Naruto did a backwards sumersault, landing on the other side of the ravine. The four monkeys that he had rescued clapped their hands in approval hanging from the rope that connected the two sides of the now destroyed bridge. Naruto turned around before flipping a thumbs up and turning back to the door. The door that would lead him to the ape that mocked him. Naruto began cackling evilly as he walked to the door, scaring the monkeys and un-nerving Midna.

Upon entering the round room, Naruto saw there were about a dozen log posts around the room, with a bigger one in the center. Looking up, Naruto saw the ape fall from a hole in the roof. It landed on top of the center post, before slapping its behind at Naruto. Naruto reacted by throwing a rock he had picked up at the ape's rear-end, lodging it between its cheeks. The ape screamed out in pain before Naruto started laughing evilly.

"PAY-BACK YOU BRAT! NEVER MAKE FUN OF ME IN FRONT OF ME!" He said grinning.

The ape snarled before pulling back the boomerang.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that..." Naruto said as he began sweating a bit.

The Boomerang flew from the ape's grip, picking up Naruto and slamming him into a wall. His eyes swirling, Naruto stumbled as his eyes played tag in-between their sockets. Shaking the dizzyness off, Naruto saw the ape jump to one of the other posts, which he noticed moved a bit.

They must not have as much support as the center post...

Grinning, Naruto ran at the ape, which pulled its arm back to throw the boomerang again. Naruto slammed into the post, sending a jolt up the post and throwing the monkey off. The creature landed on its head before falling backwards, sticking its rear-end up in the air. Naruto ran over before punting the creature into the center post, crushing the bug on its face.

When the ape fell backwards, Naruto saw the bug fly off of its face. Seeing the insect twitch, Naruto could feel the shaking of his shadow, indicating Midna's shivers. Sighing, Naruto lifted his foot before slamming it down. The bottom of Naruto's foot exploded in purple-orange smoke, making Naruto jump back while patting the boot that had now caught on fire.

"OW! OW! OW! HOT! HOT! HOT!" He yelped as he hopped around on one foot.

After putting out the fire on his foot, Naruto noticed the ape waking up. It sat up before looking back and forth, as if it could not seem to remember what it was doing. Naruto walked up behind it, crunching a stick in the process. The monkey twitched before slowly turning around. Naruto saw a scared look on the ape's face before it jumped up and ran away.

Wonder what that was all about...

Naruto shrugged as he turned to leave, before noticing the boomerang floating up surrounded by a green glow. It suddenly flew towards Naruto, whose birthmark suddenly started glowing. His hand shot out and snatched it out of the air before Naruto heard a voice in his head.

"Thank you for freeing me. The Sacred Mark has cleansed the evil inside of me. I am the Fairy of Wind. My power has been imbued into this boomerang. May it help you on your quest."

Naruto blinked before grinning.

I think I'm starting to like this 'Sacred Journey' of mine.

Naruto's grin widened as he pulled back his arm and flung the boomerang, the contraption flying all over the room before somehow returning back to him.

Cool! Whether I'm good at this thing or not, it still comes back to me! Which means I don't have to freak out about this thing flying away!

Naruto turned before walking back out of the room, which was opened when he threw the boomerang around. He now had access to MANY more areas now, and he was quite eager to explore them.

~Later~

WOOSH!

FWOOM!

"WHEEE!"

WHAM!

"OW!"

Naruto hit the ground after his latest attempt to 'Ride the Wind'. He had somehow gotten the idea that he could use the Gale Boomerang as a sort of surf board (whatever that was) and fly around the area. It was going great until he actually jumped on top of the item, which led to the series of sounds many laughing readers in a different dimension read just moments ago. (Sorry, there seems to be a dimensional rave going around...)

"Owwww..." Naruto groaned as he sat up and began rubbing his throbbing head.

"I swear, I don't know what to make of you sometimes..." Midna sighed as she shook her head.

One moment, he was an idiot. Then he seemed to be a sort of genious. Then he went RIGHT back to step one. She had honestly never met someone like this before. EVER. How was she supposed to react to him? She would always react according to how someone acted towards her. Mostly she just growled and glared at everyone, but this guy was able to change his emotions at the drop of a coin. It was like he was able to go from a clowning idiot to a seasoned killer in the blink of an eye.

Naruto had been freeing more and more monkeys as he explored the dungeon. He had actually lost count of how many monkeys he had freed by now. Looking up, said hero noticed his boomerang finish its course and was coming back to him. Snatching it out of the air, Naruto grinned as the wooden gates opened up, showing a large blue treasure chest. Naruto opened the chest to find a giant key with what looked like an eye staring back at him.

Wierd...

Midna suddenly popped out of his shadow, an incredulous and irritated look on her face.

"How did you know how to open up the cage? There were no clues around here at all!" She yelled in confusion.

Naruto stared at her for a moment before smiling.

"Then you obviously didn't look hard enough."

"What?"

Naruto pointed to the ground, indicating a very faint trail leading to each wind piller in a zig-zag like pattern. Midna's eyes widened in realization.

"There's a faint trail here, meaning it was used before. It's faded, but it still shows a pattern, so I decided to try it out. I figured whoever put the chest there would have to test his puzzle to make sure it works first, right?" Naruto said explaining how he solved the puzzle, a foxy grin on his face.

Midna stared at the blonde in shock. Then the idiot tried to 'Ride the Wind' again and ending up in the water, which he found out had piranha's in it.

"OW! OW! OW! OW! Hey! Cut it out! *CHOMP!* YEOW!"

"What am I going to do with you..." The imp sighed as she floated after the blonde idiot.

Kenta: Next chapter, Boss Battle 1!