Here's the latest update hope everybody enjoys.

I don't own Naruto, but if I did this is how it would go.

MOVING ON

Naruto had run away from the Kyubi's cell not knowing exactly what to do. He knew he had to find a way out, but he had never been put in this type of situation before. As he ran he tried to think of Jiraiya's lesson's maybe something that would help him. As he went through his memories he remembered Jiraiya talking about Gen-jutsus. He focused on that memory and tried to remember the details. He became frustrated as he could not remember all the details. However he remembered the general idea. Gen-jutsus manipulated the chakra in your head, yeah that was the basic idea. He knew Jiraiya had told him a whole lot more, but he couldn't recall any of it. He did remember that it was something simple that he had to do. He stopped running down the giant hall and focused. He had to try and cut off the flow of chakra going into his mind. He tried to relax and focus on the task at hand, he put his hands together and began to meditate. He breathed deeply and began to think about his body and visualize the chakra pathways. He then tried to make the flow of chakra stop by relaxing all of his muscles and slowing his breathing, he remembered that this would slow down his bodily functions and make it easier to deal with the chakra. Once that was done he tried to visualize the chakra and its flow and then visualizing nothing. He hoped that what he was doing was right. He remembered that he was in his mind and he thought if he blocked the chakra from his mind in this state in this manner it would slowly come to a stop. He knew he didn't need to do it for long. He just had to make a short break in the flow.

He did this for a few minutes or what felt like minutes to him. However it felt as if all his attempts were in vain. He thought he was having some success at first, but then other thoughts began to spill into his mind. The urgency to get out of there began to increase again. After a while of trying this Naruto got up he didn't know if he was doing it right or not, but one thing was clear. He wasn't going to succeed like this. He tried to remember how it happened, but he couldn't recall if Itachi was making contact with him or if it had been some sort of long distance jutsu. Naruto remembered Jiraiya mentioning that if the caster was making contact then one could not break the jutsu from within one's mind. Naruto grabbed that thought as hope and knew that had to be the case. He had to find another way to escape. "Dammit, dammit, dammit! I gotta get outta here!" Naruto yelled. He punched the wall closest to him and began to run once again. As he was running he caught glimpses of things out of the corner of his eyes. He didn't stop to look down the branching halls where he saw them instead he pushed on. He had a feeling that at the end of this giant main hall was a way out. He had a gut feeling about that and Naruto knew that gut feelings were usually the right ones. He picked up his pace and was running as fast as he could, but he could see no end in sight. He kept running for what felt like a long time though. After what seemed like hours for him he finally ran into a huge doorway. It seemed out of place though, Naruto had no idea why this door was here. He felt he needed to get to the other side though. He searched around the doorway to see if there was a hidden handle or something that would open it. There wasn't. He began berating the door with punches to no avail. He began yelling at the door cursing it for being in his way. He finally had enough he yelled. "YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME! HELL NO!" Naruto began gathering his chakra and formed a rasengan in his hand. He quickly thrust it into the door, but on impact the rasengan dispersed, energy flying through the door. Naruto had felt a tremble though. He formed another one and slammed it into the door again. Again he felt the same results. He tried it three more times in quick succession and each time the same thing happened. The giant door would tremble, but show no sign of opening or breaking down. Naruto decided he needed a full head of steam. He ran back the way he had come a few hundred yards. Then he whispered to himself. "I won't fail this time!" He began charging the door, when he was about a hundred yards from it he began forming another rasengan, he planned to slam it into the door at full speed. However, when he was about fifty yards from the door he saw it disappear. He did not stop running however and did not disperse the rasengan. He ran at full speed and burst through the door. He did not notice the seal on the floor that disappeared as he stepped over it. As soon as he stepped through the thresh hold he was blinded by the bright daylight on the other side. The next thing he saw was Itachi's face distort as he was crushed and then exploded. Naruto was stunned and wondered to himself 'was that my rasengan?' He quickly realized it hadn't been. He was extremely confused and began to look around him. He saw Kakashi not standing too far from him begin to turn to look at him and a question escaped his lips. "W-what happened?" Naruto heard his voice and it's tone felt unfamiliar to him.

Kakashi had seen the events unfold in front of him and his mind quickly went into overdrive trying to make sense of it. He was beginning to assume that Naruto had used the Kyubi's chakra to do what he did and that it was some high level jutsu he had learned while training with Jiraiya. However, he was still bothered by the toothy grin Naruto had displayed right before he took out Itachi. His assumptions were further shaken by Naruto's question.

Naruto wanted to hear what Kakashi had to say, but as he looked past Kakashi his eyes fell on Sakura and he quickly ran around Kakashi and went to his friend. "Sakura!" He said when he reached her.

