CHANGE Chapter 3: Revelations and feelings, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer: no own de Naruto. Also don't own secondhand serenade: awake, its not over. And also don't own Pink Floyd: wish you where here.

Hey peeps, I'm back, and soon too! All right then, this is the next chappie, and this one will explain the plot of the story… I hope… if my fingers don't get tired again. Anyway, moving on!

KEY: oi! Same as last time… learn it, respect it!!

----Hokage's office, right after Naruto walked in---

Team 7 and Hana blinked, looking at Naruto…well Dream to them. Sasuke growled slightly, and tensed. Suddenly Dream disappeared, and reappeared with Sasuke's own kunai at his throat. Sasuke gasped, sweat running down his check. Naruto once again disappeared, reappearing back in his spot. Then he looked at the Hokage before speaking, and shocking the members of team seven and Hana cause his voice placed him around Sakura and Sasuke's age.

"they'll do, but I'm not going to take the blame if they get killed. I'll wait at the gate for you guys." Naruto said in an emotionless voice, and walked out the door before anyone could protest. Kakashi sighed, then turned to the Hokage. He looked the old man in the eye, then spoke.

"you know that this boy attacked two chunin at the gate, and fought off ANBU… right?" he asked the old man. The third nodded slightly, but didn't speak at all. Team 7 and Hana all had mouths open at this. This boy did that? Then team seven remembered back at the wave mission when Kakashi had said that there where people in this world younger than them, and stronger than him. This must be one of these people. Hana was still amazed, but had quickly covered her surprise. Finally, the third spoke to them.

"Team seven, and you Hana, will be guarding a man who's name is Modan Ukiyo. don't worry about the goods he's carrying, as Dream will be guarding that. Now, he has already informed me that he will be waiting by the gates, and you are to leave in two hours. I would advise to dress for heavy combat, just incase. So loud up on everything you think you might need, and even things you might not. You are dismissed." With that, he waved them off. They bowed slightly, and walked out of the room, once they where out of the Hokage's tower, they each went there own ways, to prepare for the mission.

---2 hours later, main gate---

Team seven and Hana were all packed for the mission. Surprisingly, even Kakashi was with them this time, on time and all. As they got closer to the gate, they saw dream standing there, but when he turned around, they all gasped at what they saw. He had, apparently, added more weapons to his arsenal.

He still had on the same cloths, but his jounin jacket was now zipped up, and unknown to them, was armored now. On said jounin vest, were pockets filled with scrolls and other ninja equipment, but no visible kunai. Explosive notes, shuriken, even two long combat knifes where in a holster by his ribs. On his legs, was an arsenal that would have made TenTen proud. On his thighs were two mini hand scythes, on his legs, were two more combat knifes on the front, and on the sides where two weapons that they couldn't identify. They could also see armor on his shins, thighs, and shoulders. When they looked at his arms, they saw sleeves, unlike last time. He had on forearm armor, and the sleeves he had on where very baggie. He also had on fingerless gloves with armor on the back, covering his hands. He was armed to the teeth, and he stood like it weighed nothing. Naruto saw them coming, and turned to look at them with emotionless eyes. When they walked up to him, he turned and walked out the gate, Modan following him, and soon so did team 7 and Hana.

---7 hours of walking later---

It was close to night fall, and so, team 7 decided to stop. With more than half his body guards stopped, Modan decided to as well, so Naruto, who was referred to as dream, also stopped. About an hour later, there camp was all set up, a fire crackling happily near by. Team seven started to cook there food, when Kakashi looked at Naruto, and noticed he hadn't set anything up.

"Dream, why haven't you set up camp, I'm not going to share food with you either. You got to do it yourself, and its almost night." Kakashi said, smirking a bit behind his mask at how he had showed Dream up. Now he wouldn't normally do this, but for some reason, this mercenary-nin made him made. He didn't know why, but he did. Dream just looked at him, without showing any emotion. He reached up to his vest, took out a single scroll, bit his thump, moved a bit away, then spread it along the scroll. After that, out popped a sleeping bag, food, and an acoustic guitar. Naruto looked at Kakashi to see his shocked face. He thought the faces of team sevens other members and Hana were funnier, and he looked right at Kakashi before he spoke.

"better copy-nin?" he watched Kakashi nodded his head, even if it was with great reluctance. Then, Naruto reached down, and everyone thought he was going to pick up food, but instead he picked up the guitar, and moved back to the fire, sat down, and started to play a nameless tune. After about 10 minutes of them listening, Sakura spoke to Naruto, looking straight at him.

"Do you know any songs, Dream?" Naruto looked at her, before nodding. He kept playing, causing Sakura's eyebrow to twitch, before she spoke again.

"can you play one for us?" she asked again, Naruto looked at them, then thought for a sec. For some reason, he had the perfect song to play for them. Looking at Sakura, he nodded slightly, before starting a tune. It went on with out words for awhile, till Naruto finally began to sing, his voice clear and strong.

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

The other ninja sat there, listening to the songs, but none of them felt any real connection the song. They all kept listening to it, enjoying the sound of Dreams voice. Naruto just kept playing, knowing that they would get the song soon enough.

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Naruto just kept playing, losing himself in the music. This was one of the ways, one of the times, he ever showed any emotion at all. It was his time, his world, his paradise. His heaven, his hell, his earth, his home. And he loved it with all his soul, and all his heart. This was where he could feel like he felt before. It was the only thing that kept him truly human. And he relished in it.

