The next day the group takes their seats once again. After the somber end to the last night they have come back for a slightly more hopeful viewing this time. They take some food to eat and go sit down at their seats.

'What do you think we'll see next?' Naruto is bouncing in his seat. He's excited for another day of watching the future. And it better has him doing something really cool in it.

'I hope it isn't sad.' Sasuke, who's right next to him, says. He's still a little sad from what they watched the previous day.

'It'd better be something cool!' Lee agrees with Naruto. The sad scenes are a little sad. But the good scenes surely make up for it.

'Like what?' Sakura asks. She's a little depressed from the previous day as well.

'A really awesome battle!' Both Naruto and Lee scream out.

They all turn to look at the screen. The screen lights up once more. This time the words 'A little suspicious' appear on the screen.

'What could that mean?' Ino wonder out loud.

Neji sighs. 'To be honest. Everything. We're ninja. Suspicious is part of the job.'

The scene starts with a young boy standing in a forest. The trees around him are big and tall, the boy looks even smaller next to them. The boy seems to be fiddling around with the hand signs, a little unsure. Then something passes him by. He looks around but can't find anything yet. It's that same boy they saw with Ashura before.

'Them again.' Naruto points out. They've seen him before. Even though that has been quite a while already.

'Which means we're way back in the past again.' Sasuke agrees. There is this strange part of him that's intensely invested in these people. Something about him intrigues him.

Then a creepy voice starts speaking. 'So, it was you… You inherited Mother's powers!'

'Who's that?' Ino asks. She has never heard a voice as creepy as that. Only in cartoons on the tv do people have voices like that. It's just so stereotypical. But also, really scary.

'I have no idea.' Kakashi says. He's suspicious as well. 'Before you ask I doubt anyone knows what powers he's talking about either.'

The boy keeps looking around but can't see anything. 'Who's there?' He yells. 'Come out!'

The wind blows past. 'I'll always be watching you.' It truly sounds like the one speaking is smiling. In a creepy sort of way.

'Stranger danger!' Kiba shouts. He's heard the stories and if you encounter a person like that you have to tell your parents. And then the police. Because that's just not alright.

'Ghost alert.' Rock Lee shouts more as a joke.

Not a second later Naruto's face whitens. 'Ghosts!' And he hides himself under the desk.

Sasuke grabs the boy's T-shirt and pulls him back up. 'Naruto. That was a joke.'

Then the screen goes black.

When it turns back the boy is standing within the forest once again. He's wiping the sweat of his face. Then he turns around and throws some knives. 'Are you there?' He yells.

'I'm so happy that you sensed my presence!' The creep says. The tree begins to morph, and a shady creature appears. His body is covered in clothes but still something about him doesn't quite seem human.

'Is he even human?' Sakura says. Those eyes don't look like human eyes. They're way to round for that.'

'Uh… maybe?' Hinata isn't quite sure either. She as well as most other people in the room stare at the screen with confusion. What could this creature be? And what is it planning.

'He's a creep. Creeps can hardly be considered human to begin with.' Sasuke huffs.

'I was speaking on a biological level.' Sakura explains while hitting the boy on his head.

Sasuke's eyes widen. Sakura hit him… 'What's that supposed to mean?'

'What do you want.' The boy yells again. 'Why do you keep following me?'

The creep starts speaking. 'You will grow strong. You have the desire, potential, and talent for Ninshu. But…' The creature starts walking. 'You're still not aware of your true power.'

'What could it be?' Naruto voices the question they're all thinking.

Shikamaru is the one that replies. 'My guess… a hidden ability.'

'Like a bloodline limit?' Chouji asks his friend. He's still eating his eternal breakfast.

Shikamaru nods. 'That could very well be. This is the beginning of people using chakra after all.' But what could be so special a bloodline limit. So special that that creature wants it.

'My 'true power?'' The boy has every right to sound confused.