Kakashi's mind settled a little bit. Naruto must have meant what had happened to Sakura. Whatever the case was Kakashi made a mental note to have a discussion with Naruto as soon as possible. He turned to follow Naruto though, he didn't want Naruto to get hurt because he didn't know what he was dealing with. He yelled at Naruto who had brought Sakura to a sitting position and was about to wake her. "No, don't get in front of her like that. She may still be recovering from whatever Jutsu Itachi used on her and if you wake her up like that she might react violently and you would get the brunt of it. Naruto got up and moved around so that he was standing to her side and began to shake her gently. Kakashi thought Naruto had it taken care of and walked towards Chiyo. Another thing Kakashi noted was that Naruto seemed to have no idea what Kakashi was talking about when he mentioned Itachi's jutsu's Naruto should have shown a little recognition of it. Kakashi's mind was not at ease, but they could not waste anymore time. They had to get the Kaze-kage back and his feelings may just be in his head. He could explore that later. The mission came first.

Sakura felt like she had been crying forever. Lost in her own ineptitude. Crying into Naruto's hair. She felt the shaking and it annoyed her. After a few seconds though she realized that there was nobody there to shake her. She stifled her tears and looked around her once again. Nothing had changed. She blinked her eyes repeatedly and finally her eyes fluttered open. At that moment the brightness of the sun washes away her illusions. As she looked around her to see who was shaking her relief washed over her as she saw it was her friend. Sakura threw her arms around Naruto's neck and pulled him close. "I'm so glad you're alive Naruto." She said. Tears of relief were running down her cheeks as the realization that they had survived an encounter with Itachi and the scenes she had experienced were only hallucinations. Naruto had no idea what she was talking about, but he was glad she was okay.

"It's okay Sakura. I'm glad I'm alive too." He said, not knowing how to really handle the situation, he was about to return the hug when Sakura broke off and wiping her eyes began getting to her feet. Naruto began to follow when they heard the scuffling noises and both turned to look in Kakashi's direction.

Kakashi was weary of Chiyo. He remembered how she had acted the first time they met and was unsure of how she would react when she awoke and saw him. He pulled down his mask revealing the sharingan just in case and proceeded to shake her. It didn't take long before she came to. However when she turned to face Kakashi there was no gratitude in her face only an intense hatred and she did not wait to act on that hatred. As soon as her eyes found him she pulled out a kunnai and swung it at him. He parried her swing though and they began to tussle. It was not a great fight just an short grappling match. She knocked Kakashi down and fell with him and started rolling around in the sand trying to kill him. He didn't want to do anything to harm her seeing as how she was a part of the mission and if he hurt or killed her ties between the leaf and sand would deteriorate. He just tried to keep her from doing him harm and waited for an opening to subdue her. However before that opening presented itself Naruto and Sakura were dragging Chiyo off of him. They each grabbed an arm and hauled her off. Kakashi thanked them and Chiyo let out a scream of frustration. Kakashi got up and dusted himself off. He looked at the old woman and sighed, he had no idea how to deal with her. This was the second time she tried to attack him. He was beginning to grow uneasy about the mission, he could not work with someone he didn't trust. He asked her in an exasperated voice. "Why do you hinder our mission like that? We are only trying to help, yet you treat us like the enemy." Kakashi wanted to resolve this as soon as possible so they could get going.

Chiyo stopped struggling and looked at Kakashi with suspicious and hateful eyes. "How do I know that! I don't know any of you, why should I trust you! Our villages can't co-exist for long, we've fought wars before. How do I know that you honestly want to help our Kaze-kage!" She finished venomously.

Kakashi's face fell, how could he make her believe them. She had such deep seeded distrust towards them and they were short on time. He needed her to co-operate, but they were short on time and even if they weren't he didn't know if he could successfully convince her. Luckily it appeared that he would not have to.

Sakura saw the same dilemma's as Kakashi and was even more lost for ideas. She just wanted to yell at the old hag and tell her that it should be obvious that they wanted to help. That they hadn't come all this way to manipulate them, but she felt that would be unsuccessful. As Sakura tried to think of something Naruto began to speak. She looked over at him and saw a solemnity she had not seen before. He was very serious and when he began to speak his words made her wonder what he had been through to be able to speak like that.

While Kakashi and Sakura tried to think of something to say to Chiyo, Naruto did not think long. He knew they needed her for some reason and in order to gain her trust they had to be honest. Naruto didn't know what to say, but he began trying to convey his ideas and thoughts regardless of that. "I...I don't understand why you harbor so much hate towards us. We have only recently met yet you act like we're the ones responsible for your pain." Chiyo turned to look at him as he spoke. "We haven't done anything to deserve your hate and you know what I don't care if you want to hate us. We have a mission to complete though and we need your help. You speak of wars and things between our villages, but it's because of hate that we fight each other. We've been at peace for a while, but if we did go to war it would be because of people like you. People who can't trust others, people who hold on to old hate for no real reason. Whatever happened, I'm sorry you had to go through it, but you gotta let it go. A ninja's strength comes from overcoming obstacles and growing stronger from them. If you can't over come your hate you will forever be weak Chiyo-sama. We don't need a weak Chiyo-sama holding us back." Naruto said.

The truths Naruto spoke stung Chiyo, but she wasn't about to be lectured by some snot nosed brat. "Don't lecture me boy. Why would you and your village want to help our Kaze-kage! You can't give me a good-" Chiyo didn't get a chance to finish as she was cut off by Naruto.