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

Naruto kept playing, looking up to see the shocked faces of Sasuke and Sakura, who where now thinking deeply, and it looked like Sakura was about to cry slightly. Kakashi was also thinking, and Hana just watched him play. Naruto finished up the song. And looked at them. It took them a moment to collect there thoughts, and just when it looked like Sakura was about to say something, Naruto stood up, and looked at Kakashi, who looked back.

"I'll take first watch, you have second, Hana has third, then ill take fourth and fifth. Ill wake you up when its your turn." with that he walked off, and they all watched as he got to the top of a rock overlooking the camp, and sat down. Everyone in the camp was absorbed in there thoughts, and they all wandered off into there sleeping areas, and soon fell asleep. Well, all but one. Hana laid there, thinking about who Dream could be. After about 30 minutes of laying there, she huffed, stood up, and started to walk towards where he was. But as he got closer, she heard a tune. Moving behind a tree, she listened to him play. (okay guys, if you want to hear this song, go to you tube and look up its not over by SECONDHAND SERENADE). It was a soft song, but not too soft, and soon, she got lost in the music. Naruto was also lost in the music, and didn't even notice her when she snuck up on him. He just kept playing, and moved onto another song, one of his favorites.

My tears run down like razorblades and no, I'm not the one to blame: it's you or is it me?
And all the words we never say come out and now we are all ashamed. And there is no sense
In playing games, when you done all you can do.

Naruto sang this song, one that he had found in a very old book, and had read and learned it, and fallen in love with it. It was soft, and had meaning to it to anyone who had ever been in a relationship that went bad. Naruto himself never had been, but still, for some reason he loved this song beyond all reason.

But now it's over, it's over. Why is it over? We had the chance to make it. Now it's over,
It's over. It can't be over. I wish that I could take it back, but it's over.

Hana stood behind a tree, listening to this song that this a-rank nin was playing, and found herself unable to concentrate. Just about 2 weeks ago, she had a nasty break up with a jounin she had been going out with. She had discovered he had been cheating on her. And he had accused her of her cheating on him. He had hit her, and she had run. Now, for some reason, she regretted ever breaking up with him. Mostly cause as she had run, he threatened that he would hunt her down, and make her wish she hadn't broken up with him.

I lose myself in all these fights; I lose my sense of wrong and right. I cry, I cry. I'm
Shaking from the pain that's in my head. I just want to crawl into my bed and throw away
The life that I led. But I won't let it die. But I won't let it die.

Naruto kept playing, unaware of the conflict his song was causing in the mind of the chunin spying on him. He kept playing, unaware that he was driving her to tears because of his song. He kept playing and singing the song. Hana kept listening, feeling the burn of tears forming in her eyes. She wouldn't cry, she wouldn't cry, she wouldn't…she…

But it's over, it's over. Why is it over? We had the chance to make it. Now it's over,
It's over. It can't be over. I wish that I could take it back.

Naruto kept strumming the guitar, singing, he himself feeling emotion from the song. He relished in it, even if it was slight pain in his heart because of this song. Hana herself was desperately trying not to cry right now, pushing down the thoughts of what had happened and what the jounin had said to her. She felt the tears swell up, and whipped them away, trying not to cry…she wouldn't, no matter how much she wanted to...

I'm falling apart, I'm falling apart. Don't say this wont last forever. You're breaking
My, you're breaking my heart. Don't tell that we will never be together. We could be over
And over, we could be forever.

Naruto sang, his voice raising a little bit at this part of the song, strumming a bit harder. Hana stood behind the tree, unknown tears silently running down her face. She whipped at her eyes, trying with much difficulty to not sob out loud, for fear of alerting the missing-ni…no…the teen playing the song. She wanted to run, to cry her heart out from the pain, to sob and run to the teen playing and sob on his shoulder, she wanted to run from him, and even to curse him for bringing up memories that she so desperately wanted to forget. But she didn't know what to do. She didn't know what she should do. She stifled another sob, holding her mouth with her hands. The painted markings on her cheeks, marking her as an Inuzuka member, started to smear slightly. And Naruto just kept playing.

Naruto kept playing, singing his heart out. He needed to play this song, he needed to let the emotions he thought he lost, come out. Even if it was in the form of a song. He needed to do this, for himself. He needed relies from his pain. From his new mask of emotionless. He kept singing, as Hana kept holding her tears in, and failing.

It's not over. It's not over, it's never over, unless you let it take you, it's not over,
It's not over, it's not over, unless you it break you. It's not over.

Naruto finished the song with a strum, and looked up at the sky, thinking. That was when Hana lost it. She couldn't keep it in any longer. She let out a large sob, and turned away running off into the forest. Naruto turned at hearing the sob, and saw Hana run off. He shrugged and turned back to the stars. But his thoughts always traveled back to the girl running off. He felt he should go see if she was all right. Go find out why she was crying. But he couldn't… he had no emotions anymore. But… then why was he feeling this need. Grumbling, Naruto stood up, and made a shadow clone. After telling it to keep watch, he started in the way where the girl ran… Hana was her name, he remembered. As he walked away, Naruto grumbled to himself.

"God damn guilty concision… thought I got rid of you." with that, he went off in the way Hana did. The whole way he grumbled to himself, but only half heartedly. There was still a kind Naruto hidden under all that coldness.

