ANGEL IN MY EYES
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Disclaimer: I have never, and will never, own Naruto.
Summary: When Sasuke killed Naruto, Naruto expected to go visit the angels in heaven. He never knew that sometimes the thing you most desire is often found if you just open your eyes…and unlock your heart. When the mission ended, everyone thought Naruto died, but when the Sound attacks a weakened Konoha, a ghost from the past will show them that life will go on, and angels do exist.
SORRY: Sorry about taking so long to update. School's been a drag and I haven't had much inspiration.
I FORGET WHO I'VE GIVEN PICTURES TO. .. IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR PICTURE LET ME KNOW.
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Chapter 4: Finding What Was Lost
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The four teens walked into the village. Naruto watched curiously as the villagers glum faces brightened at seeing Li and Minny. What surprised him more was that some of the villagers were smiling and waving at HIM. He suddenly felt small and nervous.
"Don't slouch." Salira said from in front of Naruto. "Chin up, shoulders back." She grinned at him over her shoulder. "I'm going to raise your self-confidence back up, then we're going to teach you how to sing and play the guitar."
Naruto stared confused at the blonde.
"I think you have the ability to sing and play quite nicely." Salira looked to the front again.
Kyuubi snickered.
"AND Kyuu's going to play the guitar, dance, and do the back-ground vocals."
Kyuubi paled. Naruto snickered.
Salira and Mingan suddenly turned and walking into a small clothing building.
"AHH!! LI! Come for another concert?" The small plump man at the cashier said as he saw Li and Minny enter his store.
"No, not today." Li smiled shaking her head softly. "Umm, I'm looking for a new outfit for our new band member. Maybe you could help us?" Li said indicating to the blond behind her.
The man's face brightened as his chocolate brown eyes sparkled. "More entertainment." The man said eyeing Toru as he turned back to Li. "Well…since you and Minny bring in a lot of tourists to our small village, I'm sure I can pull some strings and get you a discount."
Li ran over happily and hugged the smaller man. "THANK-YOU NARI-OYAJI!!"
Nari just laughed before looking behind Li to Kyuu. "And what of the other young lady behind you?"
Li stood up straight. "Who? Kyuu? Oh!! She's our other new band member."
Nari chuckled. "I'm sure they'll be as great as you and Minny in no time." The man clapped his hands once. "Now anything in particular you want for that outfit?"
Li looked over at Toru before turning back to the rosy-cheeked man in front of her. "He has a…particular taste for orange."
Toru huffed.
Nari laughed. "We'll see what we can do." Nari was still laughing as he led the four to the back of the store.
An hour later, Li, Minny, Kyuu, and Toru stepped out of the store with new clothes for Naruto.
Naruto's new outfit consisted of a blue, hooded vest with pale blue lining overtop of an orange t-shirt. Dark orange pants with a black strip down the sides adorned his legs with black shoes.
"Arigato, Sa-LI!!" Naruto said, almost giving Salira's identity away.
Salira just smiled in her disguised form. "Glad to be of service. Now I just need to pick up some supplies from the drug store and we'll be on our way to visit obaachan!!" Salira punched her fist into the air as she started skipping and dancing to the store.
Minny sighed as he followed the cheery girl. "She gets high off of air itself." He explained.
Toru and Kyuu just nodded dumbly and followed Li.
OOOO
After picking up some supplies from the small hearer's hut, the four companions changed back into their original forms (Naruto wearing his new outfit) and started towards Li's grandmother's home. They walked for a couple of days through a small forest and up a mountain until they reached a little entrance in the mountainside.
"OBAA-CHAN!!! I'M BACK!! AND I BROUGHT A FRIEND!!!" Salira called as she led the group into the cavern. Suddenly the group of four heard a soft cawing sound and looked up in time to see a majestic golden eagle fly overhead deeper into the mountain before circling and flying toward Salira. The blonde outstretched her arm and the eagle landed on her arm. "Hello Amdis. 1" Salira said petting the bird's head feathers.
Amdis was a golden eagle as long as Salira's forearm. She had coffee-coloured feathers with a streak of gold running down the middle of her back to her tail and a golden diamond in the centre of her head.
Amdis spread her wings and started leading the group deeper into the cave. The tunnel suddenly opened up into a wide cavern with small candles lining the walls and a small bed off to the side with a woman lying in it.
"OBAA-CHAN!" Salira called as she ran over to the bedside. She slid and kneeled next to the bed with Mingan eagerly following in his wolf form. Naruto and Kyuubi followed cautiously to the bed where Amdis was currently resting on the headboard.
When Naruto got closer he heard Salira talking softly to a frail woman with brownish-grey hair with a golden streak down the middle and a golden diamond on her forehead. "So who's your friend?" The elderly lady asked turning her attention to the newly arrived blonde with a fox on his shoulder.
Salira jumped slightly, not noticing the kitsunes' presence. "Obaa-chan, I would like you to meet Naruto and Kyuubi. Naruto, Kyuubi, I would like you to meet my grandmother: Aurnia."
Aurnia turned to the blond and his fox. "You're Uzumaki Naruto aren't you?" She asked a small smile on her face.
Salira looked surprised at her grandmother while Naruto took a step back in shock.
"Grandmama…How did you-" Salira was interrupted when Aurnia burst into a coughing fit and started gasping for air. "GRANDMAMA!!!!" She started digging around in pouch that was on her back.
"No, my dear." She placed her aged hands over Salira's. "My time has come. I am grateful to see you once more Naru-kun. I am glad that Salira found you and Kyuubi. Kyoudais should not be separated." Her eyes softened. "You look so much like you father, Naru-kun. He would be proud."
