Amnesia

By Flow

"You… you just won't give up will you?" said a raven-haired teen. He was standing on a stalagmite, and so was Naruto.

"No… and I don't intend to." replied Naruto.

"Well, I guess the number one, knucklehead ninja still is the same. You haven't changed a bit have you? Look where you're in, probably the most dangerous place in the world. And still you have that determination… I guess it's not a bad thing… the only problem in this case is that it's wasted on a useless pile of rubbish. You were always what the village called a "curse", and apparently some still do. Naruto don't you understand? The people of Konoha hate you. Did you ever wonder why the Hokage has been sending you on dangerous missions? She's trying to get rid of you… You're a new Jounin, but you have no talent. You might be expecting someone with as much chakra as you to be more talented. The only thing I've seen you use have been the Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere), Kage-Bunshin (Shadow Clone Jutsu), Oodama-Rasengan, and all those useless jutsu. You're a pathetic excuse for a ninja. I bet Konohamaru being a few years younger than you is more talented… even he would be smart enough to be careful here in this dangerous place."

What the raven-haired teen said was true. The area was dangerous. There were stalagmites spread all across this area. The area that they were in, when you looked above appeared to be a volcano without lava, since the top of the mountain had a wide hole in the roof of it. The hole in the roof was big, and the distance between opposite sides grew if you skimmed your eyes from the top to the bottom. Also not only were there stalagmites there were also some spikes protruding from the walls of the hollow mountain.

Naruto looked around jump somewhere wrong and he might find himself stabbed through the chest. "Hey, if you think I haven't learned any new jutsu, you're wrong. Doton: Yomi Numa! (Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld)" He performed the hand seals and suddenly the ground beneath the stalagmites turned into a deadly swamp. The raven-haired teen was taken back; he was surprised at the jutsu Naruto had just executed. "Now who's the pathetic one?" Naruto asked. The raven-haired boy's expression turned from surprised to a grimace now.

"If you think someone can stop me with this jutsu, you are mistaken." The raven-haired haired boy performed hand seals and then yelled out, "Chidori: Nagashi! (One Thousand Birds Current.)" Electrical sparks emitted from his chest first then spread all around his body. With this move he is able to channel the energy to any direction, and it also acts as a shield. "Chidori!" With the Chidori and the Chidori: Nagashi, Sasuke would be able to create a much more powerful Chidori.

"The Chidori, eh. Well, I have the Odama Rasengan… Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A shadow clone popped up right beside Naruto on the next stalagmite on his right. "Now let's do this..." Naruto and his clone both had to mold the spiraling sphere of chakra on his palm because the chakra was so unstable. Once they were done doing that they jumped to the right cave wall and started running their fastest, blowing the substance beneath their feet away and created a depression. Sasuke followed the action and began running with his Chidori in hand.

As they neared each other they both yelled their jutsus' name. "Chidori!" Sasuke yelled. "Odama Rasengan!" yelled Naruto. Their deadly balls of chakra came closer when they were just inches away from their opponent's chest the scene disappeared. It was replaced by a white flash.

"Ah!" Naruto screamed as he quickly sat up in his bed, sweating from all pores. He looked to his left and saw Sakura sleeping peacefully in the clothes she had been wearing yesterday. She was lying down front down, and her head was turned to the left. Naruto looked at her and stroked her hair. He then did what he did last night; place a kiss on her forehead. He left the bed and headed out to the kitchen.

Just as he was about to enter the kitchen someone knocked on the door. Naruto couldn't just leave the person there, so he went to answer it. He reached it and turned the handle. He saw a young man garbed in a traditional white robe with a Konoha headband. Naruto noticed something else about this man, he didn't seem to have any pupils. Could that be… a kekkei genkai (Bloodline Limit.)? Naruto thought.

"Hello, I am Hyuuga Neji. I'm here to tell you that all available ninja have been called to the Hokage's rooftop for an important mission briefing."

"A mission?" Naruto didn't know why but he liked the sound of that.

"Anyways, I'll leave you now since I have already delivered my message." Neji performed some hand seals and vanished in a screen of smoke.

When Sakura finally woke up she found Naruto changed into his ninja attire and headed for the door.

"Naruto, where are you going?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, yeah. The Hokage has sent a message to all the shinobi in the village to meet at her rooftop. It's a mission."

"Then hurry up Naruto! We don't have all day!"

"Look who's talking." retorted Naruto, "Your hair's all messed up your headband is on the dining table and…"

"Ah, just forget it Naruto let's just get to the Hokage."

"Ok, listen up!" Tsunade yelled, "The reason I have called you here is because there is an attack that will soon strike Konoha! One of ANBU's elite has just captured a man from the Lightning country. The man said that the Hidden Village of Clouds is planning an assault. Of course, the man didn't just spill the beans. While interrogating him we found a document that contained plans of the invasion of Konoha. It seems that they are planning on sending their ninja here one by one as merchants. They will be working from the inside before the attack from the outside will begin. So, here's what I want you shinobi to do. First off, Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, Inazuka Kiba, and Hyuuga Hinata, you will be standing guard at the village's entrance. Check everybody that passes through. And I mean anybody. Konohamaru, Uzumaki Naruto, Nara Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Yamanaka Ino, Tenten, and Hyuuga Neji you will go out to the borders of the Fire Nation and stop anybody who tries to cross the border! Mighty Guy, Hatake Kakashi, Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma, you will go to the Lightning Country and find out more about their plans. By any means, you must reveal their plan. Use your Kage Bunshin to spy on them from a safe distance. Now…" Tsunade waited a few seconds before she released her monstrous voice, " GO!"

I'll leave you guys with this cliffhanger-ish … ending… :P. Anyways, send reviews.