'An even greater power lies dormant inside you. But there is one condition for awakening that power.' The creature continues to talk. Something doesn't quite sound right. As the creature starts giggling to himself.

'The way to awaken the power is probably going to be something bad.' Chouza mutters. He knows the signs when he sees them.

'Power comes at a price. That seems to be a rule of sorts.' Fugaku agrees. It's the case with the sharingan and many other techniques. Power requires sacrifice, and it only depends on whether you want to pay the price. Though it's not always in the control of the one attaining the power.

'Who are you?' The boy yells. 'How do you know that?'

'That's actually a good question.' Itachi points out. 'Does he have the ability to look inside DNA or something?' How else could the creature know about the abilities hidden inside one's blood.

'Maybe it's just genetics.' Shisui shrugs.

'It doesn't matter. If you awaken your power,' The creature looks up at the moon in the sky, even though it's day outside, 'My wish will come true one day.' Then the creature looks back at the boy. 'Well, never mind about that. We were talking about awakening you power, weren't we? Do you want to know?'

'His wish… I have a feeling it has to do with the moon.' Neji deduces.

Tenten laughs. 'We could have figured that out ourselves.' It was plain as day on the screen. A couple others join in with laughing as well. Neji's cheeks redden a little in embarrassment.

The boy looks back. He doesn't say anything but it's clear he's curious.

'Oh no. He's falling for the trap.' Sasuke mutters. He would have fallen for it too. Who doesn't want the power.

Then Naruto speaks up. 'Don't you guys think he's a little like Sasuke?'

'What are you talking about?' Ino blinks a couple times. She doesn't see it. Sasuke is way cooler than that guy. Even though he's plenty cute himself.

'I don't see it.' Itachi agrees with her. Sasuke is a bit more… anti-people.

'Just… I got this feeling. He and Sasuke are alike.' Naruto mutters. It makes sense in his mind. Why doesn't anyone else see it?

'What do you think Sasuke?' Ino decides to ask the boy.

Sasuke is staring at the screen intently, like he's in a daze. 'I think I know him from somewhere.' He doesn't know from where. But he's sure he's seen that face before. Even before they've seen him the first time on the screen.

'That doesn't explain anything.'

'It has nothing to do with training, you know.' The boy looks surprised. What could this creature be talking about. 'You must lose love.' The screen focusses on the creature's face, even though it's largely obscured. Only the big round yellow eyes stand out.

'This is going to be pretty bold. But I have a feeling we already know what he's talking about.' Shikaku says. Knowing the trends with this robot it probably has something to do with the Uchiha. It makes the most sense. They are always up in anything. Even if you don't expect them to have anything to do with it.

'You think?' Inoichi blinks a couple times. He trusts his friend but sometimes he doesn't get what he's thinking.

'What do you mean?' The boy stares back. Ashura appears on screen.

'Like having a person, you love, die.' The creature says. The picture of Ashura burns up. 'Let's test it out.' Now on the creatures face a smile appears, unnaturally big.

'No! Don't hurt Ashura!' Naruto shouts. He likes Ashura. Even though he hasn't appeared a lot. He seems like a cool guy.

'He doesn't deserve that!' Sakura agrees with him.

'What are you going to do?' The boy yells back. The creature disappears into the ground. 'Wait!' Then realization hits him. 'Ashura!' He looks back.

The next shot is of Ashura flying through the trees to get away from a boar. The boar in question seems rather powerful, being both bigger and stronger than normal. Eventually the boar knocks down one of the trees the boy is standing on and he falls to the ground.

'Oh no. Please let him get there on time.' Mikoto mumbles. Seeing another death on screen won't do the kids good. That's for sure. They could stand to stay kids for a little longer.

The boar hits the boy straight in the chest, it doesn't damage him too much, luckily. The boar walks a couple steps forward. Until somebody shouts from the distance.

'Ashura!' The older boy shouts.

'Nii-san?' Ashura watches with amazement.

