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Disclaimer-I do not own Naruto but i do own this story and any OC's. This is a completely original story idea in the world of Naruto. Any similarity or relevance to another work is completely coincidental and i apologise.

Author's Note 1- Well this chapter is bit shorter then the other but as I said the next few are going to be like this. I just don't have any ideas to stretch it out any longer. These chapters due having meaning as well. They were originally just filler's but not any more.

Author's Note 2- Also. My editor is being crazy so I am looking for another person to edit my future chapters as well as my already done chapters. Just mainly fixing grammar and such. If anyone is interested please email me. And not through FanFic because I can't send emails back through Fanfic due to my PC being stupid. My direct email is in my profile. Use that one. And if you are wondering why I am not using beta readers. I have before and they never got back to me so I want a direct link this time. If no one is going to edit then you will have to live with it not being edited. And again I tried my best with editing.

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"No. . . . Naruto. . . . No. . . . You Can't . . . Die." But it was two late for him. He fell to the ground as his last breath left him. "No. . . . No. . . . No. . . . NOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Hinata! Hey Hinata! Come on. Wake up already." Hanabi was trying to wake her sister to stop the screaming.

"Uhh. What? Where am I?" She sat up and looked around. "I'm in my room but . . . " she put her hand to her head.

"Yeah. Nice job figuring that out genius. You were dreaming. Must have been very bad to because of how much you WERE SCREAMING! Ugh. Why does my room have to be right next to yours? Now listen. I am going to go back to bed and if you wake me up with your screaming again. I swear that I will throw you out the window." She said storming out of the room.

"It was . . . just a dream? But . . . it seemed so real and . . . who was that other person. Ugh. I can't remember his name or . . . what he even looks like. It's all . . . blank. Well I suppose there's no use worrying about it now. I have to try and get some sleep before the mission."

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"Wow Hinata. You look like you just got in a fight or something. What happened?" Naruto said after she arrived at the gate.

"It's . . . nothing. Don't worry about it. I just didn't get much sleep last night. I kept having that same dream over and over. Ugh. Not to mention being thrown out of a window. That didn't help things out either."

"Are you worried about the mission?"

"No. I was just . . . having nightmares." She wanted to try and avoid the subject.

"Oh, well if that's all. It's not really anything to worry to much about. I mean it's only a dream right?" He gave her a warm smile that made her feel a bit better. "Well Hinata if you're ready, we can leave right now. I'm all packed and good to go."

"Yes. Lets go." They both nodded to each other and left the Leaf on their journey to Earth Valley. They were only a couple hours along when Hinata nearly collapsed from not getting any sleep.

"Nar . . . uto." She was completely out of breath. "Hold on . . . a moment. Can't we take . . . a short rest . . . please? I'm exhausted." She couldn't continue any farther and collapsed onto the ground. "I can't take . . . another step."

"Wow Hinata. You weren't kidding when you said you didn't get any sleep." He sat down next to her. "Yeah, lets rest for a bit and then we can . . . hold on." He started to smell the air. "Do you smell that? It smells just like . . . RAMEN!" He instantly jumped to his feet. "I'm starving. Come on Hinata, lets go. We can rest there." He started to run off and soon was out of sight.

"Oh Naruto. I thought we were going to rest right here. Uhh." She got up slowly and began to look around for him. "Where did he go?" She walked to the top of the hill. "I only see one building but . . . there's no way he could have gotten all the way over there in such a short time. Then again. Nothing seizes to amaze me about him." It took her a good half an hour to get there but she some how managed.

"What took you Hinata? Oh and I hope you don't mind but I started eating without you." He smiled. There were already four big bowls stacked and another that was half gone.

"It's fine Naruto. Just as long as we can rest." She took a seat across from him before a waiter came up to her.

"Can I get you anything miss?" she said in an overly friendly voice. Hinata just shook her head and she looked over at Naruto and smiled. No doubt because of the bill he would be getting.

"So it's supposed to take us about a week to get there right?" Naruto asked eagerly to make some kind of conversation.

"Yeah, but that's only if we walked. Actually we should be able to get there in about three days if we keep up are same pace."

"Great. The sooner that we get there the sooner we can get this mission started." The waiter brought Naruto another big bowl. "This ramen is great. Almost as good as Ichiraku's. You sure you don't want any?"