---With Hana---

Hana sat beside a small lake she had found. The moonlight shined on the lake, making it glow with a silver like light. Hana sat there, hugging her knees, crying silently. She had promised herself she wouldn't cry. But she had failed to do so, all because of that song. It touched her heart somewhere deep down, and she didn't even know how. Suddenly she heard a sound behind her, and quickly wiped away her tears, and her runny nose. Turning around, she saw the last person she would expect to see here. It was Dream.

"yea…what...what do you want?" She asked him, trying to hide the shudders in her breath, and her puffy eyes. He walked up next to her, and sat down right beside her. He didn't speak for 5 or so minutes, then he turned to look at her. What he said next shocked her.

"I'm sorry I made you cry, Hana. Apparently, the song I played reminded you of something." he said, looking at her, then looking at the lake half way there saying that. Hana stared at him for awhile, before sitting back with her arms around her knees. She didn't really know what to say, so she settled for the first thing she thought of.

"its okay." Naruto blinked slightly, as he didn't expect her to say it was okay, but he smiled ever so slightly under his hood, shocking him even more. They sat there in silence for about 3 minutes, before Naruto spoke again.

"Hana…if you don't mind. Could you tell me what it was that that song brought up?" Naruto just kept staring ahead, so he didn't notice Hana looking at him in slight surprise. Hana turned and looked back at the lake. Naruto waited for about 2 minutes, and when Hana didn't reply, he was about to get up and go, when finally she spoke. What she said made Naruto anger for the first time in a long time.

"about 2 weeks ago, me and a jounin I was dating broke up. I loved him a lot, but I found out he was cheating on me. I broke up with him, and he yelled at me and accused me of cheating on him. When I denied it, he hit me and called me a slutty bitch (snuffle). And tried not to cry, so I stood up and ran. But as I…(shudder, light sob) was running, he said he would… would hunt me down and make me wish I had never broken up with him…" Hana said, still looking at the water. She was crying now, thinking about a lot of things. Now there where many things that she, as a ninja, would except at anytime. But what happened next was not one of them. Suddenly she felt slightly warm, and a heavy presence on her back. But it didn't hurt. It took her a few seconds to realize what was going on. The emotionless, cold, harsh, and ruthless one known as Dream Maker was doing something way out of character for him.

He was hugging her.

Naruto didn't even know why he was doing this. Seeing her like this brought up something in him that he would never expect would happen. He felt the strong urge to comfort her. And he acted on that before he even had time to think. One moment he was thinking about hunting down this jounin and brutally murdering him, the next he was hugging the chunin he barley knew anything about. He didn't know why he was hugging her, but it felt good to have human contact that didn't involve blood or money. Hana was equally shocked, but she reacted in the same way that any female in emotional distress would when there getting hugged (that is, at least in my experience). She turned around, and hugged him back, sobbing on his shoulder. Naruto was, to say the least, surprised by her action. He had expected her to be surprised, then more than likely jump away. Maybe she would sit there. But he did not except her to turn and hug him back, sobbing on his shoulder. Naruto held the sobbing girl for about 10 minutes, till she calmed down and he just held her. It was 5 minutes after she stopped crying, that she looked at him, and spoke to him, and what she said surprised him, but also pleased him.

"umm…Dream ..could you ..uhh …could you play another song, please?" She asked him, looking him in the eyes. Naruto smiled a very tiny smile, but then spoke back to her.

"okay Hana." She smiled at his response, and sat down right where she was. Naruto smiled, and sent a clone to go get his guitar, making sure it was a water clone so as not to rise suspicion from Hana. When it came back with his guitar, he sent it into the lake and dispelled it. Sitting down with his legs out on the ground, he started a new song, his voice coming out soft and strong, making Hana smile. As he sang he looked at her, and began to wonder why he chose this song in particular.

With every appearance by you, blinding my eyes,
I can hardly remember the last time I felt like I do.
You're an angel disguised.

Hana smiled as he started singing, then she got lost in the music, the unbelievable wonderful beautiful music that this boy was singing. Naruto couldn't take his eyes off this girl as he sang, and he didn't know why. Why he chose this song, why she had made him show more emotion than he had sense he had escaped. She had captivated him, and he didn't know why.

And you're lying real still,
But your heart beat is fast just like mine.
And the movie's long over,
That's three that have passed, one more's fine.

Hana smiled at that line, and moved over to where he was sitting, laying her hand down on his legs. She listened to the music coming from him, and his voice. Naruto felt a weird sensation in his gut when she laid on him, but ignored it and kept playing.

Will you stay awake for me?
I don't wanna miss anything
I don't wanna miss anything
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything.

Hana lay there listening, unaware of the conflict she was now causing in the Naruto. The roles where now changed. Naruto couldn't understand what she was doing to him. Why was he playing this song, he didn't plan on it, he just decided on the spot. Who was this girl to cause such a change in him. What was she doing to him?

I'm trying real hard not to shake. I'm biting my tongue,
But I'm feeling alive and with every breathe that I take,
I feel like I've won. You're my key to survival.

Hana kept listening to him, a smile on her face. She closed her eyes, and focus on the song. She couldn't help but smile as she listened to it, and she didn't even know why. But this song, this song he had chosen, seemed to describe what position they where in right now. She was staying awake for him.

And if it's a hero you want,
I can save you. Just stay here.
Your whispers are priceless.
Your breathe, it is dear. So please stay near.

Naruto gave up on trying to figure out why this girl affected him so, and concentrated on playing his song. His voice rang out strong and clear, his hand strumming the guitar with expert timing. He kept singing, his eyes focused only on what frets he was playing now. He didn't even notice Hana looking at him as she smiled. Both him and Hana were caught up in the song that they lost focus in all there surroundings.

