Okay, I'm really, really, really, sorry! I know that I haven't updated for a while but writer's block sucks! Summer vacation just started and my birthday passed four days ago (whoot I'm 17 now!!!!), if I'm lucky I can get a part-time job over this break and earn myself some money…

By the way things are going this story should end within the next few chapters… sort of… if I'm lucky… Okay I really wanna end this story in the next ten chapters but I have no clue what's going to happen!!!

On another note, I and my friends created a website (for my birthday) and I would gladly appreciate if you guys went to check it out there's a link to it in my profile.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Voices in Sasuke head/ inner Sakura'

"Bijuu speaking"

Past

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Umiko sighed as she stared at the door in front of her before growling and shaking her head.

'Come on Umiko, stop acting like such a sissy! Just open that done and face Naruto face to face!' Umiko commanded herself before snapping her head forward and reaching out for the handle.

'Right and maybe Naruto isn't completely mad that you haven't seen him in the past week!' Siren chimed cheerfully into Umiko head and Umiko groaned dropping her hand.

'Urgh! Why did you have to say that?! Now I'm not ready to see him!' Umiko snarled at Siren while Siren simply laughed. As Umiko stood there thinking of ways at getting back at Siren a new voice brought her back to reality.

"As amusing as it is to see you have a mental break down, I would prefer it if you did it away from Naruto's door." Sasuke said annoyed and Umiko spun around to stare at him only to find out that he wasn't alone. Standing next to him was Sakura and she waved shyly at Umiko which Umiko replied with a smile.

"Well are you going in or not?" Sasuke asked and Umiko snarled at him.

"Of course I'm going in!" Umiko snarled before spinning on her heel and slamming the door open.

Naruto looked up as his door slammed opened and stared as Umiko stormed into the room followed by Sasuke and Sakura, Sakura quietly closed the door and Umiko flung herself into the chair by my bed. Naruto watched as Sasuke rolled his eyes before leaning against the wall and Sakura settled herself in the chair in the corner of the room before turning back to look at Umiko.

Umiko didn't look all that great. Her skin was paler than normal, there were dark bags under her eyes, her hair was tangled and messy, and her clothes looked rumpled and slept in. Naruto felt a little worried about this but the angry look in Umiko eyes kept him from saying anything.

"So… are you okay?" Umiko asked not looking at Naruto and Naruto smiled.

"Yeah I'm just great! I really have no clue why they're still keeping me here!" Naruto complained and Umiko smiled at that before sighing.

"Look, Naruto I owe you an explanation." Umiko stated and Naruto perked up at this.

"It's okay, you don't have to explain anything, and Siren already did." Naruto protested and Umiko gave him a rueful smile.

"Naruto, Siren may have explained everything, but she didn't explain 'everything'." Umiko told Naruto who looked at her confused as did Sasuke and Sakura.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked and Umiko sighed.

"Siren isn't a bad person… angel… thing. But she'll only do something if she thinks it'll benefit her or her descendents. She doesn't care about anyone else and because of this she can't be trusted." Umiko told them seriously and they all nodded back, knowing that Umiko was being serious now.

"So I think I should tell you everything. From before I met you, to the years I left you, and finally my return here in Konoha. I think I should tell you everything." Umiko confessed and Naruto glanced at Sasuke and Sakura in worry.

"Do you want us to leave?" Sakura asked and Umiko quickly shook her head.

"No, you need to hear this, because I'm not strong enough to protect him and Naruto not strong enough to protect himself." Umiko told Sakura and Sakura looked back uncertain.

"Are you sure?" Sakura asked and Umiko nodded.

"Yeah, your Naruto teammates I think I can trust you to look after him." Umiko said and Naruto frowned.

"Hey, I can look after myself!" Naruto whined and Umiko laughed before turning serious again.

