Leenad: Yay! Fourth chappy updated! I do not own Naruto. Just my own characters that put in here.
The sun was out again full the next day, however very humid and sticky. Naruto lay on his bed boredly while sweating like a pig. "Argh! Man its hot today" the blonde groaned, rolling on his stomach as he kicked of the remainer of his sheets to the floor. He wore nothing but light blue boxers but even that proved to not cool him down. A low rumbling sound erupted in his stomach, meaning it was time to eat.
With a quick hop he jumped off the bed and rumaged through the kitchen to find some ramen. After boiling the water and slirping the noodles happily Naruto return back to his spot on the bed, his hands clutching the necklace. The Kyuubi holder exmamined the fine peice of jewelry; turning it over and over in his hands.
It spun around in its slow glory, the silver shining brightly along with the white stone. As he turned it over he expected to see the owner's name craved on the back but there was nothing. "Well so much for that idea" Naruto grumbled, putting the necklace around his neck where it grazed cooly against his bare chest. A flashback suddenly flashed before his head.
"Wow Riku thats so pretty!"
An 6 year old Naruto gazed up at the shining necklace with wide eyes. The tall figure who held it smiled yet the light behind blocked out its face. But even without it the little boy could feel the warmth and kindness and this joyed him.
Suddenly a loud rapid knocking came atthe front door which brought the blonde back to reality. Naruto quickly got off the bed; hopeing that whoever it was wasn't the landlord. He had enough complaints from him already today. The blonde opened the door and smiled upon seeing it was Iruka.
"Hello Iruka-sensei. Come on in".
Iruka smiled warmly down at his former student but his eyes instantly caught sight of the necklace hanging from the blonde's neck. "Eh? Whats the matter?" Naruto asked, noticing that his teacher's face had turned as white as a ghost; his eyes wide.
"W-Where did you get that?" Iruka stammered, pointing.
Naruto glanced down at the necklace and then back at Iruka. "Oh this? I found it" the blonde said simply with a fox-like grin. Iruka tried to regain whatever composer he had left and then cleared his throat, deciding to change the subject.
"Uh well I just thought I'd check up on you. You know, to see how you're making out".
In the back of Naruto's mind something told him that there something notright about all this. "I'm doing ok" he heard himself say and then after awhile Iruka left to attend to other matters. It accoured to him that he had just lied.
Naruto never ever lied about anything in his entire life, not even to his most trusted teacher and friend Iruka. But it was if at that very second when the man laid eyes on the necklace Naruto felt as though a mechanism had shot through his intire body almost like instinct; the feeling of total fear grasping in the pit of his stomach.
Truth be told things were not ok. He was tired from lack of sleep and right now at the moment very mixed up. He was changing without knowing why, feeling things he never felt before, and yet all of this was adding up to those strange dreams. Just what on earth did they mean?
The blond started to get alittle annoyed. Why couldn't he have normal stuff happen to him instead of this crap? But of course normal doesn't cut it when you've got the nine-tailed fox demon sealed inside of you. An idea struck Naruto's mind suddenly and then he sat down and closed his eyes; allowing himself to be carried away into the depths of his mind.
"What do you want brat?" the familiar dark dooming voice of Kyuubi growled, his red eyes narrowing down at the blonde from the darkness; the huge gates of the seal seperating the two.
Naruto took a step forward with a small smile,"Sorry to bother you Kyuubi but I need to ask you a few things".
The demon let out what appeared to be a sigh but it came outmore like a grunt. "And what would a knucle head like you want the great and all mighty Kyuubi's help for anyway? You've got enough problems of your own so just leave me out of it and let me rest in peace!".
"But Kyuubi" Naruto called out desperately, "I need to know about about those dreams. What do they mean and what are they trying to tell me?". The nine-tailed fox remained silent for a moment and then a smile rose from the dark, revealing sharp white fangs as he smirked.
"You seriously don't know?" the demon hissed as a sly chuckle erupted from his lips. Naruto stared confused up at Kyuubi but cautiously nodded. Kyuubi moved his head alittle lower to get a more closer look at the blonde; his muzzle almost touching the edge of the steel bars.
He then began to laugh. "Hey whats so funny?" Naruto shouted up at the fox. "You're even dumber than I thought" Kyuubi snorted, "Normally it would have taken a genius to figure it out after a period of time".
"F-Figure what out?".
The nine-tailed fox was able to calm himself but that knowing smirk never faltered which chilled Naruto to the bone.
"My, my. After all these years those pathetic people you call "friends" still haven't broken the news? Hmph! It just goes to show you that they're all the same, nothing but secretive bastards. I'm telling ya kid. You shouldn't be so damn trusting cause you're just wasting you time on those silly mortals".
And with a great gust of shadows their link was cut off leaving Naruto to sit numbly in the normal reality that was his. Was the Kyuubi telling the truth? There was really only one way to find out. With as much effort as he could muster the blonde picked himself up from the couch and got dressed, heading out of his appartment.
Next chapter coming up!