"Urosai, shut-up you want a reason then shut-up and listen!" Naruto yelled he began to speak again this time with more of an edge on his voice. "When I met Gaara over three years ago I thought he was a killer, I thought there is no way me and him have anything in common. He's a monster I thought, but you know what me and him do have something in common. We had just had minor details that changed our lives. I want to help him because he's the only other person I've ever met that is like me. He's the only one that can understand what I've felt like in my younger days. I know it doesn't mean much to you, but Gaara is my friend, he has been long before he was Kaze-kage." Naruto stopped he had nowhere else to go. He let go of Chiyo's arm and Sakura followed his example. Chiyo did not fight them anymore she looked at this boy, Naruto with a new interest. How is it he knew Gaara, and more importantly...

She asked Naruto. "What is this thing you say that you have in common with our Kaze-kage?" She asked this expecting a childish reason, not the answer that she received.

Naruto's eyes were saddened when he once again spoke and the emotion was on his voice as well. "We... we both lived lonely childhoods. Outcasts, not because of anything we did, but because of something that was inside of us. Gaara has one and I do too. Inside my body resides a youma." He said solemnly.

This bit of information shocked Chiyo. She had been the one that put the youma in Gaara and that Konoha had one as well was news to her. She immediately doubted Naruto and quickly shouted. "Liar! Prove what you say to me!"

Naruto had come this far he saw no reason not to prove it to her now. He reached under his jacket, shirt and everything else and lifted it displaying his stomach. He moved in front of Chiyo so she could see the faint markings that had began to become visible during his travels with Jiraiya. Kakashi had also come around to look at the markings. The markings of the nine tails seal weren't supposed to be visible. Dammit he thought, he was at a lack of information. He knew there was a lot of catching up to do with Naruto once this mission was over. Sakura had no idea what it was that Naruto was showing to Chiyo, she could barely see faint markings on Naruto's stomach, they looked like spots where the skin was visibly different. Darker, somehow. Chiyo's eyes had widened in recognition of the marking's in her younger days when she was younger she studied with somebody who had scrolls of high level seals. That person had taught her the seal she had used to bind the Shukaku to Gaara. This person had never taught her this seal, but she remembered it clearly. It was the seal of a death-god and she only knew of one clan that could do such a technique. She looked at the seal and uttered the name of that clan. "U- Uzumaki. I.. I apologize." She said she bowed her head to Naruto and felt foolish. If the Uzumaki's had made their home in Konoha then they could have crushed the sand on a whim. She had been foolish not to know this and even more foolish not to recognize that she had been traveling with one of theirs. Naruto looked at her with amazement. He had no idea what had brought about the change and gave it no mind, he was just thankful she was going to help. Kakashi and Sakura also paid it no mind assuming that Chiyo had been briefed on who they were before they set out for the mission. They didn't really question her change of behavior and hoped that it would last until the end of the mission.

Chiyo got up and made a silent whistle. A few seconds later the small ferret once again ran towards them. Chiyo picked up the animal and seemed to whisper instructions. She set the little animal down an turned to her companions. "We should follow now." Kakashi and the others were stunned by Chiyo's actions, they were uneasy, but they saw no reason to waste time. They decided to follow her.

Rock Lee and Neji had been running for a while now. Neji had been using his byakugan to follow the faint disturbances in the sand that indicated they had been traveled on. He thanked whatever Gods there were because the winds weren't blowing. He hoped they would catch up to the others soon. As they ran Rock Lee asked a question. "Neji, do you think the other's will be fine without us?" Rock Lee had total faith in Gai and the others, but he just wanted to be reassured.

Neji didn't know their enemy had released an insane amount of chakra and barely broke a sweat doing it. Even though he was confident in his companions skills he had no idea how powerful their opponents were. He was in fact worried about them, but he knew Gai would do what was best. He knew what Rock wanted to hear though and saying it actually lifted his spirits a little bit. "I'm sure they will be fine. Gai is our sensei after all." As he said that he picked up something moving on the sand with his Byakugan. 'oh no, he thought the wind is picking up. We can't find them like this. It was true that the wind was now blowing. They had a major windfall though, as they reached the floating object Neji recognized it was a piece of cloth with the same design as the robe their enemy was wearing previously. He turned on his byakugan to full strength and scanned the landscape around him. He saw four dots on the horizon. They did not waver or stop and Neji hated to get his hopes too high, but a smile formed on his lips and he turned to Rock Lee. "I think we're catching up to them. Let's go."

PREVIEW

What will our heroes encounter next. A conversation with Kiba?

RSO'S

dragonman180- Thanx for the compliment. I try. lol. Only time will tell.

causeiambetta- Thanx. Good point though, some stories would be better if they had slow chapters.

narashikamaru- Yeah, knowledge rules. I'll try to put some more in. In later chapters.

danny- I'm glad you liked how I described the characters it's always cool to know you did somthing right. Thanx. Shino and the others will begin to develop other skills now that their with Jiraiya so hopefully you'll enjoy it.

acrazygirlofmanynames- cool beans. Thanx for the review.