Disclaimer: Yesterday morning, Kishimoto dropped by to tell me that I don't own Naruto and that he does. I cried afterwards... (ok I'm lying but still I don't own Naruto :)

A/N: Mmm you may have noticed some grammar mistakes on the previous chapter? I know, I've noticed them too, but I'm bored to go back and repair them. LOl. Anyway, I had grammar mistakes 'cause I hadn't taken a look at it before publishing . I usually write a chapter, and then re-read it to check for mistakes or change something. I'll keep doing it from now on. I'll also use this lines that are used to change subjects. I didn't know how to use them till chap11... first fanfic, don't flame :P. Anyway, hope you liked the last chapter. I made it quite emotional. Yep, most of the fanfic is like this, with battles spread here and there. I'll try to place more fights for the sake of Adventure (Don't trust me :P). Cool, now that I have settled some things, let's move on with the tale, shall we? (I love the 'shall we' phrase, dunno why, don't ask :) (damn it, I want to write so many things in an A/N, but I don't make them long so you guys won't get bored reading them)

Soulmate: By Your Side

Chapter12: Pay Back Time

They looked at each other, and gasped...

"Hinata, you look..." he started to mumble. She looked at him wide eyed too but the shock was soon replaced on their faces with pure joy. "the same!" he added and hugged her tightly and she returned the gesture. A single tear went down her cheek "We made it..." she whispered.

"Yep. That was a damn close call. I nearly fell on a different one. You two are lucky you know... only a day has passed from when we were locked up" the demon said and rolled his eyes. They both nodded "Yeah, we have that" Naruto said, wiping a tear from the girl's pale cheek with his thump.

"Ok kits, back to work. We've got some traitors to catch" Kyuubi said and the teens nodded. "Let's kick some ass" Naruto said and they were off...

Hiashi stared at his daughter's picture that he had on his office desk. She was gone for a day and he already missed her...

Flashback

Jika entered Hiashi's office after granted entrance. She slowly walked towards him, her head hanging down as if in sorrow

"What is it, Jika? I've got work to do" Hiashi said, looking up at her from his paperwork. Jika sighed "Hiashi, I've... got some disturbing... news" she said. Hiashi raised an eyebrow "Out with it" he commanded. Jika sighed again. "Hiashi, I've got a report from one of my men. I thought it would be best for you to know..." she said and reached under her robe to grab a scroll. She gave it to Hiashi, who opened it and began reading. Jika had to lower her head again to hide the smirk that plastered her face.

Hiashi's eyes went wide, and he crushed the paper in his hands. "Get out... now" he commanded. She bowed lightly and left the room, her smirk now evident on her face, though Hiashi didn't see it...

End Flashback

He couldn't believe it. The report wrote that Hinata and Naruto were spotted outside Konoha, fighting with a huge group of hostile ninjas. Naruto seemed to release his Kyuubi power and killed everyone, including his daughter. He then died from severe injuries. There were no corpses left instead of Naruto's. The men had burned the corpse in order to dispose Konoha of his stench once and for all.

Hiashi had trusted him... believed him... and he was fooled...

Naruto and Hinata had now reached the gates of the compound. It was dark and late in the night, so no one had seen them. He looked at her for one last time, and she nodded in agreement. Naruto knocked the gates...

The guard on duty was rather sleepy. He heard a knock on the door. He groaned and swore inwardly. Who the hell could it be this late? Opening the door slowly, he gasped...

"Oh my god... I fell asleep again?" the guard asked himself and shook his head while placing his palm on his forehead. "Nope. You're as awake as me." Naruto said, throwing a grin and pointing himself with his thump. The guard looked at him again "Sorry, I can't believe it. I must be asleep, since you two are dead" he said, pointing a finger at them. Hinata giggled and Naruto chuckled "So, they lost no time eh?" he said. He looked back at the guard, a mischievous grin on his face now. The guard gulped. The dream had just become a nightmare...