Will you stay awake for me?
I don't wanna miss anything
I don't wanna miss anything
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything.

The two teens just sat there, basking in each others presence, forgetting everything. Nothing mattered, nothing could hurt them. Time, life, people, death, nothing could touch them when they where together. that's how they felt right then. Hana remembered a quote from someone she had read or heard once. 'nothing matters so long as I'm with you'. she didn't know why, but this boy was changing her, and she hadn't even known him for long.

Say my name. I just want to hear you.
Say my name. So I know it's true.
You're changing me. You're changing me.
You showed me how to live.
So just say. So just say,

Naruto was playing this song, and putting more heart and meaning into it than he had ever done before. He didn't know why, but he knew it had something to do with the girl laying on him right now. She had effected him unlike he had ever been before, and they hadn't even known each other for that long. She was changing him like no other. And he loved it.

That you'll stay awake for me.
I don't wanna miss anything.
I don't wanna miss anything.
I will share the air I breathe,
I'll give you my heart on a string,
I just don't wanna miss anything

Naruto finished with a finally strum, and looked down at Hana, who was smiling at him. She was lost in her feelings, as was he. Neither really knew what to say, and neither really cared right now. But Hana knew she had to say something, before both became confused and embarrassed about this. She opened her mouth to speak, but suddenly a sound cut her off. Someone was clapping.

Both Naruto and Hana looked up to see someone on the lake clapping there hands. Hana had no idea who it was, but the figure was wearing a black trench coat with a hood, and black cargo pants. The figure stopped clapping, and Naruto felt a tingling sensation up his back. If it was who he thought it was, then this was very very bad. His thoughts where cut off when the figure spoke, a calm and dark voice that had evil in every word confirmed two things, that it was male, and that Naruto's thoughts were confirmed.

"very very good Dream-kun, I didn't know you played guitar so well. I'm very impressed. And look at this, you got yourself a girl too. Not bad sense the last time we meet." Naruto growled at that, and picking Hana up, he placed her behind him. Hana was confused, she had no idea what was going on. Naruto spoke, malice and worry clear in his voice.

"Hana, go get Kakashi, and only him. You and the two genin stay there." Hana opened her mouth to protest, but then looked at the figure, and just by the way he was standing, she could tell he demanded respect and fear. Biting her lip, she nodded and ran off. Naruto never took his eyes off the figure, just as the figure never took his eyes off him. It was Naruto who spoke next.

"I must thank you for one thing, and that's not saying my name in front of Hana, that would be bad." The Figure laughed, before it too spoke.

"I didn't do it for you Naruto-kun, I did it because it would be bad for my plan if you where constantly hunted by Itachi-kun and his partner as well as just about every Hidden Village. I did it for me." Naruto laughed at that, even he found that funny.

"you do everything for yourself Kumori." Naruto said. The figure nodded at that, and took off his hood. Once the hood was off, it reveled a man in his mid 20's who was wearing red shades and had his lip pierced. The man Yawned, and stretched, then looked at Naruto, before speaking.

"So, Naruto-kun, Have you reconsidered our proposal?" Naruto looked at him, then thought back to when he had first been dragged into this entire plot that completely ruined everything he knew about history.

----Flashback: 4 months sense his escape----

Naruto was walking down a road, his hood up as usual, when he felt a chakra signature approaching. It was large, but not as large as him. Even so, if this chakra signature was anything to go off, then fighting would be rather hard. Naruto faced the direction it was coming from, and 5 minutes later, he saw a large man approaching. The man had no shirt on, a pair of black baggie pants, a very large broadsword on his back, and a pair of gloves on his hand with studded knuckles. The man walked right up to him, and looked down at him. Then the man spoke, his voice very deep.

"hello Naruto-kun, my name is Kyo Hito. I have been sent here to give you something." he said, making Naruto go on guard the second he heard his name. He had worked very hard to make sure no one knew his name. The man reached into his back pocket, making Naruto grab the swords on his back. But the man only pulled out a small item that was about 4 inches long, and 3 inches wide.

"who are you? Where do you come from?" Naruto asked, but the man only gave him the item, then walked off. Naruto growled, but let the man go, turning his attention back to the item. Whatever it was, it had some pretty weird things on it. On the front was what looked like the smallest TV he had ever seen. Shrugging he was about to throw it, when Kyuubi spoke in his head.

"NO WAY!!" he screamed, making Naruto jump. Naruto was about to reply, when a strange noise came from the device. It was some sort of song, and Naruto was about to throw it, When once again, Kyuubi spoke.

"Don't throw that kit, see the sides of it, how there's like a line? Open that, then look for a green button, the open it, and hold it up to your ear and speak." Naruto did so, and as soon as he held it up to his ear, a voice spoke. Naruto almost dropped the item when he heard it, and looked around wildly for the voice, before putting the item back to his head. The voice returned, and this time he heard it clearly.

"very very good Naruto-kun. I was afraid you would never learn to use a cell phone. After all, there very very old, and are very very very hard to come by. Even then, there are only a few satellites still working out in space." The voice said, making Naruto wonder what he was talking about. Naruto decided to voice that opinion, and talked into the cell phone.

"Who are you, what is this, what do you want?" he said, making the voice laugh. He was about to yell into the thing, when the voice spoke again.

