently blowing, and rustling the trees' leafs. It was so quiet, so peaceful. While Naruto's mind was in a tumult of different emotions, nature and life in general seemed to keep going without a care in the world. He liked it. This atmosphere was bringing him a little bit of momentary peace. After a while, he felt that he had managed to calm a bit and was more relaxed. But now he was beginning to be freezing and his extremities such as his hands and feet were numb. Slowly getting up from his spot, the young man began to wonder whom he could bother to ask for a place to crash for the night. He didn't want to face Kakashi right now as he knew he might just blow up again. Also he knew he wouldn't be able to stand going back to the apartment and wait for tomorrow to have a conversation about all this. So his only option was to find a place where to spend the night before facing Kakashi once again with a cooled head.

As he was walking away from the riverbank while thinking about whom he should ask shelter from, Naruto suddenly felt a presence in front of him. As he looked up to see who it was, all he could see was two red orbs with three tomoes swirling in a counter clockwise manner before his vision filled with black.

"Mission accomplished." One low but soft voice said as the person having this voice picked the passed out blond, "We now have the Kyubi's jinchuriki."

"That was easier than I thought it would be." Another voice commented, sounding almost disappointed by that fact.

"Lets go." The first voice replied, taking off.

This is how the two shadows left Konoha as quietly as they had entered it, speeding up as soon as they were out the village's wall toward their base, taking with them an unconscious Naruto.

TBC

Here you go! Ready right for White Day, which happens to be in this chapter as well. What a coincidence! (Notice the sarcasm in this sentence… lol)

Anyway I hope you liked it. As you see a new drama has happened.

I think you must already have some idea about who kidnaped our little blond. I'm sorry if people don't like it. I don't know why but I have something for poor damsel (or in this case gallant) in distress who are kidnapped and saved by their shiny knight in armor (I had a messed up childhood…). Though I don't think I'll let him be rescued…hmm…I guess we'll see in the future chapters how my mind goes about this. ^^

See ya!