With a good punch in the face, the guard was crushed on the opposite wall "I think that's real enough to wake you up ne?" Naruto said, grinning widely. Hinata giggled "Naruto-kun, you shouldn't punch him so hard..." she said, looking at the now collapsed guard worriedly "Nah, don't worry, he'll be fine!" he said and walked in the mansion, her following suit...

The mansion was rather typical. White walls, wooden floor, doors here and there. "So, Hinata-chan, where's your father's room?" Naruto asked curiously. Hinata lifted her hand on her chin "Ano... I'm not sure..." she said. "Use your Byakuugan then!" he said cheerfully and she nodded. Whispering 'Byakuugan' she started scanning the mansion for her father. She smiled "He's at his office" she said softly and he nodded.

When they reached the office, she knocked the door. She heard her father's usually serious voice have a speck of sadness in it when he gave permition for entrance. She slowly slid the door open. Her father was looking at the opposite side towards the wall, holding something that looked like a picture in his hands. "O-Otou-san?" she asked softly. He stiffened for a moment. "H-Hinata...?" he asked in disbelief. He slowly turned around, and his eyes went wide at the sight before him. Hinata was there, with Naruto grinning widely next to her.

"W... What the... you... were... were dead..." Hiashi said. It wasn't smart, but his mind was dazed to think clearly now. "We're not dead Otou-san. We..." she began to say but Naruto cut her "We were trapped by one of your clan members. It seems you have more than one traitors in here, Hiashi. And if you don't believe we are real, go ask the guard at the door. He'll confirm it" Naruto said and Hiashi's eyes went wide in realization. He frowned "Very well Uzumaki-san. I think I've got an idea of who she is" Hiashi said and looked down again. He hid the picture he held before in his drawer. "Let's go" he said and the teens nodded.

Jika was sitting in the mansions meeting room. Along with her were several other elders. "So... our heiress is gone. I am truthfully sorry. But my men ensure me of their demise. As horrible as it is, I didn't believe them myself at first. When I went at the sight of the battle, the only thing I found from the heiress was a patch of her jacket and a bloodied hitai-ate..." she said and looked down as if in sorrow. The elders nodded and looked down themselves. The door then burst open

"Then we'd like the hitai-ate back. You can keep the cloth" Said a voice from the direction of the door. All the elders looked at the door in surprise...

There, in front of them, stood a grinning Naruto, a smiling Hinata, and a very pissed Hiashi. "Jika, I heard everything you said and I take them as confession to your guild in the betrayal of our clan. You are hereby sentenced to death" Hiashi said, piercing glares at her. She immediately stood up "Hah! Like I'll let you fools get me!" she said and in a flash, she was in front of Hiashi. With a strike at the head, he was unconscious. In another moment, Hinata was thrown unconscious too. Naruto prepared his Kyuubi chakra, but this time, to his horror, it wouldn't come. He felt his body numb... really numb... like he could do nothing at all. Jika turned to look at him, an evil grin on her face. She raised her hand, and the chakra concentrated in it was clearly visible. Naruto's eyes went wide.

Was this the end? Would everything end here? In a matter of another second... the whole world went black...

Naruto sat up on his bed, breathing heavily and his eyes gone wide. He looked around his room. It was dark, the shadows of the moon making the objects around him barely visible. He groaned. What a dream. He saw he found a girl... the girl loved him and he loved her back... he remembered something about soul mates... about a seal... about different worlds... but this was like crazy. He was still 13 years old. And this was the weirdest dream he ever saw... he just shrugged it off and leaned on his bed again, trying to sleep. Tomorrow, he would go check on Sasuke. After the Chuunin exams, Sasuke was hospitalized immediately.

This dream... it seemed kind of real. Though he couldn't remember much of it. Hell he couldn't even remember the girl! He wished he could though... shrugging all these thoughts off, he let himself fall in a now dreamless sleep...

A/N: I know it's short, but it's something like a prequel of what is to come. Nothing really big, but I wanted to cliffhang you guys! The previous author's note on this chapter is no longer valid. They already are on an adventure remember? Now you'll ask, a dream? All this shit was a dream? Well, I'll tell you that, there is always, truth in dreams. Just wait and see! Review as always...