"No. I'm not that hungry."

"Eh. Suit yourself." He took a few big slurps before returning to their conversation. "So where do you think the artifact is going to be? A cave or something maybe?"

"Well. We don't have much to go on at this point. I suppose we will have to ask around when we get there. If it is in a cave or anything like that. It won't be easy to find. Even with my Byakugan."

"Oh yeah that's right. I forgot you have the Byakugan. That must be really cool. To be able to see like see everywhere around you."

"Huh" she had never thought about her Byakugan as cool before. "Yeah I suppose. I mean it is nice to have and it's helpful to people. And without it. What would I be? Nothing."

"Your bill sir." The waitress was smiling as she walked away.

"Okay. Lets see how much I owe." He looked it over quick. "WHAT! Oh come on. It doesn't cost nearly this much at Ichiraku's."

"Sorry sir but those are our prices."

"Humph" he took out his little froggy wallet and almost cried as he set all of the money inside it on the table. "Come on Hinata. I can't take it any more." He looked back at the table. "Goodbye, all of my hard earned money. I'll miss you." He ran out the door with a tear in his eye. Hinata was sad for Naruto but couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Are you ok Naruto?" he was outside sulking.

"Yeah I will be fine, I suppose. Well no use worrying about it. What's done is done Lets go shall we Hinata."

"He got over that rather quickly." She smiled and nodded. "Yes. Lets continue." They took about three steps before someone yelled to them.

"Hey, hold on Kid! What the hell is the big idea!" This is exactly what Naruto was hoping wouldn't happen. He turned around and smiled before grabbing Hinata's hand and running,

"Sorry, but were in a hurry. Just put it on my tab. Okay." After they were out of sight of the building Naruto let go of her hand and sat down next to a tree. "Hehe."

"What was that all about?" she asked. Curious as to why he was giggling.

"Oh, well you see. I wasn't about to pay that outrageous bill, so I gave them fake money that I got a while back."

"What?! But Naruto. You can't do that. It's not right to steal."

"Oh, don't worry about Hinata. I did leave them some real money but nowhere near what they wanted. Anyway, come on lets go."

"Well. I suppose our mission is more important then paying that bill, but promise me you won't do that again. Okay."

"Okay, Okay I promise. Now lets go."

A few more hours had passed before Naruto stopped.

"Hey Hinata. Do you hear that?"

"Huh." She took a second to listen. "Yeah. It sounds like someone singing."

"Yeah that's what I thought. Lets go check it out quick." He started to run through the woods.

"Naruto. Wait we have our own mission to worry about. Don't just . . . " She stopped knowing he wasn't listening and started to run in after him. They soon came out to a side road with a wagon and a horse along the side of it.

"I can't hear the singing anymore."

"Yeah it must have stopped. It sounded like it was coming from around hear though."

"Singing?" someone said from within the wagon. "Oh you must mean my music box." A big guy jumped out of the wagon. He was a good seven foot tall and had cuts all over his body. He was wearing baggy shorts and no shirt. He had a very deep voice.

"Whoa, big boy." Naruto quickly stated. Hinata was in shock at his overwhelming size but shook it off for a moment.

"Uh . . . Yeah . . . maybe. We thought we heard singing from over here and . . . came to see . . . what it was."

"I see. Yeah it was definitely my music box then. It can sing. Certainly knows I wasn't singing hahahaha. Ahh. Anyway. What brings you kids out this way?"

"We are heading to Earth Valley. We have an important mission to complete there."

"Earth Valley you say. Well you kids are in luck. I am heading off in that direction. I could give you a ride if you like. Free of charge to."

"Huh really. That would be great. What do you say Hinata? It would be a lot better then going there on foot."

"Well," normally she would have said no to the offer. Being a complete stranger and all. "I don't trust him. Something just seems off. But . . . I am so tired. It will be nice to relax. I suppose if anything should go wrong we could just fight him but I hope it won't come to that." She made up her mind with that thought. "Okay. I suppose it wouldn't hurt. Oh my name is Hinata by the way."

"And I am Naruto." The guy gave a great big smile.

"Name's Ookii. Now hop in the back and we can get going." They both jumped into the back of the wagon. The inside was very beautiful. "Oh. You two were curious about the singing right?"

