Ignisha: 3rd Chapter!

Eva: *Huffs*

Naruto: Sighs...

Of the Past: Vampires and Foxes

Chapter Three: Dreams...

Naruto scrunched his face as he tried to get out of the Genjutsu that one of the toads, Shima, he thinks the name was, by using her Magen: Hitogama no Uta (Demonic Illusion: Single Frog Song). Looking around, Naruto saw many, many things he finds annoying.

Dancing veggies.

"ARGH! LET ME OUT, CHIKUSSO!"

"No can do Kozo (Youngster), this trainin's specifically ta 'elp ya learn how ta dispel Genjutsu, so go on!" Shima's voice rang in his ears.

Naruto grunted and whined. "Nnngggh, easier said than done, tebayo!" He yelled, clapping his hands together and rushing out his Chakra. He felt a few things becoming clearer before it suddenly got all deranged again. "Kusso!"

"You're not tryin' hard enough, Kozo! You haf'ta release more Chakra!"

"Like I said, tebayo! It's easier said than done!" Naruto retorted, releasing more Chakra. "Ngh! DAMMIT!"

(Outside of the Genjutsu)

Jiraiya watched impatiently alongside with Shima and Fukasaku as Naruto struggled in getting out of the grandma toad's illusions. What irritated him, though, was that what Naruto saw annoying was a bunch of vegetable dancing. What is he, some 4-yr old child!

"Is this child really the Yondaime's...?" Fukasaku let the question hang as Jiraiya nodded. "I'm positive... The looks, how he learns things so quickly, everything but his personality reflects Minato..." Jiraiya let out, seeing an afterimage of Minato trying to do a new Jutsu next to Naruto.

"NNNNGAAAH! STOP DANCING, YOU STUPID VEGETABLES!" Naruto screamed out of nowhere.

"Yep, nothing like Minato's personality..." Jiraiya said with a deadpanned expression. "The lad acts mo' like Kushina-chan, if ya ask me..." Fukasaku commented.

(Later that night...)

"WHA!"

Naruto gasped as he quickly sat up on his bed. Breathing in and out hard, Naruto ran his hand through his hair. "It's that dream again... I kept getting the same kind with that girl..." Naruto thought as he went outside his tent to wash his face off. Walking to a stream, Naruto gazed at his reflection and noticed how tired and rough looking he looked. He touched himself on the face, feeling the small wrinkles under his eyes. "Damn... I look so... tired..." He yawned loudly before suddenly falling asleep leaning onto a tree.

(Dream...)

Opening his eyes, Naruto once again saw the same 10 yr-old girl in front of him. This time, however, he got a much clearer view of the girl.

She had light blonde hair, as long as her legs. Her eyes were greenish-blue, but were dull and almost out of life. Her garments consisted of nothing more than a simple black dress and a coat to keep her warm. Her feet had nothing to shield them from the cold as the girl shivered. But what caught Naruto's breath was the look in the girl's eyes. They were so lonely. In fact, they were dead. It was as if the girl had nothing to live for and would gladly die than live her painful life.

Naruto gritted his teeth as he stared at the girl sleeping soundlessly in the stomach of a dead bear, most likely from old aging. Naruto watched helplessly as the girl shivered in the cold, trying to cover most of her body with clothe and fur to keep herself warm.

Naruto walked forward to try and reach the girl, at least before the dream ended. He bent down as he tried to wipe her hair off her face. He stopped when his hand went through her hair.

Naruto closed his eyes in anger as the dream ended.

(Outside)

Naruto cracked his eyes open to see that the sun has already rose. Getting up, Naruto clenched his fist in anger. Sighing and shaking his head, Naruto washed himself before walking towards the small camp where Jiraiya was.

(Few days later...)

"... You know, Naruto..."

"Huh...?" Naruto asked, looking up into Jiraiya's direction. Jiraiya sat writing a story, sitting on a set of stairs of a cottage. The sage looked up. "Even I can tell that hatred is spreading throughout out Ninja World..."

"Hate...?" Naruto asked, confused.

"I'm always thinking about what I should do about this hatred and what I want to do, but... Hah, I'm not sure what do go on about yet..." Jiraiya rubbed the back of his neck. "But I truly believe that eventually, one day, there will come a time when people will understand one another and live together in harmony!" Jiraiya declared as Naruto drew out a breath in awe. "Heeh, that's pretty deep, Ero-Sennin..."

