People screamed in horror as their village went down in flames as they ran for their lives. People were shot down with arrows from people on horses, wearing black yuketas; swords at their sides.

They stabbed and killed anyone in sight, for reasons unknown. Maybe it was for revenge; maybe because they were blood thirsty; or maybe because they were just plain evil. Tsunade seemed to think so and agreed with the last thought.

She watched in horror as her people were killed and her home burned to the ground. All she could do was watch as several Samurais held her captive. Tears slipped from her eyes as she listened to them scream in pain.

Hopefully the boys sent out left in time. It would be bad if they didn't.

Looking among the dead bodies, she noticed that they weren't among them. A good sign for sure. She smiled to herself, thinking her adopted son, hoping he was alright.

Her smile grew as a sword was placed at her throat, pressing against her neck. She knew this was the end and she knew why she was kept alive until this moment.

They wanted her to watch them kill her people and show who has more power.

"Where is he?" The man holding the sword hissed.

"Where is who?" She smirked.

"That Uzimaki boy."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"The blond boy that you saved years back," the man hissed once more, pushing the blade harder into her neck, causing her to bleed.

"Oh yeah, him. He's gone."

"What?"

"Gone. He has left our world and is now in a better place. Sorry you came this far for nothing," she sighed, shaking her head.

"You're bluffing."

"Am I? Well, if I'm bluffing, I would never tell you where he is anyway."

"You bitch!

"Yes, I am a bitch! And a bitch is how I shall die! Now kill me before I do it for you!"

The man growled and swung his sword.

=+_+=

Naruto gasped and sat up, grasping his neck. He sighed in relief when his head was still attached to his neck. That was the worst dream he ever had.

He looked beside him to see everyone still asleep on their fur blankets, the fire out; only smoke coming from it. Lying back down, he looked up into the sky, running his fingers through the long wheat grass.

The dobe couldn't fall back to sleep, not after the dream he just had. So, he'll think instead and fall asleep that way.

Let's see, I'm dating Sasuke, a Samurai whose father wants to kill me and him. I'm traveling with him and three other people, one I like very much like a sister. And now, all five of us are traveling together. Deidara and Kendra are aware of the dangers they put themselves in, but they're coming anyways.

He sighed, still wide awake. Ok, think of something else. Why do you like Sasuke? Let's see, I like him because he's sweet at times, very protective, listens to most of the things I say, and likes me back. He says he almost loves me, but not exactly yet.

He groans, feeling annoyed of not being able to fall asleep. Naruto sat up once more and restarted the fire, poking it with a long stick. Looking into the flames, he sighed and laid his head on his knees, his hands on the ground by his feet.

The dream must have affected me that bad if it's keeping me up. He groaned as he played with the edge of his orange yuketa, smiling to himself at remembering when he had gotten it.

"Oh Sasuke…" he whispers to himself.

"Yes?"

"Holy grandmother of the Lord!" Naruto jumped at seeing Sasuke awake, clutching his yuketa above his heart. "Don't do that!"

"What? You said my name and I answered," the raven yawned. "What are you doing up anyways? It's not time to leave yet." He got up from under his blanket and crawled towards the blond, sitting next to him.

"Couldn't sleep, had a nightmare."

"Is that all?"

"It was about my village getting destroyed and Tsunade getting her head cut off. Everyone died and my village was burned to the ground."

The raven looked at the blond with sad eyes and pulled him towards him, pushing the dobe's head onto his shoulder. "Don't worry; they're probably fine. Just sleep, you need it."

Naruto didn't answer, but snuggled into the Uchiha's shoulder, closing his eyes. He smiled and kissed Sasuke's bare shoulder, grabbing the raven's hand. "Thank you."

=^-^=

"He's not here, lord Fugaku," a man stated, his silver hair matted with blood and dirt. His violet eyes sparkling with happiness of being able to kill without anyone telling him to stop.

"Damn it," Fugaku hissed. "Hidan, go tell the other that we're moving out. He shouldn't be too far ahead of us."

"Yes sir." The man smirked, fixing his head protector on his neck.