"okay, your first question don't matter, your second is that it's a cell phone which is a very very old device, and third is what I'm going to tell you. Now, I'm here to tell you that my group wishes to offer you a position of sorts. But I can tell you over this, as its very unstable and the connection often fails" The voice said. Naruto understood that, as the crappy radios his team got because there where none left did the same thing. So Naruto spoke once more into the device, felling kind of like an idiot talking into something that he didn't even know how it works.

"okay, tell me when and when and I'll be there." the voice chuckled slightly before replying.

"I like that, straight to business. Anyway, go to the Bridge you fought Zabuza on, and be there by noon in two days. See you then!" With that, Naruto heard a click, looked at the screen to see it saying 'call ended'. sighing, he closed it, then decided that a certain fox needed to explain how he knew what that was and how to work it. Calling up the fox and demanding answers, he got a sigh from the fox and a mental nod. Naruto stopped talking, but did start moving towards wave so he would be on time. Kyuubi could explain on the way.

"Okay kit, what I'm about to tell you will change everything about what you think of history. 10,000 or so years ago, the world you know today was not yet created. Back then, humans had huge buildings, thousands of feet high. They had cars that could fly threw the air, even if those where rare, and cars which could go much faster than and ninja could ever run. They had devices that allowed them to talk to anyone at anywhere on the world. One such device was the cell phone, like the one you just used. They had many things, but the things they used for war, where the things which were most barbaric. They had weapons that could be used to kill at distances far greater than any kunai or shurikan, weapons that made explosive tags seem like matches. These weapons could be used to blow up entire cities in the blink of an eye. Now tell me kit, when one has too much power, no matter what, what happened to them?" Kyuubi asked Naruto. Naruto thought for a second, before replying.

"They become corrupt?" he said, Making Kyuubi nod, before the fox continued in his explanation.

"correct kit, and that's just what happened. All the major powers at that time became corrupt, wanting more power, more territory. And eventually, they went to war with each other. Soon enough that war grew, till the world was caught in a war unlike any before it. It consumed everyone and every thing. After about 20 years of war, each major country began working on a sure way to end the war in there favor of course. One country started messing with human genes, and from that, Ninjas where born. They became a great asset in war, as back then, they where mush stronger, because they needed to be, and they where trained from the moment they could walk. Another country saw this, and also started messing with genes, but on animals. But this is were everything went bad. The animals they created, where far more powerful than they could have ever expected.

"they lost control of there own creations, and the animals went on a rampage, destroying everything. These animals where hundreds of feet tall, and could use things just like the Ninja. Soon though, many of the animals grew tired of the constant fighting and destroying of the humans. They soon tried to fight the other animals, and killed off quite a few, till only the strongest nine survived. These nine fought together, and drove the other animals back. Several of the animals who fought the strongest nine, who at that time became known as the 9 Greater Demon Lords (Naruto gasped at this), yes kit that is where the demon lords come from. Anyway, several of the other animals used powers that they had discovered, to move to an alternate dimension, thus creating the summons. The 9 Greater Demon Lords continued there rampage, till only small pockets on humans survived, and soon only ninja where left. Luckily we destroyed all there weapons that brought death.

"At this time, the Demon Lords all thought that we had completely killed off all of the humans, so we slept. All nine of use only awoke about 100 years ago, and have wandered around sense then. Some of use have been captured, like me. Others still roam free. But recently, we have heard some unsettling things. There are a group of ninja who had survived, and used technology that we thought was lost to the ages, such as that cell phone. We have no idea how they have done it, but they have. And we can not seem to locate them, thus we can not destroy them. I believe that man who contacted you is one of them." Naruto kept jumping from tree to tree as he thought about everything Kyuubi had told him. It made his stomach tighten to think that humans had once been so powerful but so greedy. He growled slightly, but kept on running. At this speed, he'd be there a day early. There were no more words said between him and Kyuubi for awhile after that.

---day and time of the meeting---

Naruto stood on the bridge, noticing that all the people who had been walking on it 15 minutes ago had gone off, and no more had come on. Naruto kept his guard up, and soon saw a figure walking towards him on the bridge. He watched the figure till the figure stopped 5 feet from him. The figure was wearing a black hoodie with the hood up, unzipped and no shirt on underneath, meaning he's a guy cause there where no…uhh…assets. He also had on white cargo pants. The figure reached up and took of his hood, revealing a man who was in his late teens. The boy smiled at him, before walking up to him.

"hello Naruto-kun, I'm glad you came. My name is Will Jackson, I'm not from here, but that don't matter. Lets get straight to the point, we want you in our organization. And we want you to help us win a war that we are fighting with a powerful force that thinks that we should be wiped out because of the power we have and because of the power we want to bring back, so how bout it Naruto-kun?" The boy asked Naruto, looking at him with green eyes. Naruto looked down, then back at him.

"Well, I would but I know that your fighting the demon lords, and want to use me to bring out Kyuubi and control him to fight off the others. So instead of accepting, I am gona now tell you I'm your enemy." Naruto said, smirking. Will frowned and narrowed his eyes, before speaking.

"all right, have it your way." with that he walked away, but then stopped and spoke once more.

"our leader Kumori will not be happy you didn't come with him." With that, Will kept walking, but about 20 feet away from Naruto, he whistled loudly, then disappeared. Naruto was left wondering what the whistle was for, when suddenly he heard a strange noise behind him. turning around, what he saw shocked him. Coming at him at great speeds where what looked like bikes, but had large wheels, no pedals, and one person steering as another stood on the back. There where a total of four, meaning 8 people. And all the people had a katana in there hands.

