A friend's welcome

A friend's welcome.

Key:

Speech

Thought

Summon/ Kyuubi/ Inner Self/ other tailed-demons

Summon/ Kyuubi/ Inner self / other tailed-demons thoughts

KW: Well, here is my second part of A Dream Revealed. Please, if you notice mistakes, tell me. I want to try to make this a good as possible. I want to thank Lostmydragon for helping me. Also please note; I suck at clothes descriptions, and no they aren't running around naked (even though some people might want to see that 'points finger a Jiraiya'). Please enjoy this and thank you for viewing.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… If I did Sasuke would be buried in a nice deep hole somewhere… headfirst… and 20 feet under… and also with is ever-annoying fan girls so he would have to suffer eternally! Mwahahaha!

After leaving Jiraiya, Naruto was making his way to the Hokage tower when he heard a voice yell from his left.

"Naruto!"

Naruto turned to see a pink haired kenoichi (or however the hell you spell it) dressed in blue shorts and a white top covered over by a pink short dress-like thing (again, I suck at clothes descriptions). Naruto then recognized her as Sakura.

"Hey Sakura! How have you been?" he greeted.

"Good…. Wow… you've really changed." Sakura said, looking at his new appearance (Think regular Naruto in Shippuden look).

"Yep! I'm even stronger now!" said Naruto, thinking she meant his personality, "Ero-sannin has been making me work hard. How about you? Have you been training as well?"

"Yes" she sighed, "Lady Tsunade is a regular slave driver." she mumbled that last part. 'And that's an understatement…'

"What? I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that last bit."

"Oh, nothing!" Sakura said with an anime sweat drop on the back of her head, trying to cover her near slip up.

"Oh, ok." Sakura was relieved Naruto didn't notice what she had said. "So, Sakura… learn any new jutsu?"

"Yeah, but I don't want to ruin the surprise for you." 'Boy is it going to be a good surprise'

"Oh, ok. So how has everyone been?" Naruto asked. 'I wonder if everyone is still here…'

"Pretty good. The rookie nine and Team Guy are Chunin now; actually Neji is a Jonin."

"WHAT? Man…. Now I'm behind everyone…." Naruto moaned. "So, what about Gaara and the sand siblings?" 'Surely I'm still ahead of them'

"Well Temari and Kankaro are both Jonin, but Gaara is Kazekage" was her reply

"What?…. wow…."

"I'm sorry Naruto" Sakura said as she tried to consolidate him.

"THIS IS GREAT!" Naruto screamed.

"Huh?" was Sakura's puzzled reply.

"This proves some people can get over the demon! This is awesome! Now I know I can be Hokage!" said Naruto as he rejoiced.

"Huh? Demon?" Sakura inquired.

"Umm nothing!" Naruto tried to cover as an anime sweat drop went down the back of his head. 'Please tell me I didn't slip up my secret!'

"Ok…" 'Must have been hearing things in my head' "So…. Were are you going?"

'Good, she didn't notice' "To the Hokage tower to see baa-chan."

'Sigh…. I guess some things never change…' "You shouldn't call her that Naruto, she could get mad…" 'And believe me, you do not want her mad…'

"Nah, she knows I respect her. I only insult the people I respect." The blonde replied, laughing, "I use insults as a term of affection"

"Ah… so what is my term?"

"Umm…. I really don't want to tell you that…" 'She would be pissed off if she knew…' Thought Naruto as he remembered the time he told Jiraiya her nickname…. He couldn't get him to stop laughing for thirty minutes.

"Why? Is it that bad?" 'It had better not be… I would hate to have to injure him as soon as he got back to the village, especially without giving Tsunade a chance to first' It was then Naruto noticed an abnormally large vein popping out on Sakura's abnormally large forehead.

"Umm… anyway, I have got to go. Have to see ba… I mean the Hokage"

"Really? I have to go there as well. Got to return the report from the front gates to Lady Tsunade. Can I come with you?" She said as she looked north towards the Hokage tower.

"I do not see why not so sure!" 'Awesome! Maybe I can talk to her about something without sounding like a total idiot!' Naruto could hardly contain his excitement.

"Alright lets go!" yelled Naruto as he jumped away.

'Sigh…. As energetic as always' Sakura mentally cursed as she noticed how far behind she was 'Crap! Now he has speed AND energy! Better hurry up!' She almost said aloud as she sprinted ahead, trying to catch up.

Jiraiya was thinking and cursing to himself. 'Why do the young always have to be in a rush? Sure they have energy and all...'

"AND EVERLASTING YOUTH!" Yells Might Guy.