"And fix your yuketa. We don't need to see your pale chest you jackass."

Grumbling, the violet eyed man fixed his yuketa, covering his chest back up. "So where do we go now?"

"We go to the next town and ask questions. Itachi!"

Hearing his name, he walked towards his father's call. He hadn't changed much since that accident a few years ago. He still looked the same, even though he's now twenty-six.

"Yes, father?"

"You're in charge. I want you to find that boy and Sasuke and kill them both. I think they might be traveling together now, knowing how Sasuke is. He probably went looking for the boy."

"Father, do we absolutely have to kill the Uzimaki? I mean he's just boy," the raven sighed at his father's stubbornness.

Hearing this angered the man, making him slap his own son. "Don't you dare talk that way like Sasuke did! Are you having second thoughts? Don't you remember who murdered your grandfather and your most loved ones?!"

"Yes, I do remember. But I just don't see the energy in traveling all over the country just to kill some innocent little boy. And I'm starting to think that they didn't kill Kendra." Itachi whispered the last thing.

"Kendra?" Fugaku raised an eyebrow, curious of whom this 'Kendra' was.

"She's no one."

"Oh really? You said that she died, how did she?"

"Kakuzu told me a couple years back that Naruto had killed her, but now I'm starting to disbelieve it." He sighed at remembering the young blond. He had said some terrible things to her that he didn't mean. Now, to this day, there's not a day goes by without regret.

But he had said it to keep her safe.

"And… do you love her?"

Itachi jerked at this. "Of course not. I was just using her as tool to get information off of her." That was true, but he fell in love with her during his mission. He was searching for her and saving her life was just a coincidence. He flinched after he said this.

Fugaku smiled at his son, glad that he had used somebody's feelings for his own use. He had taught him well. But not as well as he thought he did.

"Good. You should be happy that the brat is gone. Now you don't to kill her yourself."

The raven clenched his jaw and nodded. But what he didn't know was that his lovable blond was still alive and was traveling with the very boy they were searching for. And also, Kakuzu had told a lie, knowing the Uchiha had feelings for the girl.

"Now, I must go back. You're in charge now." Fugaku put his hand on Itachi's should, smiling at him. "If you kill them, I might consider making you the new Hokage of the Village hidden in the Mist."

"Thank you father." The young Uchiha clenched his fists and walked away, not wanting to talk to his father anymore. Getting up on his horse, he yelled for the others to follow. "Let's ride!"

Kicking his horse's side, he and his team left, leaving Fugaku.

=+_+=

"Hey Sasuke?"

"Yes Kendra?"

"Didn't you say that you were an Uchiha?" Her question surprised the raven, wondering why she would ask now.

"Uh, yeah."

"Is Itachi your brother?"

"Yeah." He knew where this was going. And it's not going to be pretty.

"How's he doing? I mean, before you left."

Ok, this was unexpected. He was thinking she was gonna blow and yell at him. Not asking if he was alright. She was riding with Sasuke this time while Naruto rode with Deidara.

"He's fine, just keeps mumbling about how much he misses some girl," he replied, scratching behind his head. "Don't know who thought." But I have a pretty good guess.

"Oh. Does he look any older from three years ago?"

"No. He looks just about the same as he did before."

She suddenly went silent and leaned back against his chest, sighing. She looked over at the others and smiled as Deidara and Naruto joked around and made armpit farts. Sasori sighed and shook his head, covering his eyes with his hand.

"Idiots," Sasuke mumbled, smiling to himself.

=^-^=

Six children, three boys and three girls, ran across the prairie, finding out the directions that their blond headed friend went to.

"I can't wait to see Naruto-san again," said the pink haired girl, hugging her straw doll with one hand and hold her older sister's hand in the other.

"Not long now," the redheaded boy replied, getting a grumbled from the bluenette.

=_=

Sorry it's short. It's the day after Thanksgiving and there's a lot of left over food that needs to be eaten. Plus, I need to take care of my dad.

I noticed that my story isn't as good as my other one, but I guess that's ok. At least I have another story in my mind.