"Kyuubi what are those?" Naruto asked the fox, who was also stunned, but for deferent reasons. Kyuubi finally managed to stammer out a response.

"there…there dirt bikes!! But… judging from what I can sense, there run on the chakra of the driver. Who ever modified or made these are a genius." Kyuubi said, making Naruto grumble as Kyuubi told him basically nothing except there called dirt bikes. Naruto drew his two katana's quickly and watched as the dirt bikes got closer. The first one was almost to him, and as it was really close, the ninja on the back jumped off at him, flying through the air quickly. Naruto's eyes widened, but then his training and instincts cut in.

The ninja flew right at him, aiming a cut at his head. Naruto dropped and fell onto his back, launching his feet up into the stomach of the ninja, sending the ninja over his head. Looking at the other dirt bikes, Naruto saw the next ninja not jump off, but step off, holding onto the back of the bike, sliding on the ground standing, sliding. As soon as he was close, the ninja let go, and swung at Naruto still on the ground. Naruto used his hands to jump up over the blade, and land on his feet. The ninja finally stopped sliding, and turned to face Naruto. Naruto had no time to turn as well, as the other two ninja were also approaching him. One got off and ran along the ground, slashing at Naruto's mid side.

Naruto jumped up, putting his hand on the ninjas head, flipping over him, and kicking him in the back. Turning to face the other ninja, Naruto had no time to react as the final ninja kicked him in the face, sending him twisting in a circle to the side. Naruto righted himself up in the air, and looked at the four ninja in front of him, before smirking. Flicking his wrist quickly, a throwing knife slid into both his hands, he threw them quickly, then made hand seals at an extreme speed before shouting out.

"deba, Kage /ninja-ranks/ Bunshin no Jutsu /naruto-jutsus/ !" The knifes he threw multiplied, till there was 500. One of the ninja made a Earth wall, and another on of the ninja jumped behind it. One of the other ninja was off to the side, so only a few of the knifes went towards him. He caught 4 of them, but two hit him, one in the leg and another in the arm. But the final ninja tried to catch them. He caught 9 of them, but them got impaled. He fell down, dead before he hit the ground.

Naruto used the Earth wall as a screen, and ran forward, taking two knifes out of the dead body. Running up the earth wall, he jumped off, throwing both knifes at the ninja. One saw, and jumped out of the way. But the other didn't react fast enough, and got hit in the leg. Dropping in pain, he try'd to get up, but Naruto appeared in front of him, and stabbed him in the stomach. He also dropped dead. Naruto looked at the other ninja, and with out hand signs, cast a genjutsu on him.

"Kokuangyou no Jutsu /naruto-jutsus/ " Said ninja couldn't see anything, and soon enough he never would again. Naruto took his katana out of the dead ninjas heart, and turned to look for the last one. Seeing him standing a bit down the bridge, Naruto walked to him. The man was shaking with fear. Naruto snapped his fingers and the man flinched. Sighing, Naruto looked the man in the eyes, before speaking.

"go back to your leader, and tell him he will not take me so long as I breath." with that, Naruto snapped again, and the man ran off. Naruto sighed, and walked off the bridge once more. He had a whole lot to think about. But as he was walking away, he heard slow, loud clapping coming from behind him. Stopping, he turned to look at who it was. There stood a man, who was wearing a red tank top and black baggie cargo pants. He had on red shades, and also had red hair. On his back, he had a long wooden blade, about the same size as a katana. The figure walked a bit closer to Naruto, then stopped about 15 feet away from him. Naruto looked the figure up and down, before speaking.

"who the hell are you?" The figure laughed, then looked back at Naruto. Naruto felt a shiver go up his back, and a sense of fear in him. The figure smirked slightly, before speaking.

"I'm Kumori, the leader of the ninjas you just decimated. And I must say, it was quite impressive, but now, you have no chance of winning." Kumori said. Naruto disappeared suddenly, repapering right up against Kumori, with his katana drawn and pressing up against the mans neck. Naruto smirked before speaking.

"no chance huh?" that's when he felt it. There was a combat knife right under his neck, pushing down hard enough to barely draw blood. Naruto growled, figuring that Kumori had brought back up, when he heard the mans voice, but the problem was, It was coming from behind him.

"nope, not a chance at all." the Kumori behind him said. At first, Naruto figured shadow clones, but then he noticed something about the Kumori in front of him. It was slowly starting to fade. that's when he came to a freighting thought. This man moved so fast he left an afterimage that lasted for a long time. Naruto growled slightly, then elbowed Kumori in the gut, and moved away quickly. Kumori doubled over for a second, before laughing and standing up straight. Then he looked at Naruto, smirked, then spoke.

"be glad Naruto. I'm not here to take you today. It would be to easy. No I'm here to warn you that you don't have much time. I'll return sometime this year, and take you then. So train yourself my friend. Goodbye for now. And goodnight." Naruto didn't understand that last part, but Kumori smiled, then disappeared suddenly. Naruto felt a pain in his gut, then fell down, and all he saw was black.

----end flashback----

Naruto growled slightly, remembering that incident. Kumori laughed slightly, before talking again.

"I'm glad you remember it also Naruto, I was slightly afraid I hit you to hard. But I hope you took my advice and trained harder, cause this time, I may not let you go out of the generosity of my heart." Naruto smirked at this, before drawing the two katana's on his back. Smiling at Kumori, he then cut one of his hands on the palm. By now, Kumori was interested on what he was doing. Naruto then put a hand to his chest, and realized the gravity seal. Kumori finally understood.