"Well then, I can't find the solution, shall I pass the quest on to you?" Jiraiya asked as Naruto saluted. "Sir, yes sir! Can't refuse your orders after all, Ero-Sennin!" Naruto declared as the two began laughing.

(Next night, Midnight)

Naruto woke up with a yell as he gasped for breathe. Shuffling around and grabbing a fistful of hair, Naruto gritted his teeth. "Make it stop...! Please, make the dreams stop...!" He whispered to himself, the dreams reminding him too much of his childhood. As Naruto sobbed, Jiraiya laid on his bed a few feet away, his face showing a lot of worry and concern.

(Morning)

"Naruto..."

"Hnn?"

"Have you been experiencing... any fatigues?"

"Huh?" Naruto gazed at Jiraiya.

"Well, you know, something like weird dreams, or symptoms that seem serious, or anything bad happening in your mind?"

Naruto gulped a bit. "Err, n-no, of course not! Wh-what are you talkin' about, Ero-Sennin...?" Naruto tried to lie. "Hmm, I dunno. I mean, if you are facing some sort of dreaming problems, I could have to Ane-san to give you a check up then..." Jiraiya threatened as Naruto paled at the thought of Shima giving him some sort of unknown check up.

"A-alright alright! I... I keep having theses weird dreams lately..." Naruto admitted. Jiraiya nodded. "And?"

"And... that's about it..." Naruto said.

"... Seriously...?" Jiraiya asked.

"Err... yes...?"

Jiraiya hummed a bit before looking at Naruto. "Alright, I'll be blunt... the Yondaim'e seal is weakening..."

...

...

"What?"

Jiraiya sighed. "I'm saying that the seal that's keeping the Kyuubi at bay is weakening and unless we do something about it soon, the seal will keep loosening until the Kyuubi takes control of you and go on a rampage...!" The Toad Sage explained as everything started to fall on Naruto.

"Y-you mean, I... I will... I will become a... the Kyuubi..." Naruto asked in fear as Jiraiya nodded. "D-DO SOMETHING ERO-SENNIN!"

"Alright alright, hold on!" Jiraiya yelled, putting down his pack. "Put down your pack and I'll get started!" Naruto hesitantly, but eagerly, placed his bag on the ground as Jiraiya held out his arm, odd writing appearing on it with five Chakra flames on each of his fingers. "E-ero-sennin... What are you doing?" Jiraiya ignored him as he ordered, "Put up your shirt."

"Huh? Wh-what are you-..."

Naruto didn't get to finish as Jiraiya forcibly slammed his hand onto Naruto's stomach, where the seal should be. Jiraiya then turned his hand counterclockwise. Naruto grunted as the swirl on his seal tightened. Gasping for breath, Naruto glared at his teacher. "Wh-what the hell was that for!"

"Ahomono (Fool)! That was the key for the seal! I just used it to tighten the seal a bit!" Jiraiya yelled. Naruto blinked. "K-key...?" Jiraiya nodded. "Now then, since we now have the Kyuubi locked up tight, it's time for some training!"

"YATTA!"

"Alright, first off is to show you how to make your own original Jutsu!"

"My... own original Jutsu...?"

Jiraiya nodded. "For example, your Rasengan. It's a close-combat technique, but it's range is small... So what if, we made it larger?"

Naruto held out his hand in front of him, imagining the Rasengan a bit larger. "The Rasengan, but larger..."

"Sou... by adding more Chakra into it, you will be able to create a larger and bigger Rasengan for a more larger range! Imagine the feat you can do with that! And creating that larger Rasengan, you'll have made your own original Jutsu!" Jiraiya said, smiling at the grinning Naruto. "My original Jutsu!"

"Alright, ready for some hard core training, Naruto!"

"YEAH!"

10 yr-old Evangeline opened her eyes and looked around. Sighing and looking at her hand, she rested herself against a tree. "It's that dream again..." She sat for a bit to think about the dream that she kept having about a boy with blonde hair and a man with white hair. "I must be tired..." She thought out loud, yawning as she drifted off to sleep again.

Ignisha: And done!

Eva: *Glaring*

Ignisha: What?

Naruto: Anyway, wait up for the next chapter, see ya...!

Ignisha: Stop glaring at me unless you wanna go!

Eva: *Tick* GLADLY! Lic Lac La Lac Lilac!

Ignisha: H-hey, I was only kidding... GAHHH! *Runs*

Eva: *Goes after him*

Naruto: *Sighs*