'He made it!' Naruto cheers. This elder brother guy is pretty cool. If only he had a sibling like that.

'Good thing. That boar is creepy.' Sasuke agrees. That boars seems a little familiar as well. But then again there are plenty living in the forests, he's probably got it confused with one of the ones he saw there.

'Did boars really used to be that big in the past?' Ino wonders. She's never seen one that big before.

'I have a feeling that shady creature might have had something to do with it.' Her father explains. No boar would continue the chase like that.

'Hurry, go!' The older tells his younger brother. 'How dare you do this to my younger brother!' He makes some signs and lightning starts forming around his hand. He runs at the boar and the boar runs toward him as well.

'Is that a precursor to the Chidori?' Iruka wonders. He looks at Kakashi who's staring at the screen as well.

'If it is then I have to agree with Naruto. Then he is a lot like Sasuke.' Kakashi can guess. One doesn't use a technique like that so often, except Sasuke.

Lightning covers the area. The older boy holds out his hand, but it looks like his attack missed. The stumbles for a bit. But it's the boar that falls over.

'Yes!' The kids cheer. The boar has been defeated.

A small cut later Ashura is standing next to his brother. 'Brother, your eyes!' he tells the older one.

'It's going to be the sharingan. Isn't it?' Shino says.

'Knowing everything that has been revealed so far I have to agree.' Shikamaru smirks. He can already see it happen.

The older boy takes one of the knives and looks at himself. He seems surprised by what he finds. It's the sharingan. 'This is…' Then he sees the face of the creepy shadow figure and runs at it.

'What did I just say.' Shino says. Nobody really pays him any mind.

'That means that he and Ashura are Uchiha.' Now the Uchiha's in the room are looking at their ancestors. This is really cool.

'But they don't seem to be familiar with the eyes.' Itachi states. Could it be that before that episode they hadn't discovered the eyes yet?

'Not that they're exactly surprised either.' Inoichi points out. One would think that after seeing odd eyes like that for the first time they would be a little more freaked out.

'That's a little odd.'

'Nii-san?' Ashura doesn't quite know what to think.

The older of the two boys runs through the forest until he eventually reaches a clearing. 'I know you're there!' The boy shouts. 'What did you do?'

'He really doesn't seem to be familiar with the sharingan.' Fugaku stares at the screen.

'All Uchiha know about it.' Mikoto agrees with her husband. There are so many stories about the eyes that an Uchiha that hasn't heard of the sharingan is impossible.

'That's why it's strange he doesn't.'

Shisui interrupts the conversation. 'Well, somebody had to be the first.'

'Does that mean he's the founder of the clan? Like in the stories.' Sasuke looks at his parents for the answer.

'He did use lightning, so it could very well be.'

The figure appears behind him but quickly disappears again. 'Oh nothing.' The creature says. 'That's your true power. From now on, you'll use those eyes to see the truth.' The creature says but he's too much of a coward to come out.

The wind starts to blow. 'See you later.' The creature says before disappearing again. This is how the scene ends.

'That's not a good sign.' Neji mutters. He's gotten over his earlier embarrassment.

'It's as if that creature is trying to use that boy.' Hiashi agrees with his nephew. He knows manipulation when he sees it. He's very trained at spotting it with those elders that try to get him to do certain things all the time.

'It really does look that way.'

'I'm upset.' Shisui mumbles. His pen is still touching the paper, but he isn't writing anything down.

'Why?' Itachi stares at his friend.

'We still don't know that boy's name.' Shisui shouts. If only he had a name, then note taking would be a lot easier.

'Nothing in your clan record either?' Shikaku asks. They know this got to be a couple centuries in the past but maybe something could have survived.

'We usually refer to him as the storm god.' Itachi explains. 'He's a prominent figure in the religion.' They have to pray to the gods a couple times a year and he's one of them.

'No name?'

'I guess it has been forgotten in time.' Fugaku explains. There might be another fragment that'll give them the answer.

