(chapter 5 the glimpse of a journey long past)

(I do not own Naruto)

(Naruto prov)

I kept sinking and sinking into the deep depth of the lake watching as little clips of memories go by me like a movie screen until I stopped sinking and floated in place in front of a big gold enchanted mirror, it had a crack in it that sliced half way down the center of it. I reached for the mirror and traced the crack with my fingertips wondering what this mirror was for and what had caused it to crack.

(flutter…)

I hear something shift beside me as I turned my head to see the butterfly petal that came from the carry tree flutter its wings past my ear and flying its self-up to the mirror passing throw it with ease where my fingers couldn't.

'what?'

I question what I saw as the mirror glowed bright red turning my reflection that was of me; with red hair that was in a long French braid except my bangs that were short and fell nicely just above my eyebrows, green eyes, whiskered marked cheeks and three feet tall with an orange jumpsuit. Into an older woman; with the same red hair, but she had no whisker marks on her cheeks, her eyes were green like mine but the right eye was covered by an eye patch, her hair was pulled into a high, tight braided bun and had a big ballroom dress with frills all over it.

I put both of my hands on the mirror not noticing how I was getting closer to it as she also copied my actions with an empty expression on her face that was making a smile with no feeling's in it. I frown at her expression and as if she noticed she truly smiled at me with her eyes as her hands pushed throw the mirror to grab mine and pull me in, seeing this I kind of panicked a little."AAH!"

"shh… it's fine I'm here to show you the way, come," the lady said calmly in a British accent that made me relax and pass throw the mirror coming out into a huge library with books everywhere you could see, on shelves, tables even in the chandeliers above me. I was amazed and wanted to explore but if I did I would probably be lost forever in it.

"hmm let's see… you came here to search up the memory of your first encounter with a fellow called Sirius black? right… well it's about time you did, it was about to disappear you know?" the lady said tiredly to me while she walked down the many halls of bookshelves with me trailing behind her. I looked at her confused as I couldn't recall ever hearing or meeting anyone by that name.

"disappear?" I ask her shyly which got her to stop her fast walking and smile down at me.

(snap!)

A bright red book with a red butterfly on it flew out of its spot on the shelf above us landing in the lady's hand that she had snapped from and opening it to a page, she looked up at me sadly then reached out her hand.

"past life memories are tricky you see, it disappears if you don't look at them right away in your next life, they do this to make room for more memories my dear now if you're sheer you want to see this past then take my hand and we'll have a look" the lady said wisely as I look at the hand quietly then grab it firmly and everything started to spin really fast, but as fast as it began it stopped and we were both in another library but this one was dark and felt lonely unlike the other that had full of color and a warm cozy feeling.

All was quiet as I was about to say why we were here until the door to the library we were in opened and a black wolf limped in hiding under a table as a young girl ran in moments later slamming the door shut and frantically locking it. The girl leaned against the door breathing hard as if she'd been running like mad. I wonder who or what she could have been running from? as I saw her walk over to a chair and take a nap, seeing the opportunity of getting to see her I walk over to her taking in her appearance; she had reddish-brown hair like mine and the lady I came here with hair and her height is the same to mine too.

"what! why do you look like me?" I say without thinking and panic thinking she heard me, but seeing when she didn't move I calmed down and walked quietly back to the lady who looked at me like she was trying not to laugh and I stick my tongue out at her childishly.

"they can't see or hear us my dear, but we can touch and hear them." the lady said to me bluntly with a smile and I face palmed myself and continued to watch the girl have a nap when the wolf came out in front of her and growled which caused me to go into guard mode to attack it, but the lady stopped me by grabbing my wrist and pointing towards the two that somehow started to talk to each other and that the wolf was now a man.

"wtf, just happened to the dog, lady?" I said fracking out about the shape changing wolf as the lady hushed me and I shut up and listen to them.

"only if you figure out a way to get us out of here without that guy outside noticing and stay in that form because I don't want…" the girl said to the man who nodded with a smile and moved to a bookcase opening a secret exit from the library as he then whispered to the girl asking for her name then after getting it, he transformed back into a wolf.

I watched the two leave out of the passageway and followed them into another hallway where two other people were having a conversation about a girl and someone called harry, but I didn't listen to them as the girl with her now pet wolf run down another hallway away from the two man. I started to go after them until the lady who followed after me out of the library stopped me by grabbing my hand and the spinning started again then stopped and we were back at the library in my mind.

"awe! Why'd you bring us back here lady I was just getting into it" I yelled annoyed at the lady for ruining the fun I was having as I turned around to glare at her. The lady only shacks her head at my antics and throws the book up in the air as she snapped her fingers again making the book go back in the place it once was then turning on her heels away from me down the hall from once we came and to the mirror with me following behind her moping. I and the lady stand in front of the mirror as it then glows bright red and my reflection turns into my old one and I look at the lady questioningly as I wanted to ask for her name.

"ha-ha I'm known by many names but I guess now I'm known as Naruto now! yes I'm you and you are me in another life now you should get going to sleep you got a big day tomorrow Hun, bye!" the lady who seemed to be me said happily as I was about to cut her off when she pushes me back throw the mirror where I was back in the lake. I couldn't breath again as I tried to swam to the top gasping for air wondering how I even breathed before.

I made it to the side of the lake and crawled out laying on the ground as I saw the red butterfly petal fly out of the lake and into my hand that was dry like the rest of my body, strange? Getting up off the ground I walked back up to the cherry tree where the petal fluttered out of my hand and back to its branch where it had fallen from as I closed my eyes. I opened my eyes to find that I was still in my room sitting on my bed so I lay down falling asleep feeling too tired to think about what just happened.

(BANG!)

The next day I awoke with a start as someone was banging really hard on my front door, so getting up and turning on me disguise to open the front, but paused when I felt who was on the other side and shivered.

"Naruto I know you're in their open up!" Sakura yelled from outside as she then banged the door harder. I planed ignorance to everything in that moment.

"no buddy's home!" I yelled back holding in a laugh knowing full well it would piss her off and like a charm it did as the front door fell off the hinges onto the floor revealing a very pissed off cherry blossom in its place.

"Naruto you do know that I don't need to back alive, right! well then you better respect me for even bothering to wake you uo, so don't sleep in again got its brat! Now come!" Sakura yelled furiously with a glare that could kill while taking my collar and proceeding to pull me out of my apartment to the training ground we use to train together, then grins as she sees how scared I am. I knew at that moment that she in fact was a sadist.

'that should get him to not be late again ha-ha' inner thought triumphantly as she continued to pull me down the street laughing and I stop struggling, as I hear her laugh I start laughing with her enjoying the peacefulness of the village again.