Salira stopped and stared at her grandmother in confusion. "Kyoudais? Twins? Grandmama that lung cancer must have affected your brain as well, he CAN'T be my twin, I don't have any siblings." Naruto just stood shocked into stillness.
Aurnia shook her head softly before coughing. "Your parents loved each other. After they married, 2 years before you were born, they combined their names into one: Uzuriel."
"UZURIEL!!!" Naruto snapped. "THE YONDAIME??"
"Hai. They kept your births a secret, but the evidence is still there." She smiled. "Everyone of the Uriel clan is bonded to an animal spirit at birth and gains some of the animal's attributes as the animal gain some of the human's. I gained the diamond from Amdis and she gained my golden streak of hair. Salira gained Mingan's eye tattoos while he gained her blue eyes. And you, my grandson, have gained Kyuubi's whiskers and Kyuubi has gained your blue eyes while you both gained your father's looks.
"Sensei knows more but when the Leaf nins announced that there was a demon fox, Arashi took Naruto and sealed Kyuubi in him, unsure if it was his bonded animal spirit or not, while he left you with me to be bonded with Mingan since he arrived earlier." Aurnia's coughing gradually became worse and more frequent. "My time in this world is up. Salira can teach you your mother's jutsus while you can teach her your techniques and sensei can watch over you until the day arrives when you are to return to your home and face your destinies."
Aurnia's breathing slowly decreased as her eyes closed until no more breath entered her frail body. Amdis flew gently down to Aurnia's pillow before she too closed her eyes and entered an eternal sleep.
"Grandmama…" Salira called gently shaking Aurnia. "Grandmama…" Tears started coming to her eyes before she broke down. "GRANDMAMA!!!!"
OOO
After they buried their grandmother body, alongside her animal spirit, they silently paid their respects before starting their trip east towards Salira's sensei home.
"You know what…" Naruto said quietly. "I've always wanted a family, and when I finally got one I lose them."
"So what am I chopped liver?" Salira asked sarcastically while walking next to her twin brother behind their animal spirits.
Naruto laughed sheepishly. "Oh yeah…but its…"
"Not the same as having a mother?" Salira supplied.
"Yeah…"
"Well I guess I you'll have to meet sensei. I'm sure she is related somehow to our family. I mean…who else would voluntarily keep a dragon as a pet?"
"Dragon…?"
"YUP!!" Salira smiled. "His name is Fafner."
"The sensei?"
"NO! The dragon." She still had THAT smile on her face.
"Then what's the sensei's name?"
"SERAPHINE!!" She's STILL smiling THAT smile.
"Oh I'm doomed!!" Naruto sighed dramatically. "I got female sensei that 'burns fire' and her pet 'mythical dragon' named Fafner!"
Salira looked at him curiously. "And…the problem is…?"
"NEXT YOUR GOING TO TELL ME THAT THEY BOTH BREATHE FIRE!!!" He exploded.
"Fine then I won't." Salira had THAT smile on her face as she continued walking leaving a dumbstruck blond behind.
And if your wondering what THAT smile is…
It's a smile that promises you LOTS and LOTS of pain.
TBC
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Sorry about the shortness…anyways, what do you think? Read and Review please.
IF ANYONE HASN'T RECEIVED THEIR PICCY THAT I PROMISED THEM PLEASE LET ME NOW!! I GOT A LITTLE…OKAY A LOT…SIDETRACKED SO NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT THEIR PICTURE AND WHO DIDN'T… P Sorry.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Amaterasu: Thank-you. Answers to your questions:
Yes
No unless you want incest which I'm not a big fan of.
Did I send it?
Bunch-o-Nuts: Sorry I couldn't update sooner. It might be a bit slow until I can get Naru-chan back into Konoha…Sorry.
DrazenFlames: I haven't thought of the pairing yet but I keep that in mind…it could work.
Valakun: That was pretty much my thought (Naruto with less orange). If you want you can inform me of any grammatical/spelling errors and I can fix them to help make my story more enjoyable.
Dragon Man 180: (huggles Kyuubi) my thoughts exactly. They'll probably end up wandering around for a bit…
reichan: Glad your having fun. Thanks for the compliments.
ice-eyed kitty: Thank-you, I try to write something that will keep you, the readers/reviewers happy/occupied. Thanks.
Little Fox Kit: Don't worry probably a bit of action in the next chappie (training and MAYBE some bandits). In my opinion, I don't care how long a review is as long as I know that people enjoy my crazy…plots. XD.
Elijah Snow: I get that feeling too…maybe it's the new generation…? I'll try my hardest to keep this story interesting. Ta Ta For Now!!
Yum: Sometimes repetition is a good thing D. REALLY? It is? Sorry bout that I thought it was 'cause I saw another author write that... THANX 4 DA INFO!!!
Dragon Noir: I tried to keep the OOCness down but it needs to be included in the story. Don't worry a couple of days with 'Mizz Dragon' should bring him back to normal. Sorry bout the Mary Sueish personality at the beginning, but with Naruto finally getting a friend and then the friend killing him…he had a lot on his mind. I'm touched…you pick up Mingan's personality SO well (tear). Don't worry him and Kyuu-chan are going to be bickering a lot in a few chappies…they have such similar clashing personalities ;D
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THANKS FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL REVIEWS!!! I'LL TRY (Kyoudai: Twin with older sister, younger brother) TO UPDATE FASTER!!! (Keyword: TRY)
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