'Well what's next?' Naruto is up in his seat hoping to get the best view of the next scene.

The screen lights up once more. 'The bijuu counting song.' Appears on the screen.

'Does this mean this is going to be music?' Sakura asks.

'Shh. I wanna hear.' She gets shushed by the others.

This scene starts with the beating of some drums. On the beat strings of lanterns appear one by one.

Then a chibi Naruto appears to be beating one of the drums. 'Tailed beast counting song! All right, here we go!'

'It's Naruto singing…' Sasuke winces. 'This is going to be awful.'

'Hey!' Said boy shouts from the seat next to him.

'No, I agree. Naruto you can't sing.' Iruka cuts in before the conversation will derail. Once they had to sing in front of the class and Naruto's voice stuck out. And not in the good way.

'Hmpf.'

Then Naruto starts singing, actually singing. 'One, 'sleep is better than humans,' says Shukaku.' Said tailed beast appears on screen. Not a second later Gaara appears as well.

'Gaara!' Ino cheers. She still likes that guy.

'Does this mean we'll see the jinchuuriki as well?' Now Naruto was getting excited. These people did have something in common with him.

'Probably.' The Hokage notes. He turns to look at Shisui. 'Take note of that.'

Then the Niibi appears with Yugito. 'Two, burning in fire, Matatabi.'

'Poor Yugito.' Sakura slumps down while remembering what had happened to her.

Tenten agrees with the girl. 'She didn't deserve to die.' She would love to see her kick more ass. There aren't a lot of girls who can.

Then water floods the screen as they move onto the next beast. 'Three, leave the water to Isobu.' The Sanbi appears on screen together with what they can only assume is the Mizukage.

'That's one weird turtle.' Chouji mutters. Most turtles he's seen don't look like that at all. It's as if someone went ham on the design.

'From what I've gathered the tailed beasts look a little odd.' Shikamaru tells his friend.

'Kurama looked decently normal.' Naruto says.

'He has a human torso.' Shikamaru argues back. It takes Naruto a couple seconds to reply.

'Good point.'

Then the Yonbi appears on screen. 'Four, hot as lava, Son Goku.' Not much later what they can only assume is his jinchuuriki appears as well.

'He can spout lava?' Sasuke stares at the screen with wide eyes.

'Yes, he can.' The Hokage tells him. He once watched the Yonbi fight. It was magnificent and hot.

'That's even stronger than fire.'

'Five, always on the run, Kokuo.' The beast in question appears on screen with it's jinchuuriki. The beast is a little strange looking as it's face seems a little illogical to be true.

'What animal is that?' Sakura asks. She hasn't seen anything that looks like that before. Nothing even comes close.

'Uh… I don't know.' Now the other kids wonder as well. None of them can make anything out of it.

'It looks like a horse, but the head doesn't.' Kiba says. He too is really confused by the creature. He thought animals would make sense.

'Maybe it's some sort of ancient creature?' Lee suggests.

'I doubt it.'

Bubbles appear on screen. 'Six, taking it easy and not in a hurry, Saiken.' The beast and a man with his chest almost on display appear on screen.

'Slimy.' Naruto can already feel the slime on his fingers. It reminds him of the time that he accidently turned paint into slime. That was gross and a pain to clean up.

'Bubbles.' Ino cheers.

'Acidic bubbles. Don't touch them.' Her father interrupts. He's heard of the powers of the bijuu before and they're all dangerous.

'What happens if we do?'

'Your skin would melt.'

Then the group suddenly isn't as excited anymore. 'Gross.'

'Seven, the flying leaf insect, Chomei.' A strange insect like creature appears on the screen. Then a young girl who's most likely the jinchuuriki appears as well.

'She looks like fun.' Shisui says. 'The insect is still creepy.' What can he say. Insect close up freak him out.

'Apologize to Shino.' Naruto stares him down. In his opinion insects are amazing.

Then the good old Killer B appears together with the Hachibi. 'Eight, 'Yeah!' is all it needs, Gyuki.'