"I guess I should start explaining myself huh? I guess I should start with the day my okaa-san died since it really was the start of everything…"

A four year old Umiko sits in the middle of a room with soft plush toys spread out around her. Umiko laughed as she sang a song to a stuff bear she was holding before turning to look as a woman walked into the room. The women had long curly brown hair that was tied back into a lose ponytail and warm chocolate brown eyes. Umiko smile widen when she saw the woman and jumped up before running toward her.

"Okaa-san!" Umiko cried out and the woman laughed.

"Otanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu!" The woman told Umiko and Umiko gave her a blinding smile.

"Where are we going? Ne? Ne?" Umiko asked eagerly and the women laughed.

"I was thinking about having a picnic just outside of the village?" The women asked and Umiko looked up at her with eager eyes.

"Honto? Honto? Honto?" Umiko asked excitedly and the women nodded.

"Hai, but you'll have to wait for a little bit while I make lunch okay." The women asked and Umiko nodded her head.

"Now go play, when I'm ready I'll send Kana to go fetch you." The women urged Umiko and Umiko nodded.

"Hai!" Umiko chirped before racing to the front door before turning around.

"Ittekimasu!" Umiko called out cheerfully.

"Itterasshai." The woman replied with a small wave.

Umiko ran through the streets with a big smile on her face, racing around another corner and zooming into the park. After a few minutes of searching Umiko found another group of children playing in the park and within a few minutes, had been accepted into the group and was playing happily with them. A few hours passed when a small pigeon suddenly flew in front of Umiko bringing her to a halt.

"Umiko-chan what's wrong?" A little girl in a red dress asked and Umiko smiled at her.

"Ah, nothing Aya-chan, but I have to go now. My okaa-san calling me." Umiko replied and Aya looked at her weird.

"I don't hear anyone…" Aya said confused and Umiko smiled and pointed to the bird.

"This is Kana-chan, she's a bird that okaa-san taught to find me." Umiko explained to Aya and Aya looked in awe.

"Honto! How does she find you?" Aya asked excitedly and Umiko looked confused.

"I don't really know… maybe she stuck bread crumbs in my dress when I wasn't looking." Umiko wondered out loud and Aya looked at her surprised.

"Honto? Let's look." Aya urged and Umiko nodded, quickly stuffing her hands into the pockets searching for bread crumbs only to frown when her hands came up empty before suddenly blinking.

"Umm wasn't I supposed to be doing something?" Umiko asked out loud and Aya eyes widened.

"Your Okaa-san, you said your okaa-san was calling for you!" Aya told Umiko and her eyes went wide.

"Ah! Sayonara Aya-chan, Kana-chan lets go!" Umiko yelled as Kana took flight. In no time Umiko found herself back home with her okaa-san waiting for her.

"Okaa-san!" Umiko cried out as she hugged her mother and the woman chuckled.

"Ready to go Umiko-chan?" The woman asked and Umiko nodded.

"Then let's go." The women said cheerfully before grabbing Umiko hand and leading the way.

"Ne, okaa-san." Umiko said out load causing her okaa-san to look at her.

"Nani Umiko-chan?"

"How did you train Kana-chan to track me?" Umiko asked and her mother looked at her in surprise.

"Why did you want to know that?"

"Cause I thought you stuck bread crumbs into my pockets but when I checked they weren't there. So then that must mean you stuck them somewhere else but I can't find them!" Umiko exclaimed and her mother laughed. It wasn't long before they found a small clearing and settled down in it. Umiko watched as her mother spread a large red blanket on the ground before something blue caught her eyes.

A large butterfly was flying across the clearing and Umiko face lit up with excitement. Quickly getting to her feet she chased after the butterfly laughing alongside her mother before chasing it outside of the clearing.

"Umiko! Don't go too far!" Her mother warned and Umiko shouted a quick reply.

"I won't!" Umiko chased the butterfly determined to catch it at least once. Umiko wasn't sure how much time had passed since she had first started to chase the butterfly but she knew that she had probably been away long enough to worry her okaa-san so she gave up on the butterfly and headed back.

