Authors notes: Funny thing, I never thought of Naruto and Sakura as a couple. It kind of peeved me out because Sakura is taller than him, but than there's the time-skip, so I'm starting to warm up a lot to this couple.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I own a Kiba plushie! (squeezes it) And I own Kudari, Kain and Hidama.

"Well wake him up! I challenge him to a fight!" Naruto said confidently.

Kain's eyes switched immediately to Naruto and she dropped her popcorn. "You serious?"

Hidama also looked interested.

"I'm way serious! He thinks he so cool, well wait till I show him!"

"NO WAY! I WON'T LET YOU! YOU CAN'T!" Kain spat at Naruto.

"Why not?"

"Because-because…."

Hidama intervened and said, "Kain just go get Kudari. I want to witnessed this."

Meanwhile on the roof…

Kudari opened one eyelid as he always did and listened to the commotion below. He heard Kain's voice screaming at another's. He sighed. That friend of his was so loud and obnoxious, it made him think of memories past…. And a special song that had such an appeal to him…

Flashback…

"OH YEAH, WE'RE NINJAS! WE RULE!" Kain cheered loudly.

"Now we can do what we were meant to do and get revenge!" Hidama said silently.

Kudari of course was asleep but somehow he hears every bit of his friends cheering. In time, he thought, but finding who we are after is like looking for a needle in the haystack.

Back then, only one thing was on the three shonobi's minds, cold-blooded revenge.

And that song? This song always sang Kudari to sleep and was the song he dreamt of singing when he was a child. It was the song Hidama sang, the one Kain held onto, and the one song that Kudari will never forget…

End flashback…

Your life is the same

Suddenly the attic door slammed open and out came our Number 1 ninja knucklehead. Kudari shut hid eyelid and pretended not to notice Naruto at all by making it appear he was asleep.

Day after day

"HEY WAKE UP! HEY I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Naruto screamed in Kudari's ears.

Kain covered Naruto's mouth. "Knock it off. He's awake. You're just too stupid to see it. He fakes in hope that you'll shut your trap and leave him alone. Kudari-chan, you're fooling no one! Get up!" she said pinching his neck.

Kudari opened his eyes and slapped Kain's hands away. "Quit it! Nothing escapes you, Kain. So kid-o, you want to fight me?" he said smirking at Naruto. "Ok, but there's a few rules as to how I fight. Follow me" He jumped off the roof and headed towards the field.

"Right behind you." Naruto said as he, Kain and Hidama headed to the field.

Everything that you do

Meanwhile…

Sakura was walking home late that evening. Tsunade had kept her working late and hard, so it was about 11:00. She was about to take a turn to her house when she saw about four shadows standing in field-like area. Being the curious medic-nin, she was, she could not help but to check it out.

You do the same old way

Meanwhile…

Kudari cracked his knuckles and glared at Naruto. "Ok kid-o, ready to hear the rules?" he asked.

"His name is Naruto." Kain said quietly.

Kudari turned to his friend. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Naruto. It's his name." She said twiddling her fingers.

"I don't care, Kain. Anyways kid-o-

"Naruto what are you doing out here this late with these three?" Sakura said interrupting Kudari. Kudari was starting to get annoyed. All these people were interrupting!

"Sakura-chan! You should go home!" Naruto replied.

"Grrr, AWW SCREW IT! KAIN HIT HIM!" Kudari yelled. No one was paying attention to him.

Suddenly Naruto was unconscious!

"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled as she ran to her comrade. "You!" she yelled at Kain. "What did you do?"

"Don't worry, I didn't hurt him, it's just that in order for Naruto-san to fight Kudari-chan, he needs to be asleep." Kain explained.

"You see Sakura-san, Kudari has no fight abilities while awake. He can't do taijutsu, ninjutsu or genjutsu at all. However he can only fight when asleep. I see Kudari has already fallen asleep as well."

Sakura looked at Naruto's unconscious body that she held in her arms and held it closer. Please be ok, Naruto, she thought. She propped his body against a tree and went over to Kain. "So now what happens?"

Kain's sea-blue eyes met Sakura's emerald ones. "Now we wait and hope Kudari doesn't screw up Naruto-san."

"Hey, you're calling Naruto by his name, Kain-chan!" Hidama exclaimed.

"The guys got guts, I'll give him that. I guess I kind of respect him in a way. Hey pinky!" Kain called to Sakura.

"What is it?"

"It's kind of dull that only Kudari and Naruto are fighting, don't you think?"

"What are you saying?"

Kain smiled and tossed a kunai at Sakura. Sakura dodged quickly as the kunai hit a tree instead. "Fight me, forehead. It seems right; our boyfriends are fighting, so I think we should hold up our team's honor. Ne?"

Sakura blushed. "Uh um! He's not my boyfriend! Gross!" she spat at Kain.

Kain sweatdropped.

"Uh I meant he was a boy and he was your friend. Same with me and Kudari." She said laughing. She then took out a kunai. "Ready or not?"

Sakura did the same. "Ready!" and the two clashed.

Meanwhile…

Naruto opened his eyes to find himself in a strange unfamiliar place. He sat up and looked around. Everything was dark all around and it gave Naruto a bad vibe. "Where am I?" he asked out loud.

"You're in my dream, kid-o." came Kudari's voice. Naruto looked to see Kudari's figure kneeling down at him. "I spend a lot of time here, every time I close my eyes I appear here. You see, kid, I have a special power, and it's called Dream-talking. It's so rare, only about 1 in 100000 people can get it. I was born with this talent though, and I can see any ones dreams. I can see yours, Kain's, Hidama's, anyone I choose! I can also appear in that dream of whomever I choose and haunt them. I could turn the best dream into the worst nightmare. Or I can change into something happy. Don't think of this as a fight Naruto, think of it as a test or challenge. The challenge: Try to drive me out of your dreams! Before I torture you to hell, I mean. Ready? GO!" he said as he disappeared.

Naruto got up frantically and looked around. "Dammit where is he?"

"NARUTO!" came a scary voice.

Naruto's eyes widened. "No way!"

Cliffie! Sorry, until next time folks!