'The famous Oxtopus.' Shino says.

'Famous?' Naruto didn't know Shino knew about it.

'Look in the newspapers from the war. He got mentioned pretty often.' The boy explains. At least he tries to.

'Who would look in newspapers?' Naruto wouldn't. They always have complicated words and extreme bias. That doesn't make him happy.

Then Naruto starts singing a little louder. 'Nine, 'ko-kon' cries the mighty Kurama.' The Kyuubi together with Naruto appear on the screen.

'Naruto sounds happier now.' Hinata mumbles. She's smiling. She loves seeing Naruto happy. Maybe one day she can make him happy.

'It's probably because it's his own bijuu.' Sasuke tries to explain but he gets a shove from Naruto not a second later.

'All the tailed beasts have finally come together.' Naruto sings as the screen rotates around the beasts. 'They're a little hard, but they're nice names.' The bijuu appear to be a little younger than they currently are, but it could also be the style they're drawn in. 'They're all splendid names. They're all wonderful names.'

'I think the names are a little stupid actually.' Kakashi says. Iruka looks at the guy.

'As if yours isn't.'

'Touché.'

Naruto appears once again drumming. In the background there are a couple others going along as well. Namely, Shikamaru, Hinata, Sakura, and Rock Lee. They're just like Naruto drumming along. 'Next up, the Jinchuuriki. Here we go!'

Gaara appears on the screen with Shukaku stylishly in the background. 'One, with the terrible bags under his eyes, Gaara.'

'That's not very nice.' Sakura looks at Naruto. Naruto hides behind Sasuke.

Sasuke is the one that ends up replying. 'Well it does sound like they are friends. So, it's probably not meant to be offensive.' He makes fun of Naruto all the time as well.

'Two, with a silky voice like a cat, Yugito.' She's on screen as well as the beast.

'Yep. We know about her already.' Kiba can't wait to see the new ones. They have to be awesome as well.

Then the Mizukage appears. He looks a little young, and not at all bloodthirsty as he supposedly is. 'Three, the fourth Mizukage, Yagura.'

'Is this guy really the Mizukage. He looks like a genin.' Shisui says. He's never seen the guy before, but he's heard plenty of tales. He's supposed to be super cruel and all. Yet Naruto here introduces him like he's someone pretty cool. What could possibly be going on here?

'Itachi does too.' Jiraiya says. Itachi pouts from his seat.

'I think the Mizukage is supposed to be a little older.' Shisui defends his friend.

'Four, together for forty years, Four Tails and Roshi.' Naruto sings as the man from before appears on the screen. He looks his age with that red beard. He's also from Iwa just like Deidara.

'Anyone know this guy?' Chouza asks. He looks decently old, but he has never heard of the man before.

'I think I saw him once in the war. Never actually got to talk to him.' Inoichi explains. It was after one of the big fights on the battlefield, when everyone went to reclaim their possessions.

Then a man in red armor appears on screen. From his looks you can see that he probably doesn't talk much. His face is mostly covered but not as bad as Kakashi does it. 'Five, though and powerful, Han.'

'He looks like the silent type.' Iruka says. He's seen hundreds of kids before. He can recognize when someone is of the silent variety.

'That's probably why no one has ever heard of him before.' Kakashi explains.

'Six, reserved and dressed in a kimono, Utakata.' How Naruto describes him is pretty accurate. His face he doesn't show however. A shame because he's probably handsome, as many of the ninja are.

'He doesn't look like the social type either.' Naruto points out. Maybe that's what he should be. Maybe then people will like him. It works for Sasuke.

'With the treatment jinchuuriki tend to get most of them aren't.' The Hokage explains. It's something he wished he could have done something about.

'Right.'

Then a young girl, probably around Naruto's age from the show, appears. She has mint green hair and probably a fun personality. 'Seven, the heart-warming kunoichi, Fuu.'

