(Bell's Point Of View)

We all stood at the coast of the ocean where the Three Tails where we split up into three teams with Naru, Shino, Sai, and Kakashi-sensei where we went to fight off the Crystal-User named Guren.

The five of us were jumping through the tree's as Naru was in the middle of Shino and Sai while I was next to Kakashi-sensei. I heard the conversation in the backround.

"You two have never met before?" Sai nodded, "Sharp of you to notice, Naruto." Naru motioned over to Sai, "This here is Sai. He came from the Anbu Black Ops and he's sorta gloomy and depressing like he's missing something Just a weird guy who's constantly reading books. But he draws great! And he's pretty strong!"

I giggled at his description as he now motioned over to Shino, "And this guy is Shino. Umm Shino is well, Shino."

I shook my head while smiling as they continued to talk as I was still next to Kakashi-sensei as he looked over at me with a smile, "He sure is an interesting one isn't he..."

I giggled again and looked foreward, "Yep, he sure is a knucklehead..." He then hummed and looked at me, "How were you to watch over him all those years ago, you know, as a little child. I mean, you were both the same age."

I looked back to see that Naru was not paying any attention so I was able to speak freely. Putting my hand to my chin, I spoke, "Well, I grew up in the Root, so I grew up faster then most children... When I met Naru, I sort of felt a connection, ya know... I had a feeling that I had to protect him with my life... And he mostly took care of himself... I only stepped in when he gets into trouble with villagers or somebody who wants to hurt him..."

Kakashi-sensei nodded then looked at me with sad eyes, "Did they do any... torture on you, by chance."

I smiled and looked foreward which confused him as I answered, "Of course they did, you just can't see it on my skin because I use a small Genjutsu to hide my scars... And..." I turned to Kakashi-sensei, "And Naru took away the mental scarring..."

His eyes widen as he smiled and looked forward, "Well, he is Konoha's number one unpredictable ninja for something..." I nodded and looked forward as I heard Kakashi-sensei speak again.

"You said you had a feeling to protect him... Is this where you found out you loved him?" I blushed a deep red as I stuttered with my words for which he chuckled and said that he was kidding.

I smiled at him as I turned to see Naru still talking to the boys and gave them a smile which made me blush and gave a soft smile while looking back in front of me.

We landed near the shore where Shino was gathering up Chakra for our battle formation as Sai smiled, "Basically, we'll keep the same formation that Yamato used when he was captain."

Naru then said that he remembered that Sai was from the Anbu Black Ops, "The way they fight, they have no protocol to protect their comrades. But this time, we're fighting to protect our comrades at all cost. I want you to keep that in mind."

Sai nodded then pointed over to me, saying that I was in the Anbu as well which Naru put an arm around me which made me faintly blush. "Well, Bell has been with us for years so she knows the reasons for protecting our comrades, right Bell?"

I smiled and nodded as Shino said that he was ready to go as I felt a Chakra come close to us so I told them to be ready as Guren came out of the water and Naru barely dodged it.

Making Shadow Clones, he sends them at her for which she just destroyed them then ran up to Kakashi-sensei, "The small fry can stay out of this! Come at me with all your might! Sharingan Kakashi!"

Kakashi-sensei made her jump back because of a Chidori he made in his hand and thrust it at her.

A man jumped in front of Guren as Naru shouted at the woman, asking where Yuukimaru was for which she shouted at him that it was none of his business.

"It's my fault that he went over to you guys! I won't let you use him like some kind of tool! I'm gonna beat you and rescue Yuukimaru!"

She punched the water, making water droplets come into the air and started crystallizing them and shot them at us as she shouted, "Shut up! As if you understand!"

Then Shino came onto the water, saying that he was ready as Guren laughed, "Humph If it isn't the Insect user. Your Jutsu is useless against me. Your Jutsu won't work against me. And that's because my insects are now resistant to your Crystal Style. Now the tables have turned. I won't let you get away now!"

She sent out a shock wave which shot Shino, Sai, and Naru away while leaving Kakashi-sensei and I for which she shot out growing crystals as Sensei shouted at me which was not to let one to touch me.

Jumping and dodging the crystal style, I looked over to see that Sai was fighting the other dude who came with Guren.

Kakashi-sensei screamed at me to stay focused so I looked back at Guren to see that she was shooting disk like crystal's at us while we were in the air for which we blocked with our kunai's.

Once she finished with that, Kakashi-sensei and I were still in the air for which Guren makes hand signs to make three giant crystal dragons that she sent at us.

My eyes widen as Kakashi-sensei grabbed my waist and brought me close to him as he made a Chidori and destroyed the three dragons for which I breathed out the air I was holding.

But as we turned around, there were sharp crystals that got stabbed into our backs making us both fall into the water.

I felt my back bleed out as Guren came up to us, "The three-tailed dragon was just a diversion to keep me here For all the talk I've heard, your Sharingan isn't much. Well now, playtime is over."

