Chapter 4

"Sieto...Sieto..."

I was lying on my back with my eyes closed. I didn't know where I was.

"Sieto..."

I opened my eyes to find a woman, about twenty five, smiling down at me. Her waist length brown hair went perfect with the blue kimono she was wearing. She was floating in space. Where was I?

But, where ever I was, I didn't care. She was here with me. That's what I wanted.

I smiled. "Chiyoko."

"Everything's going to be alright," she said sympathetically.

"What do you mean?"

She began to fade away. "You will be alright."

I waited for myself to die. I was falling, falling to my death. Wait- I was already dead…where was I going?

Finally, I lurched to a stop. But, I didn't feel myself hit the ground.

My stomach felt as though it was going to explode. I coughed as hard as I could, hoping that would help. It didn't. I gasped and air came into my lungs. I couldn't believe it. I had been dead for so long, that I had forgotten to breathe.

I took in every gulp of air that I could. The sensation to breathe was amazing to me. It was the first breath of my new life.

I opened my eyes, expecting to find the once beautiful Konohagakure that I knew. But, instead, all I saw was a wasteland. My mouth gaped open. No green grass, no flowers, no…life. It was a wasteland, nothing more. It was just a brown, dying landscape. I looked to the east, to the Hokage monument. The mountain was there, but there were no faces on it.

What was going on? This was Konohagakure, right? Yes, it was. I could tell by how the landscape looked like. And, if I was right, there should be a small river down below this hill.

I got up and began to walk down the hill. Soon enough, the sound of rushing water filled my ears. Since I couldn't wait to have the taste of water in my mouth, I began to run down the hill. I stumbled over a rock and tripped. I fell into the river, causing water to go everywhere.

It hurt a little. But, I didn't care. I could feel again! Even pain was welcome to me now!

I swam in there, with my mouth wide open. My clothes dragged behind me and caused me to be weighed down, but I figured that the clothes that I was wearing were just too big.

At the end, I poked my head happily out of the water and began to laugh. Everything felt so good!

I dragged myself out of the water and onto the back. I sat on my knees and put my head into the water, gulping down all I could.

I pulled my head out and laid down, spread eagled on the ground. I smiled. I was alive! I couldn't wait to see my Chiyoko and my Naruto once again! But, before I meet them, I better wash up.

I sat back up and put my hand to my head. I took it off and studied it. My fingers were stubby and small. Why was that? My fingers weren't like that way before. I moved myself closer to the river. I sat on my knees and closed my eyes. I opened them and looked down at my reflection. What I saw made me scream.

"Did you hear that?"

The man turned and nodded. "Yeah."

The leader surveyed the group. "Everyone, get ready. We found us another one."

I clutched my face with my hands. What happened? I took a deep breath to calm myself down and forced myself to open my eyes and stare into the water.

The reflection was that of a small boy. He had large blue eyes and his blonde hair was askew. The white clothing he wore, enveloped him entirely.

That boy was me. I was five years old!

So, this was Janza'a revenge? For me to return as a child? That wasn't so bad. But, now I'll have to persuade Chiyoko that this five year old kid is really her long lost husband.

Trying to be optimistic, I told myself not to worry. At least, Naruto would have a playmate.

I sighed. Who was I kidding? Who would believe a five year old telling everyone he is the Yondaime and had just come back to life? Nobody would. I doubt even Chiyoko would.

CRUNCH!

My sensitive ears perked up. There were footsteps. They were coming towards the river bank. I concentrated on the noise it seemed that a large group was walking this way. I wonder who they are.

Should I be on my guard? Of course. It doesn't matter if I'm 2 or 90. I should always be on my guard. But, I doubt that they would want anything to do with a pudgy five year old.

I stood up when I head them come closer. I put my chest out, trying to look tough, never showing my fear.