'I don't think heart-warming is supposed to be a ninja trait.' Neji points out. They're supposed to be ruthless killers. Not all those 'friendship is magic' kind of things.

'It could be if you make the hearts extra hot.' Naruto counteracts.

'That's not what they meant with that.' Iruka sighs. He should teach Naruto better. Somethings just go in one ear and out the other.

Then Killer B appears on screen with all his stage presence. 'Eight, he's got crazy rap skills, Killer Bee.' They don't know about his rapping, but they'll take Naruto's word for it.

'Everyone heard of him before.' Shisui laughs. He actually got one of the man's signatures as a joke gift. He still doesn't know the story behind that.

'His… demeanor is well known.' Hiashi relents. He too has heard of the famous troublemaker before.

Then Naruto starts singing a little louder once again. Probably because he's self-absorbed or something. 'Nine, the leaf's Naruto Uzumaki.' Naruto is on screen appearing more serious that he probably is half the time.

'And there is the goofball we all love.' Sasuke smiles.

'You love me?' Naruto's eyes are wide. Clearly taken aback by what Sasuke just said.

'Not in that way.' Sasuke gives him a shove. 'Maybe Hinata does.' Then it's the girls turn to blush.

The camera starts rotating once again but this time chibi versions of the jinchuuriki are there as well. 'All the powerful jinchuuriki have finally come together. Can they become friends with the tailed beasts?' Who knows. They might. 'They're all splendid shinobi. They're all wonderful shinobi.'

'They look so cute like that.' Iruka stares. He wants to squish them between his hands.

'I think Sasuke would be even cuter.' Itachi mutters. He hasn't seen him yet. Why isn't Sasuke there?

'I think you would be really cute.' Shisui says to his friend, in a platonic way.

'Let's not debate on who will be the cutest. That's not relevant.' Hiashi interrupts the conversation. He did not like where it was going.

'I think it is.'

There are some close ups of all the beasts and their jinchuuriki and then finally the song ends with Naruto and friends doing a proper bow.

'That was fun.' Naruto is satisfied. This song wasn't sad, or depressing, or anything bad. It was fun and simple. They didn't have to think too much. He likes that.

'And it actually told us quite a bit.' Shisui taps his pen down onto the desk. He has to get another paper because the current one is filled.

'Now we know who we'll have to protect in the future.' Itachi agrees with his friend.

'Though I do think that many of them should be plenty capable of protecting themselves and in cases even have national protection from the Kage, if they aren't Kage themselves.' Shikamaru explains.

'Those Akatsuki people aren't to be underestimated.' Chouji adds.

Added notes:

Ashura and his brother are Uchiha

Strange creature that has a dream which is probably bad news, he also has a thing for torture and the sharingan

The jinchuuriki are:

1. Gaara, mr. Kazekage

2. Yugito

3. Yagura, mr. Mizukage

4. Roshi

5. Han

6. Utakata

7. Fuu

8. Killer B

9. Naruto

The Bijuu have some confusing names as well

'What's up next?' Lee hopes that the next thing they'll see is another battle. And it better be one of the fun ones. Like that one with Temari and Shikamaru. That was a fun one.

The screen lights up. Now the words 'the demon of the hidden mist' are displayed.

'Demon of the hidden mist… Isn't that one of the seven swordsmen?' Iruka wonder out loud.

'Not Kisame. That we know.' Itachi replies. They already know about Kisame.

'There are still plenty others.'

I'm back! Whoo. My tests went well and now I have time to write again. Also a little news

There is another poll open! You can vote on my profile on ffnet. This poll will be about what they should watch in chapter 20. The options are. Valley of the end part 1, Naruto meeting Kushina, Jiraiya's death, Neji's death, Shisui's death, Gai unleashing the eight gates. You can only vote once. Please vote!

Special thanks to whomever suggested more Indra and Ashura, and Toastoast for suggesting the bijuu counting song.

Next week will be Zabuza!