"ahhhh, a gravity seal, not bad. But not enough, how much did it way? 500 600 pounds, or maybe even 900? Umm? No, that's to bad, you wont be fast enough to beat me even with that much weight. So tell me, how much did it weigh?" Kumori asked Naruto, who looked right at him without emotion, then said in a board tone.

"2400 pounds, I've been adding it up every once in awhile sense you kicked my ass." Naruto said, Kumori's eyes widened before he grinned madly. Taking the wooden sword off his back, he got ready. Naruto looked at him as well, then said to the man.

"Take off your gravity seals too, Kumori. I can sense them on you, and I know you could sense mine." Kumori looked impressed at this, but then laughed. Naruto raised an eyebrow at him, as if asking silently why he was laughing. Kumori finally settled down, before he spoke.

"I don't need my seals off, I'm still slightly faster than you, so there's no need to take them off. Sorry Naruto-kun, you wont win this, no matter how fast you are. I wont need to take them off." Kumori said, grinning at Naruto. Suddenly Kumori felt two knifes at his neck, and his eyes widened slightly, before he heard Naruto's voice in his ear.

"take them off, cause if you where fast enough, you would have seen me." Naruto said, as the Naruto standing away from Kumori started to fade. Kumori grinned to himself, and Naruto felt the Kumori he had in his grips fade as well. Looking at the shore, he saw Kumori standing there. Kumori smiled before he too took off his weights. Now that both ninja new each others speed, it was time to test each others skills. Naruto looked at Kumori, and Kumori and Naruto.

Then they both vanished.

----1 minute after Hana got back to Kakashi---

Hana sat there where Naruto had played the first song that made her cry. She couldn't get her thoughts off of the boy, and she didn't even know why. They haven't know each other for long, and barley know each other, and hell, she didn't even know his real name. But still… why did he make her feel so…so… needed and accepted. Arg it was all so confusing. And now he told her to leave and get help, and she heard something in his voice… it sounded like worry. But it couldn't be. There was no way he was worried about her.

Hana sighed deeply, her thoughts swirling around in her head. She hoped that he was okay right now. Who ever that guy was, Dream was worried enough to ask her to get Kakashi's help. Now she couldn't help bug be worried about him. She hoped he be okay, she desperately prayed he'd be okay. Wait, what was she worried about, this was the guy who made several ANBU and ANBU captains look like academy stude-

"ARGGG!!"

Hana looked towards where the sound came from… it was by the lake. And that sounded like… no it couldn't have been. Hana stood up, and regardless of what dream told her, she ran towards the sound.

---back at fight, where we left off---

Naruto flashed and Kumori met him in the air. Naruto reacted quickly, swinging his katana at Kumori, who brought the wooden blade up, blocking it expertly. Naruto was about to go in for another swing with his other katana, when Kumori did a midair back flip and kicked him in the face. Naruto flew backwards and down to the ground. Righting himself in the air, he landed just fine, but Kumori flashed in front of him, and sung at his head. Naruto ducked under it, stepped forward, and upercutted him in the chin. Watching him fly in the air, Naruto made hand signs at a fast rate.

"Katon, Karyuu Endan /dan/ " Kumori flipped just in time to see a fire dragon of massive proportions flying at him. Forming his own hand signs, he also screamed out a Jutsu.

"Suiton, Suiryuudan /dan/ no Jutsu /naruto-jutsus/ " The water dragon flew forward and collided with the fire dragon in mid air. The result was a massive cloud of steam forming. Kumori concentrated and located Naruto threw the steam. Flashing in front of Naruto, he hit Naruto in the stomach with his wooden sword, but Naruto grabbed the sword and held it to his body, slashing at Kumori and leaving a cut on his arm. Kumori grunted, and jumped back, landing on the water. Naruto followed, and looked at Kumori. Kumori grinned, then stuck out the wooden blade. Sending chakra into it, he formed a razor sharp edge on it, causing the sword to buzz slightly. Then both of them disappeared again.

---on the shore, in the trees---

Kakashi watched on, amazed at this level of skill. He knew if he went in there, he would most likely not survive. So he watched from the sidelines. Besides, maybe he would finally find out who the Dream Maker was.

---back with the fight---

Naruto jumped onto the ground, and thinking fast, created 4 shadow clones. One rushed forward, and Kumori smirked, thinking he could take it on easy. The clone however, did something unexpected. It rushed him, and as soon as it was really close, it exploded. But unlike normal, this one exploded, and relised a very large cloud of smoke, a smoke designed to mess with your sense's. he couldn't even walk right. That's when Naruto put his plan into action.

The four Naruto's moved in, surrounding Kumori, who was still in the smoke, And instantly, threw two throwing knifes each, using as much strength, and propelling them with wind. The knifes flew in. using wind once again, each clone used the knifes to wrap Kumori up with Ninja wire hidden on them. Soon, Kumori couldn't move an inch. that's when the plan went into action, one that surprised and terrified one Copy-nin on the sideline. All the Naruto's started making hand seals to fast for even Kakashi's sharing an to see. Soon, they were all done, and all shouted out as one voice, their jutsu's.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan"

"Hyoton: Kokuryubo Fusetsu"

"Doton, Doryuudan /dan/ "

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu"

Kakashi stared as the largest dragons of ANY element type he had ever seen came shooting out of the blonds mouth. A fire, a black ICE, a mud and a dragon of water. All these attacks collided on the space where Kumori was. And the result? A large explosion that rocked the area. Everyone sat around waiting for the smoke to clear. And when it did, there was nothing there. Naruto's eyes widened in shock, when suddenly he felt pain taking over his body. He gritted his teeth, but screamed out.