A man came up from the hill. He was bearded and was really big with muscle. For clothing, it looked as though he was wearing hunting clothes. There was a whistle around his neck. He gave me a smile that made my skin crawl. This man was a threat.

He took the whistle from around his neck and put it to his lips. He blew it hard, three times. It pierced my ears and left them ringing.

All of a sudden, ten men came running down the hill and surrounded me in a complete circle, leaving only a little opening, so I could see their leader: the man with the whistle.

That's when I started to grow a little bit more than suspicious. This was not good.

The leader's eyes glistened as he looked me up and down. "He looks strong. Good job, men! We'll get paid well tonight!"

The men chuckled and began to talk in low, hushed voices. I caught a few words like: demons, kids, and money.

Should I attack? No. That would be unwise. I still don't know what they wanted. I took a step forward. "What do you want?!" I yelled in my squeaky, high pitched voice.

The leader laughed. He went to his belt and pulled out a sword. He put it out in front of him and began to walk towards me. I noticed that the end of the blade was pointed at my neck. "You do not know who we are?"

My blood began to boil. These men were not telling me what was going on. "No! But my guess is that you're just some stupid missing nins looking for money!"

The leader chuckled. "Missing nins? Well, boy, I don't know what those are, but we are looking for money."

I folded my arms. "Well, you aren't gonna find any on me!"

A man shouted from the crowd. "Man, boss! This boy sure has a big mouth!"

The leader stopped walking. The tip of his blade was barely cutting into my throat. "He sure does," he turned his attention to me. "You have a fighting spirit, don't you boy?"

I scowled. "What do you want?!"

The leader pressed the sword harder against my throat. A little bit of my blood ran down on it. "You, boy."

I slapped the blade away. "Keep away from me!" I growled.

The circle began to move in closer. The men from around me began to pull out their own swords and point them towards me.

I better do something quick! I put my right hand in front of me and my other hand on top of that one. "One more move, and I'll make sure you guys die here on the very spot!"

The men stopped as they erupted into laughter. The leader smiled at me. "What can you do?" he took a step towards me.

"I warned you!" I said quietly. I concentrated my chakra and focused it all into the palm of my right hand. But when I looked down at it to see if it was ready to execute the attack, my heart skipped a beat. There was no chakra in my hand! Not even a wisp! "My-my chakra!" I gasped aloud.

One of the men in the group laughed. "He thinks he has chakra!"

The leader bent down to my level. "What a stupid boy. Everyone knows that humans don't have chakra. Only demons do," if possible, his smile grew wider. "You'll soon have it though. Don't worry."

My eyes grew wide with fear. Now, I really began to believe that I was a five year old. Without my chakra, I had no power. With power, I was defenseless. My hands began to shake. What do I do?

I bowed my head in shame. Jiraiya-sensei would not have been pleased with me if he could see me now.

I didn't notice that the leader raised his sword above my head and brought it crashing down against my skull, with the butt of his blade. I fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Take him away," the leader growled, sheathing his sword. "We better report back to Kuremiana before nightfall."

The group nodded in agreement and began to make the preparations to bring me unto their ruler.

A/N: Hey, it's Irukapooka!

Yondaime: Me too!

Anyways, I'm not gonna be able to do reviewer responses now. But I will next chapter. I just would like to thank all of those reviewers who've reviewed! All right, and one more thing...I will change the summary of Life for the next chapter. Just to make you aware. It will contain the first sentence as the one I have now, so just watch out for it. And it will contain the same title.

Yondaime: And she would like to apologize for the shortness in thischapter.

At least it got to the point.

Yondaime: It was short and sweet! Except for me turning into a kid, being kidnapped, not yet finding my wife, Konohagakure is in ruins...

Ok, ok you made your point.

Yondaime: And she would also like to say something else.

The next update on all my fics will be next month. And for all of those people reading AKBS, I'm gonna just write the last chapter and be done with it. Sorry about not doing a Christmas special.

Yondaime: Bye! Bye!

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