I felt my consciousness slowly start to fade as I heard Naru shout out my name as I looked over at him and gave him a small smile which made him gasp.

The dragons came at us, ready to kill us, and I felt Kakashi-sensei grabbed me and tried to protect me from it, but all we heard were buzzing from insects.

I looked up to see Shino's insects, breaking the dragons as Shino landed next to us.

I hear Guren scoff, "Humph If it isn't the Insect user. Your Jutsu is useless against me. It's useless!"

Shino sent bugs after her but she just used her Crystal Style to turn them all into crystals as she shouted again that it was useless, but Shino just said, "I wonder about that"

Suddenly, all the crystals started to crack and break open with the insects still being in one piece as the woman shouted that it was impossible, "And that's because my insects can evolve limitlessly. They are now resistant to your Jutsu." Shino said with a monotoned voice."

I was just about to fall face forward into the water, but Naru caught me, asking if I was okay as he saw the blood coming from my back.

"She's lost to much blood!" I heard Kakashi-sensei say as Naru kept calling out my name as I wisp off into darkness...

**********Time skip brought to you by Summer break only being two weeks away*************

I slowly woke up to Naru looking over me, asking me if I was okay. I nodded as he helped sit me up as my back ached from the impact I had with Guren.

Looking around, it looked like we were in some sort of temple, but I asked Naru where we were anyway. "Oh, we were swallowed by the Three Tails."

I was surprised about how calm Naru was and just nodded as he helped me stand up.

I looked over to see Guren so I ran over to her and so did Naru and I saw that she was unconscious with a wound.

I used my medical Ninjutsu to heal the wound and helped her to wake up to which she woke up to Naru being straight in her face.

Once she woke up, she told us to get away from her for which I jumped away, making my grabbed my wound which worried Naru, but turned back to Guren as she spoke, looking at me.

"My wound Did you treat it? What's the big idea? What are you scheming?!" I rose my hands up, saying that I wasn't planning anything for which Naru got in between us and tried to explain.

"Bell healed you, for the same reason why I didn't kill you... We wouldn't do a shameful thing like hurting someone who's unable to fight!"

She looked shocked as she then asked where Yuukimaru asked as I felt around for his Chakra then stood up and went next to Naru.

"He's not close by. Back then, I think we were the only two that Three-Tails swallowed. Then Yuukimaru is still by the lake Either your guys got him or one of my comrades saved him." I said smiling to her.

She stood up and spoke, "Then I have to get out of here immediately and find out."

As she said that, I felt a lot of Chakra coming towards us to I turned towards them and told them to get ready.

We then saw little, miniature figures of the Three Tails running at us for which to hurt us. There was millions of them that surrounded us quickly.

Naru and I started to run for which I saw Guren fall to the ground, so I hurried and grabbed her wrist to pull her while my other hand was holding my wound.

The miniature Three Tails like bugs then came at us from in front of us for which we jumped up. Guren tried to use her crystal style, but I held her wrist telling her that she couldn't do Jutsu with her wound.

She told me to let go of her, for which I did, and we ran straight through a funnel with the bugs like Three Tails still following us.

We found a little cave for which we slipped through and got away from the miniature Three Tails, but they were still outside, looking for us.

Naru asked if Guren was okay for which I looked at her, asking her the same thing for which she looked at us, "Why? Why are you trying to help me?"

Naru just looked at her, saying that we don't fight an injured enemy for which she answered, "You could've left me for those Three-Tails back there... Had it been me, you'd be dead by now. And I'd leave this place and look for Yuukimaru."

He shook his head, "You want Yuukimaru that badly? For Orochimaru's sake?!" She pointed at him, "Well, what about you guys? You discovered Yuukimaru's powers and now you want him! After all, taking the Three-Tails means that the Hidden Leaf Village will be in possession of enormous military power."

I narrowed my eyes, trying to figure out something as Naru said that we wouldn't do that for which she answered back, "Liar! The Hidden Leaf Village already has the Nine-Tails as well as the Jinchuriki! People like you with that kind of power have no right to criticize Lord Orochimaru or us!"

Naru then shouted at her, "And I'm that Jinchuriki! But I don't use this power. The Nine-Tails has this incredible power that I can't control with my own strength. I've hurt my comrades before I even realized it happened That's whyI don't use its power... If I hadn't told him such a thing The place where someone thinks of you, that's where home is."

Her eyes then widened, "So if someone is thinking about me, then that's the place I go back to? You told him?" Naru shook his head, "But no matter how much someone thinks of him If you're gonna use Yuukimaru for Orochimaru's sake to make him control the Three-Tails That's not right."

Guren shook her head with tears wanting to leave her eyes making my eyes widen, "No! I won't let Yuukimaru do such a thing.. He needs a place to return to... When his mother died, Yuukimaru lost the place to return to... So I'm taking her place!"