"ARGGG!!"

Looking at his body, he could see slashes all over it. Looking up, he saw Kumori holding his wooden, and smiling. Before Naruto could react, Kumori Upercutted him, sending him back 50 feet at least, landing in the water, floating on his back. Kumori walked over to him, and picked him up. Naruto's hood fell of his head as he was being picked up, but right now he didn't care. Kumori looked him in the eye, before speaking.

"you put up a good fight. But now, its time to end it. Goodbye Naruto-kun." And with that, Kumori calmly ran Naruto threw with his chakra blade. Naruto's eyes widened a bit, he coughed up a little bit of blood, then his eyes closed slowly. Kumori looked at the dead blond, then threw him onto shore, before walking away into the night.

Kakashi however, was trying desperately to not cry out in hope as well as disperse. Dream was Naruto… but now he was also dieing. Rushing forward, he picked Naruto up, shook him and got no response. Turning around, he was about to run to camp to tell them all that they needed to head back, when he almost ran into Hana, who was coming to see what the scream was. Looking down into his hand, all she saw was a boy, she was about to ask were Dream was, but then noticed the boy's eyes. They where the same as dreams, and they where closed, his stomach pooling blood. It was Kakashi screaming at her that brought her back to reality.

"HANA!! Listen to me. I need you to go back to camp and tell the others to pack up and head back to Konoha. I don't care if they complain, just make sure they do, and tell the client that well give him a refund. Please hurry!" and with that, Kakashi ran off towards Konoha with a dieing blond in his arms.

Hana stared ahead blankly for awhile, before composing herself, and running back to camp. After telling the others what had happened, they all packed up and started back. Team seven had no clue that the teammate they thought was dead, had been found.

---Back with Kakashi---

Kakashi had been running with a speed he didn't know he had for almost 5 hours before he saw Konoha gates appear in the distance. He had to get Naruto to a doctor and soon, the only thing that was keeping him alive was Kyuubi, and the second that stopped, Naruto would die soon after. Running up at the gates, he didn't even stop when the chunin there told him to, he just shouted out.

"GET A MEDICAL TEAM RIGHT AWAY, WE HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGANCY, TELL THEM TO MEET ME AT THE HOSPITAL!" with that, he kept running. And as soon as he got to the hospital, a medical team took Naruto. Kakashi noticed some of the shocked, then angry, then giddy faces on half the med-nins there, and he immediately told them if one scratch was on the boy when they where done, he'd kill them all personally. With that, he ran out the door, all the way to the Hokage's office.

---Hokage's office---

The third was sitting there, reading ichi ichi paridise and letting out pervy giggles every so once in awhile, when suddenly there was noise outside his office. He heard voices and shouting, when suddenly one of his ANBU guards came flying into the room. The Hokage was about to take out a kunai and get ready for a fight, when in walked Kakashi, covered in blood. Instantly, the third wondered what the hell was going on. Kakashi soon answered this.

"Old man!!! I found him!! I FOUND HIM!!!" screamed Kakashi, making the Hokage frown in confusion.

"who did you find?" The third asked. Kakashi grinned wildly, before replying.

"NARUTO UZUMAKI!!!"

---with Hana and team seven---

Team seven was currently wondering what was going on as they walked, and Hana was to worried to care. She was worrying about dream, or whatever his real name was. He was so strong, and yet, he had been hurt really badly when Kakashi had found him. Her worrying stopped when they got close to the Konoha gates. They had been walking for quite some time, but the second they got into the gates, there want to rest ended, as Ino and her team bounded up to them excited.

"they found him Sakura!! They found him!!" she screamed. Sakura just blinked, then looked at Ino.

"who was found know?" she asked Ino, who just smiled before saying to her in a know it all voice.

"well Kakashi came here, all covered in blood and dropped him off at the hospital. I'm told he was hurt pretty bad, and hasn't woken up yet, I'm also told the Hokage is waiting for you and, for some reason, you too Hana. Your supposed to go talk to him right away." she said, smiling at how she didn't use the persons name. Team seven had had enough, but Hana already knew who. She took off running at the same time team seven shouted out.

"WHO??" Ino grinned once more, before saying back.

"Naruto! They found NARUTO!!"

That was all it took for team seven to run after Hana.

---in Naruto's room---

Naruto groaned, and rubbed his head. Man he had a bad headache. Moaning in pain, he sat up, then laid back down after that. His stomach felt like it had been stabbed threw. that's when he remembered what happened. Naruto groaned again, then opened one eye slowly. He was greeted by the faces of the third, Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke. And finally a face he was happy to see, but also feared seeing. They knew who he was now. That was bad. Naruto did the only thing he could think of.

He swore.

…

Loudly

"ah SHIT!

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Okay peeps, not my best chapter, but bet you didn't see most of it coming. Anyway, just to let you know, I still have a lot of curve balls up my sleeve, so if you don't like where this story is headed, tell me, and I'll let you know if I can change it. Maybe I can, maybe not. Anyway, IF YOU NO REVIEW NO CHAPTER FOR U!!!! I'm out of here, peace out!!

WAIT!!! Also, tell me if you didn't like it, maybe there are things I can do. Also, for those of you who fear that Naruto wont be bloodthirsty don't worry, he will be. Now I will peace out!