Hi, I'm sorry that it took so long for me to update and I know that this is the shortest chapter yet (actually it's only half of it, but I haven't written the other half yet), but I hope that you like it. I don't really know how long it will take me to update again so please be patient. To those people who have reviewed my story, thank you very much. I'm glad that you like it.

TwinTrouble (Twin 2) Thanks for telling me your opinions in detail, I would be very grateful if you would continue to do so.

Sealed-Dragon Thanks for the jutsu, I would love to use that in my story (although I don't know when) if that's ok with you?

I would also like to thank dragoon-zerox for helping me to think about the things that may happen in the future of this story, I may not use all of the ideas that you gave me though, after all I want this story to be unique because of my ideas as well, not just because of someone else's.

Memories

Naruto was up bright and early the next day. He proceeded to complete his morning workout, which consisted of: 100 push-ups and sit-ups, followed by an advanced chakra control exercise (balancing sharp, weighted kunai point down on his finger tips, with only his chakra preventing him from losing some fingers) and he always ended with some light meditation.

Afterwards he made himself and Moonfang breakfast, he would have made something for his sensei and Silverfang but they were nowhere to be found. Naruto sighed, it was always like this; his sensei either didn't sleep or got up at a ridiculous time because he was never around in the morning.

Naruto checked his clock…he still had several hours before he had to be at the academy and he suddenly had a strange longing to see his home again.

About an hour later he arrived at the park, the place where he always went so that he could watch the other kids playing and wish that he could join in, he spotted the empty swings the place where he always sat hoping that one day someone would speak to him.

Naruto still remembered the day that his wish came true…

(The past stays with us for the rest of our lives.)

It had been a bright and sunny day and the park was full of laughing children playing together and having fun. But there was one boy who was not having fun, one boy who was all alone, Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto sat on his swing being ignored by everyone else, the children had already been warned by their parents to stay away from Naruto and they obeyed without question; ignoring his existence as they played their games, unaware that he was watching them, longing to join in their fun even if it was only for a day.

Today was Naruto's lucky day. He was not the only lonely child in the park; there was one other, a young girl by the name of Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata had always had problems with making friends, she was shy by nature and was therefore also mostly ignored; but only for the reason that she wasn't loud enough to make the other children hear her.

It was Hinata that first noticed Naruto, the lonely boy sat on the swings. Someone just like her, someone not good enough to play with the other children, but, maybe they could play together…then neither of them would be lonely anymore.

Naruto could almost sense Hinata approaching him; he looked up and watched the young girl walking over to him. This couldn't be real, right? But she kept on coming, even when Naruto rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

Hinata had almost reached Naruto by then, she could see the disbelief on his face and so she did the only thing that she could think of; she smiled at him, a warm reassuring smile that seemed to wash away Nauto's doubt and leave him with a sense of peace and happiness.

"Hello my name's Hyuuga Hinata, what's yours?" Naruto had to listen hard because the girl was so quiet she was almost whispering.

"Uzumaki Naruto…" Naruto spoke hesitantly because it was normally after the children heard his name that they left him alone again, but Hinata didn't run or leave; her smile just grew.

"I noticed that you were alone Naruto-kun, I don't have any friends either, so I was wondering if you would like to play with me and maybe be my friend?"

"You really want to be my friend?" Naruto still couldn't believe that this was real; he was expecting Hinata to say something like, 'of course not, I can't believe that you fell for it! Why would anyone play with you?', so he was very surprised by the simple 'yes' that he received.

Hinata watched as Naruto's face broke into the nicest smile that she had ever seen, "I would love to play with you Hinata-chan!"

And so the park was filled with happy children playing and having fun, not a single child was unhappy. Two completely different children drawn together by loneliness became the best of friends until the day that Naruto had disappeared…

(It is not wise to dwell on the past; we must all look towards the future.)

Naruto smiled as he remembered that day, the happiest day of his life. He sighed, 'I wonder what Hinata is doing now? I would give anything just to see her again, even if she doesn't recognise me.'

'I'm sure that you will see each other again Naruto and I don't think that she has forgotten. You haven't.'

Naruto looked down and smiled at Moonfang, 'Thanks Moonfang, you always seem to know just what to say to make me feel better.'

Moonfang seemed to smile, 'I'll always be here for you Naruto, I am part of you, just as you are part of me.' Naruto just nodded and sat down on the swing; he lent his head back and stared at the clouds.

So, what did you think? Please review! And hopefully I'll be able to get the other half of this chapter up very soon.