sacred- aliance: lolol, thanks for the review, It was just that one part I made it seem like Tsunade was dumb because I didn;t want the whole chapter to be serious, I wanted some kind of humor. But I'm sorry if it wasn't funny at all. And i absolutly loved your story! But i couldn't review it at the time because I was on my cousin's computer and my penname wasn't saved onto that computer (I usually keep my password on my computer because I usually forget it. Haha) But thanks for the review!

Ling-Hao: Ohhhh...Ok. I get what I did wrong. Thanks for the advice!

anzpuffyhair: lol, yeah I know I made Tsunade look dumb. But it was just that. And the shadow dude I will explain in this chapter and the girl doesn't have blond hair (I can see you weren't an earlier reviewer from my first version, but that's okay). She has light brown hair. But I'll describe how she looks like in the next chapter. But thank you!

Complexity: THIS IS MY SISTER! mwahahahahahaha, remember her! Yeah...she made "just for you" then those other short stories, and then the sequel for "just for You" and then me and her are making "Behind the scenes of Just for you" ITS SO FUNNY! mwahahahahahahahahaa, thanks for the reveiw!


Welcome to the second chapter of Uzumaki Akiko: A remake. Old things? New things? You're gonna have to read to find out…

Disclaimer: I own all my characters, including Akiko, and I own all the techniques/Justus' used in this story.


Chapter 2- Cold cellars and darkness

It was so cold. The chains held fastened to her wrists and ankles. She awoke to find herself in a deep, dark cold cellar. She shivered and struggled to hold her head up high to look around. She was surrounded by tables of knives and shurikens and other weapons. She started to feel a bit dizzy, so she hung her head down again. After a couple of minutes, she started to cry. She wanted to go home. She wanted him with her.

She settled down after a while and tried to break the chains. But they were held on so tight. She gave up after an hour of trying. The blood was all dried up now. Blood everywhere- on her ankles, on her wrists, on her clothes, on the floor.

She just waited in the dark. But what was she waiting for? Even she didn't know. She heard whispers, some loud, some quiet. Telling her she could break free, telling her she could do this. But she knew she couldn't. What kind of ninja was she? She couldn't even break free. She was weak. They all took advantage of her. Her stomach stopped bleeding, but it hurt. A lot.

Hours passed. What was going on? Was she just supposed to stay here, and die? Like this? She sighed. Even if she tried to escape, no one would hear her scream. And she didn't even know where she was, so how could she possible get out of here? She heard a scream, but it sounded far away. She looked up and tried to figure out where it was coming from. She couldn't see anything though, damn it! She struggled against the chains again, but they wouldn't bolt out. She couldn't take it.

"Damn it! You fucking bastard, let me go!" she yelled out. "Damn it…"

She heard a noise. She tried to get adjusted to the darkness surrounding her, but it was just too dark. Then, suddenly, a figure emerged from the shadows. It was that man, the one who took her here! He smiled at her, and then, looked at her in the eyes. She gasped. His face…his face! It was half skin, half all bone, veins and blood. Bugs crawled into his mouth and all over his body. He had no eyes! They looked like they were ripped out of his sockets!

She gagged and almost threw up. She couldn't bear to see his face. He floated to her side and softly stroked the side of her face. She closed her eyes and swallowed down the vomit. He chuckled lightly and spoke.

"What a pretty face…it's a shame you're gonna have to lose it soon…" He pulled out his sword from before and lightly stroked it against her neck. Then, he started to dig in deep, and cut her. Not a lot of blood, but it still hurt.

Then, he stopped what he was doing. He put the sword away and turned around abruptly. He hissed and floated away fast into the shadows. She looked up, but saw nothing. She could hear the voices again, rising and lowering. Her stomach hurt so much, she couldn't bear the pain. The chains cut deep into her skin.

What was…that….? She could feel….something soft…but rough…crawling up her legs. But she couldn't open her eyes. She felt almost numb…too tired to do anything. All she could see was darkness. She was too tired….Then, she could feel her arms being dropped to her side, her chains on her legs broke free too. She managed to open her eyes just a little bit…She could see something wounding up her body. Sand? What the…

"Let's go…" Gaara whispered softly to her.


"Oh, I'm defiantly feeling the ramen now,"

"A-are you ok, Naruto!" asked Iruka, panicked.

The old man working at the ramen stand quickly gave Naruto some water, and after drinking some, Naruto's stomach felt a bit better. Naruto sat there, feeling bitter.

"Why didn't anyone tell me?"

Iruka looked back at the table.

"It was kept secret. The fourth Hokage was scared that the demon fox, Kyuubi, would have awakened again. He was scared the seal wasn't strong enough. And in case it did, he didn't want anymore of your family members to die, so he sent the last remaining Uzumaki girl to Sunakagure, the sand village. He had no choice; he had to separate you two. The fourth Hokage and the Kazekage at that time, made a deal that you and your sister would be kept secret, and separated, only if the Kazekage got 45 of the food we grew here. At that time, the sand village was on the edge of existence. The food had dried up and there was not a lot of water. So, the fourth Hokage made that deal, and every month, food was shipped there. But, we have just received information that the Kazekage died a long time ago, so the fifth Hokage closed the deal off. So when the deal was closed off, so was the secret.

Even if you, Naruto, have grown up with all this pain and suffering, so has your sister. We don't know what she is doing now, or if she's still alive, but we thought you should know now,"

Iruka finished telling the story and said nothing else. Darkness clouded Naruto's eyes. He got up and, without saying anything, walked silently away.


Akiko awoke and found herself lying down in a hospital bed. She struggled to sit up, and finally almost did, but her stomach began hurting again, so she laid back down. She lifted up her shirt to look at her stomach and saw that her stomach was bandaged. Her wrists and ankles were also bandaged up. On her neck was a long, slim bandage.

'I can remember something…someone…' She thought. Her head began hurting, so she stopped thinking about such difficult things.

The door to her room opened and a doctor stepped in. He was carrying a clipboard with many papers on it. He was looking over something, and he didn't notice that Akiko was awake.

Akiko had some questions, and she needed answers.

"Doctor?" she asked. The doctor jumped up a bit because he was surprised she was awake.

"Uh...y-yes?" he asked.

"Why am I here? And… did I get here?" she asked.

The doctor smiled. "You've got some amazing friends, huh?" He put the clipboard down and began thinking back.

"Well…If I can recall…you're here because you've lost quite a lot of blood, young lady. And let me remember…It was a red-headed fellow…trying to remember his name…Gary or Garth or something like that…"

'What…it couldn't…no no no…'

"You mean…Gaara?" she asked.

"Ah, yes! That was it! He was rather rude to one of the nurses. Anyways, that wound on your stomach was pretty bad, but it should heal up in a little while. The cuts on your wrists were quite serious, because you can die from cutting your veins, but luckily the cuts weren't that deep. The one's around your legs aren't that deep, and should heal soon. And the one on your neck was very dangerous. It seems like someone tried to slit your throat or something…" the doctor trailed off.

"What happened?" he asked.

Akiko, not wanting to recall what happened, simply replied with, "I don't know, I can't remember."


R and R! Chapter 3, coming soon…