When she got back to the clearing she looked around in confusion. Her okaa-san wasn't there and there were some kunais scattered around the ground. Umiko stared in confusion before worry set in, just as she was about to call for her okaa-san an hand was placed gently on her mouth and her okaa-san voice whispered into her ear.

"Don't say a word." Umiko quickly nodded and turned to look at her okaa-san and stared in surprise at what she saw. Her mother had a gash on her left arm and she looked scared.

"Follow me and do whatever I say okay." Umiko okaa-san ordered and Umiko quickly nodded before her okaa-san grabbed her hand and led her through the forest.

The two walked in silence for a few minutes before Umiko heard the sounds of a stream and her okaa-san picked up her pace. It wasn't long before they found themselves in front of a large yet shallow river. Umiko okaa-san looked around for a bit before dragging Umiko to a nearby tree and gently leading her into a small hollow opening in the ground under the tree.

"Stay here and don't make a sound." Umiko okaa-san ordered before moving the tall weeds to hide Umiko from sight. Even though there were weeds blocking her sight, Umiko was still able to see and so she watched as her okaa-san started to cross the river only to be stop short with a few kunais. A strange man suddenly appeared in front of Umiko okaa-san and held a few kunais out threateningly.

"Where is she you bitch?" the man asked and Umiko okaa-san sniffed and turn her head away from him in a haughty way.

"Really? Is this the best Rikou Teku could send after me?" Umiko okaa-san asked with a haughty laugh causing the man to growl at her.

"Shut it bitch or else I'll be forced to kill you right here and now!" The man snarled and Umiko okaa-san glared at him.

"Yeah right! Both you and I know that Rikou wants me alive and his little lapdogs would never go agianst anything he says." Umiko okaa-san taunted and the other man snarled at her.

"This is your last warning Karen. Where is she?" The man asked and Karen sniffed at him.

"As if I would ever tell you where my daughter is!" She yelled defiantly and the man glared at her.

"Fine, then you die here!" The man declared before suddenly charging Karen. Umiko watched in horror as her okaa-san fought against the strange man and was losing badly. While Karen was able to react to his attacks, most of the time she wasn't fast enough to completely avoid them. It wasn't long before the other man had her beat and slowly he dragged her to the river edge.

"Now I'm going to give you ten seconds to tell me where your daughter is before I shove your head under this river here." The man told Karen who simply glared at him. After ten seconds he shoved her head under water and waited patiently as Karen kicked and thrashed in his grip. Before she could drown he pulled her back up and gave her a curious look.

"Now I'm asking you again, where is your daughter?" Karen glared at him even more and he simply shrugged before dunking her head under again. Like last time he pulled her out right before she drowned and simply stared at her.

"You know I'll stop once you tell me where your daughter is." Karen only response was to spit in his face and the man snarled.

"Fine! You had your chances, and now you'll never see you daughter again." He shoved her head underwater again, but this time he didn't let her up not even when her body suddenly stopped thrashing and she went limp in his hands.

Umiko gasped as tears filled her eyes and stared in horror as the man head whipped around to stare at her hiding spot. She watched with rising horror as the man approached her, but before he could get any closer a Kana suddenly burst through the weeds in front of Umiko and gained the man attention.

"A bird huh?" The man said aloud as he watched Kana fly through the sky before suddenly flinging a kunai at Kana, striking her out of the sky.

"Damn birds. Now what am I supposed to do? That lady was the only link we had to find that stupid brat. I guess I'll just have to report back and see what happens." The man mumbled out loud before turning around and racing off into the forest leaving one traumatized Umiko behind. That's how the anbu found her four hours later, huddled up underneath a tree staring lifelessly at her mother dead body.

Translations:

Otanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu= Happy Birthday!

Honto= Really?

Ittekimasu= said when leaving your home

Itterasshai= said by the person seeing them off.

Well I promised that I would be revealing more of Umiko past so here! But seriously I might just end up dropping the story… please review to keep me going!!!!