I shook my head as Naru kept denying it, so I walked up to Guren and placed a hand on her shoulder, "I believe you, Guren... I saw the way you treating him the last time we met... I really think that you are telling the truth..."

She wiped away a tear and thanked me as Naru just shook his head and spoke, "Anyway this isn't the place to argue about that... While you were unconscious, I took a look around... It's really complex in there and I couldn't find anything like an exit... But if we split up and search..."

Guren looked confused, "Split up? You and me... The two of us?"

Naru smiled, "More than that... We need a thousand guys... Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He went outside of the cave and did his Jutsu where a thousand of him appeared which made me smile.

All the Naru's spoke at once, "Here's to the First Naruto Cup Challenge! The Let's-Get-Out-of-This-Crazy-Place; Find-an-Exit Contest! Let's do it! - Yeah! - Yeah! In your positions! Ready, set! With this many guys searching, finding the exit is a cinch! All right! I'll find it! No, I will! Whatever I do, I have to get out and find Yuukimaru... Yahoo!"

I looked at Guren and smiled, "This is his specialty... He will find a way out of here..." She nodded as all the thousand Naru's went and searched for an opening as the real Naru stayed with us.

After a few minutes, I see Naru turn back a little as I asked what was wrong, "They've been attacked every one of my clones. That sound... It's them. This is bad."

I tried to stand, but my wound hurt to much, for which Naru looked at me and narrowed his eyes, trying to think of a way out of here.

All the miniature Three Tails bound into three medium sized Three Tails for which Naru said for Guren to stay by me for which she nodded and put her arms around me like a mother protecting her child.

Naru took out two kunai and tried jumping and hitting it, but it blocked it with his tails, shoving Naru back.

I see that they were about to hit him with its tail so I tried to stand to protect him, but my body wouldn't let me and I see that Guren stood up and ran over and protected him.

The tail then hit Guren for which she was shot back for which I caught her in my arms and Naru ran back to check if we were okay.

Nodding my head, Naru made two shadow clones as Naru picked me up bridal style and told Guren to get on his back but she denied him, so I looked back at her and told her to get on his back.

She looked at me then sighed and got on his back as Naru jumped up into an air shoot and got us away from the Three Tailed Monsters.

Guren asked him why he saved her for which they started having an argument so I stood up and sat in between them, splinting them up as Naru stood up and said that he was going to look around.

Once he was gone, Guren looked at me, "How can you stand that guy? He's so... So..." I hummed while looking in the direction he went. "Naru's usually like this when there is someone that he want's to protect..."

She looked down and softly said Yuukimaru's name and I hummed again, "He only wants best for the little guy... He just doesn't see how good of a person you really are... Deep down..."

She looked at me with widened eyes as we heard Naru scream out Sasuke's name for which I stood up, with pain stabbing at my back, and we both ran towards his voice.

Once we got to him, I saw that his was in the fog which meant that he was in an illusion.

When we found him, we saw that he was on the ground, screaming his name, so Guren got on top of his and slapped him awake.

I told him that he was in an illusion about Sasuke for which Guren said his full name making Naru stand up straight looking at her, asking if she knew him.

"I met him at Lord Orochimaru's place... He's a scary guy." This made me narrow my eyes as Naru asked about him for which she asked why he wanted to know so he answered, " He's one of us! I have to bring him back and tell Sasuke that he has a place to return to!"

I smiled at him as Guren laughed, saying, " I've never met such a fool!" I shrugged, already knowing that Naru was a fool and looked around to see that we were, again, surrounded by miniature Three Tails.

They split apart to let the medium sized Three Tails come through for which we couldn't go anywhere because we were at a ledge.

I see Guren look down, "Naruto, there's something I have to tell you... Remember I told you that Yuukimaru's mother is dead?"

He nodded his head for which she spoke, "I'm the one who killed her." We both looked shocked at her as she continued to speak, "At the time, Lord Orochimaru was trying to build the Sound Village. I attacked Yuukimaru's village on his orders. But I collapsed there after exhausting my powers. That woman saved my life, even though I was her enemy. But... Out of my desire to be accepted by Lord Orochimaru, I killed her I had sealed away the memories and emotions of that moment. But when I met Yuukimaru, they all came back to me. As you said I hurt Yuukimaru's soul in a way that I could never make amends. I have no right to protect him... It's over for me! But I will protect you even if it costs me my life! You must survive! Please look after Yuukimaru."

Naru smirked, "It's weird hearing that from you! Whatever happened in the past, you're different now!" I smiled, knowing that he now see's the good in her.

We looked at the water to see a flower coming through it, then a bunch more coming after it.

Looking up, we saw a waterfall that the flowers were coming from then we heard a tune coming from the top.

The three of us started to run up the waterfall, but I get a pain from my wound and was about to fall from the waterfall, but I felt someone grab my wrist.

Looking up, I see it to be Guren who pulled me up, and Naru took me from her arms and put me on his back as we went down the tunel of the waterfall and we found ourselves in the ocean.

We were free...

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