"Yeah. Do you think we could hear it?" The guy gave a little chuckle.

"Of course. Here." He pulled out a small music box and opened it. The voice that came from it was enchanting.

"Wow. A music box that can sing that's . . . pretty . . . cool." He fell to the floor.

"Naruto! What did . . . you . . . do?" she fell as well.

" Hmpf. Nighty night."

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"Hinata. Hinata wake up."

"Naruto?" she sat up and looked around. She was in some kind of cage built into the wall of a cave and Naruto was in another one across from her. "Where are we Naruto?"

"I was just about to ask you the same thing? What happened? The last thing I remember was feeling really sleepy." Hinata thought for a moment.

"That music box. It put us to sleep and . . . that guy must have brought us here." She took a quick glance at the cages. "These cages don't look to strong. We should both be able to break out. Lets give it a try." Naruto nodded and they both hit their cages knocking the doors off rather easily.

"Wow that was easy." They got out and took a quick glance around. The sight was horrific. There was blood, fresh and dried everywhere along with a few bodies laying around. "Just what kind of place is this! There's blood everywhere. Hinata? Are you going to be okay?" she was on the ground, almost ready to puke. The sight was too much for her. It would have been for any normal person. "Come on Hinata. There's a door over there. Lets go."

"Yes. Lets get out of here . . . as soon as we can. I can't take much more of this place." They started to go to the door when Ookii came in with a hatchet as big as one of them.

"What?! Hmpf. You're awake already huh. Hmm. You two must be special or something. Good. All the better for the sacrifice."

"Sacrifice! What do you mean sacrifice?"

"Well you see ya little brat. By sacrificing people over this alter and then offering some of my blood. I can gain some of your powers. Now, be a good little boy and just stand still." He started to walk over to them.

"You . . . monster."

"Call me what you want but I need power and this is the only way. Now I have had enough talking. DIE!" he rushed in and swung the Hatchet with such a huge force it made the ground shake when it hit. They both had plenty of time to dodge though. He was certainly strong but way to slow.

"A lot of good that power does you when you're too slow to hit us."

"You worthless punk. I will kill you!" he swung a few more times which were easily dodged. "Damn it. I have had enough of this. Now observe my power. By offering up a huge amount of my own blood, hyaahh," he took the hatchet and nearly cut his arm off. "I can gain unlimited power! Hahaha." His eyes were starting to change to a blood red and his veins were starting to pop out.

"Just what the hell are you doing?!"

"I am offering up my body to become a GOD! Hahahahaha. Now mortal. Die. Ughhh . . . "

"Huh! Hinata?!" She had ran up to him with her Byakugan active and struck him in his stomach. Cutting off most of his chakra and life force. His body returned to normal and he fell to the ground landing with a huge thud. "What did . . . you just do Hinata?"

"His Stomach. After he cut his arm. A huge amount of chakra was coming from his stomach. It was supplying his entire body. I just cut it off using my Byakugan and gentle fist. That sudden change must have killed him."

"Oh. Well ok. If you're sure. Lets get out of here now then." He was shocked at her quick actions.

"I can't believe I just did that. I didn't even think. I just acted. It must be this place. It's horrible. Yes. Please. I can't stand it in here any longer."

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Elsewhere

"Neji. Hey Neji. Wake up will you. Come on. Get up."

"What?" He sat up quickly from the mat and looked around. "Oh, Kaichi. How did I get here and . . . what happened?"

"Don't worry about it. It's all taken care of. They ambushed you and I just happened to be around and I figured, I would save you in hopes that you would do me a favor."

"A favor? What exactly do you want?" He didn't like where this was going.

"Well. There is something that I need your help with. You see, I am looking for a very special artifact."

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Author's Note 3- Ok I lied. This is a filler chapter. The only point in this was the beginning and the end but I had to have some kind of middle right. ^_^ anyway I have made the first chapter which isn't a chapter. It's an update page and other info sort of thing. I will update that constantly as well as explain things about certain things I won't explain in the story. Got that. Just ask questions if you have them.

Author's Note 4- Yes I know, way to much talking in this chapter but I had to do something so I resorted to drastic measures. This Chapter=Lots of talking. ^_^