The Shadows Overhead

Chapter 9

/blab/= Naruto speaking to Kyuubi

blab= Kyuubi speaking to Naruto

blab = Gaara to Shukaku

blab = Shukaku to Gaara

All right, I don't have a huge writers' block anymore, just an extremely mild one. I do remember the very beginning from the original Chapter 9, so I'll attempt to recreate it. Wish me good luck! I still need one more person for the story; or else I'll be forced to create another. Please give my poor abused brain a break! I'm going to high school this year... LUCKY FREAKIN' ME!!!

Bakura: /sob/

Huh?

Ryou: Father is forcing him to go to school this year.

Ouch. I'll try to give you an excuse to get expelled, 'kay?

Bakura: /whimper/

Itachi: ON WIT DEE FICCY!

There were few sounds heard from on the beach as the ninjas from Konoha Village took their first steps in the Country of Time. One of the cloaked ninjas looked around suspiciously before pulling his hood down.

"Gaara, does it meet up to your expectations?" asked Kakashi. Gaara snorted.

"I'll tell you when I see a village, old man." Going through the forest that was bordering beach, the only opposition the group faced appeared in the form of a squirrel that found it funny to through acorns at Gaara. Getting through the forest was simple enough, but overcoming their surprise was another matter.

"Kakashi." Gaara said quietly.

"Uh-huh?" Kakashi stared, wide-eyed.

"It passed with flying colors." Sasuke looked at the parts of the 'village' that he could see over the walls that protected it from attack. Some of the houses made the Hokage monument look like a hill.

"Well, gentlemen, shall we enter the new village?" After receiving hesitant nods, he knocked on the large doors. A rectangle peephole was slid open and a young man looked through. Lets call him Bo, after one of my classmates.

"Who are you and state your business." He ordered. Gaara growled silently.

"I am the Sixth Hokage of Konoha Village from the Country of Fire. I was told to come here by the Lunakage of the Country of Time." The man nodded while looking down at a list of names. Sasuke had sent the list a few days earlier so anyone who didn't belong there was immediately found before they could do any damage.

"Gaara. And I have no last name." He nodded.

"Hatake Kakashi." The man looked up sharply.

"I've heard of you. You're the Copy-cat Ninja. It is an honor to meet you."

"I am Josef Anou." After the rest of the team was approved, the man opened the doors and the Konoha Ninjas walked through. Sasuke tried not to flinch when he saw the sheer size and amount of technology the 'village' contained. Almost everything was advanced past anything from the current time. Gaara twitched.

"This is ... unnatural. No 'village' should be this advanced."

"'Village'? This isn't a village. It's the capital city of the Country of Time. The closest village is in the forest that you just came out of." Said an elderly woman. Josef thanked her.

"Tell me," began Josef. "Where is the nearest inn?" The woman chuckled.

"I wouldn't know. My grandson might though. He works at the local pet store."

After guiding the group to the pet store, the woman left cackling. Josef shook his head. Walking inside, every animal started barking, hissing, squawking, and squeaking at Gaara's presence. He growled loudly and they all quieted down.

"Excuse me, but is there a man here who knows where the nearest inn is?" called Sasuke. The door leading to the back rooms slammed open and a tall man walked out. He smiled kindly.

"Yes. I do. Did my grandmother send you here?" Gaara nodded. "Very well. I'll take you there myself. My name is Rain." Leading them to the inn, Rain and Josef spoke of their favorite animals and why.

"I hate animals..." Gaara growled evilly. Sasuke chuckled.

With the Naruto's

Mirai Naruto winced as he was slammed into the wall of his cell. His smaller counterpart was crying. Naruto couldn't blame him. He wasn't even ten and he had been subjected to torture! Mirai Naruto growled, calling upon Kyuubi's chakra to aid him. His face took on a more animalistic façade and he easily broke the chains binding him to the wall and floor. His tormentors stared, petrified by fear and shock. Narubi I couldn't come up with an interesting name, so now he sounds like a wuss. Go me. Smirked.

"I'm hungry for human flesh. Who wants to go first?" Snapping out of their shock, the tormentors ran to the entrance of the cell to escape. Alas, Narubi wasn't in a good mood, so they didn't make it 5 feet.

"Naruto-dono...?" asked Chibi Naruto. Naruto – having just returned to normal – looked at him. "Can we go to your home now? I'm sleepy..." Naruto smiled and picked up the child. Using speed he didn't know he had, he ran out of the building, across a lake, through a forest, another lake, and finally reached his destination.

"Open up the damn doors, Bo." Bo snapped up from his slumber and looked at who interrupted his nap.

"O. Of course, Lord Lunakage!"

Okay. I'm ending now. Who expected that? I don't remember if I put that on the profiles. I haven't updated for a while for 3 reasons.

#1. I started High School September 1st.

#2. My first flame. I don't remember what they said, and I'm glad. If I remembered, I'd be really pissed and take it out on my poor chair. I had to get a new one. X

#3. ... DON'T MURDER ME! I lost my floppy again. I was looking for it earlier, and I found it. It was on my nightstand. Don't yell. I feel stupid enough as it is.

I won't be able to update often, because of school, but I should be able to at least once a week. If not, every other week.

Note: I'll accept flames as long as it doesn't whine about how Sakura and Naruto should be together and BLADY BLAH BLAH. You have your opinions, I have mine. Don't go forcing your thoughts into other peoples' heads. If they want to know, they'll tell you. I don't, so don't tell me. BYE!