KW: Oh, no… it is Might Guy… (Or Might-be-Gay as I call him)

Guy: YES! IT IS ME!

He then proceeds to smile, blinding us for the moment with his extremely shiny teeth.

KW: Ahh! Now I'm blind and can't type! What the hell Guy?! Why are you even here! You shouldn't show up till chapter 4 or 5! Go away!

Axel: Yea! Shut up Guy and GO AWAY!

Axel blasts Guy with a spiked war hammer, sending Guy flying.

Guy: AHHH… I STILL WILL SPREAD THE YOUUUUUUUTHHHHHHHH…

There is a loud crash in the background followed by the instant forming of a large crater.

KW: Umm… thanks. And who are you again?

Axel: Your OC.

KW: Umm… I have an OC?

Axel: Well, you will later.

KW: Oh, cool! What are you like?

Axel: That is a surprise for later. All you all will know for now is that I am a guy.

Guy: I'M STILL OK!

Axel: Damn it… well I guess that is my cue to go! Time to take out the trash!

Axel cracks his knuckles and then bullets off to the large crater to silence Might Guy.

KW: Anyway, back to the story.

Suddenly there are a bunch of loud crashing sounds coming from the crater.

KW: Wow… that is going to leave a mark…

'Sure they have energy and all, but if they only stopped to listen. If they did, they might not rush to conclusions and make big mistakes. If Hinata had not flown off like that, I could have told here where Naruto was headed. Sigh… and she would be good for Naruto too. She would really calm that brash attitude of Naruto's down. That is it! I have to help get the two of them together! But how?'

Jiraiya then stopped as he realized that he had come to the garden at the base of the Hokage tower. He looked around for Naruto. Naruto was nowhere to be seen.

'Hmm… not here yet. How did I get here before him? Oh, well. I guess I can lay down by that cherry tree and think of a way to get Naruto and Hinata together.'

So he did just that.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura were just able to see the Hokage tower. From the outside, Konoha seemed massive, but from the inside, it was endless. It was as if you were dropped in the middle of the ocean, with no shore to help you get out. As they jumped over the buildings, Naruto noticed they seemed to be more measured out and efficient for travel.

"Hey, Sakura! Are the buildings different than before? They seem more orderly." Naruto questioned.

"Oh, yes that. About five weeks after you left we started repositioning buildings and other such things so they would be easier to defend with. This was caused by the Sand and Sound invasion. You wouldn't believe the number of casualties we faced because of building issues."

They continued to talk about trivial matters like this for a while.

'Man he is actually thinking about stuff now… Jiraiya-sama must have really changed him' Sakura thought.

They kept on talking until a red large rounded tower was only a few feet in front of them.

"Well, here we are, the Hokage tower." Said Sakura.

All of the sudden, they heard a loud buzzing/choking sound.

"Does Konoha still have trees inside its walls? I think I hear sawing wood." Said Naruto.

"Same thought here Naruto. Let's check it out so we know it's not just Shino and his bugs again…"

(A few miles away)

Shino suddenly felt a tickle inside of his nose and then found himself sneezing out a few thousand ants. 'Damn it! Why does everyone always talk about me behind my back?!'

(Back with Naruto and Sakura)

"Ok. Let's go"

So they walked around, trying to find the source of the mysterious noise, until they saw a cherry tree, swaying from left to right slightly, with a red clothed old man under it. One thing went through their minds. For Sakura it was 'Naruto had to put up with this for the whole trip?' for Naruto it was 'Not again…'.

They then walked up to the sleeping sage. Naruto gently shook him in an attempt to awaken him.

"Hmm…? Five more minutes…" was the mumbled reply.

Then Sakura went to awaken him. Due to her training with Tsunade, she wasn't quite as gentle.

"Ahh! Ok, ok I'm up!"

"Good to she you're awake." She had spent a lot of time with Tsunade, and heard a lot about his "adventures" in a different term. Needless to say, she didn't respect him as much as the other shinobi.

"Nice to know the young respect the old."

"An old pervert you mean" she muttered.

"Oh, I'm no ordinary pervert… I'm a super pervert!" he said as he did the classic Jiraiya nose-bleed-finger-wiggle.

Naruto saw the dangerous situation popping up and decided to step in before something happened. "Shouldn't we go see baa-chan?" he said, hopping to spread around Sakura's anger so no one person would wind up dead.

"I guess." She said, not once removing her glare from Jiraiya.

'Oh, this is not going to bee good if baa-chan finds out…' Naruto thought.

KW: Well there is my second chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Please rate and review. Thank you for viewing.

Crashes are still going on.

KW: Man, now I actually feel sorry for Guy…