AN: Chapter 6 is up... Before I was tempted to discontinue this story but in all honesty Im stuck... Who should Naruto's partner be when he joins the akatsuki? Completely stuck on that. And also the face that I realised that NarutoxTemari wouldn't be good for this fic... if someone could recommend something I should hopefully be able to keep writing this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Avatar: The Last Airbender!

It was the third day of Uchiha Itachi and Uzumaki Naruto's journey towards Amegakure, the two -mostly Naruto- had been talking about things that had been happening in their lives. Itachi hadn't said to much about the things he had been doing in the Akatsuki, but Naruto hadn't been able to shut up for more then thirty minutes! Itachi had come to the conclusion that the blind blond was happy to see him again, like he -even if he wouldn't show it very much- was happy to see the blond boy.

The two walked along a dirt road that appeared to go in the direction that lead to Ame with Itachi in the the lead, as Naruto didn't know where Ame was he had -reluctantly- allowed the missing nin to lead the way. As Naruto was talking about one of his adventures Itachi, while listening was also deep in thought. The missing nin had been wondering something ever since he had discovered that the blond haired boy was blind. How did he 'see'? Naruto had explained to Itachi years ago about earth bending but no matter how much he had wanted to ask the blind blond how he could still 'see' things he hadn't been able to, the Uchiha had rarely bough up the fact that the blond was blind but whenever he had he had always taken notice of how the blond would seem a little -if not more- down. It must have been hard on the blond boy already, being stuck in a world of sightless sight. When he was still in the village Itachi had been unable to ask how he was able to see, afraid of the blind boys reaction. But what about now? It seemed like Naruto had moved on, he had seemed a lot happier when he had been talking about the things he had done when he became a Konoha geinin, how he had talked about the adventures he had had with his team. Naruto had moved on, that much the Uchiha was certain. Perhaps the missing nin would ask Naruto. In a -mostly- monotone voice Itachi spoke up while silencing Naruto's 'report' on one of his adventures.

"Naruto... I've been wondering for awhile now, how... do you 'see'?" It was hard for Itachi to ask the question, that much was obvious. When the missing nin couldn't hear another pair of footsteps he turned around to see Naruto with a small -but genuine- smile on his face instead of the blind boys usual foxy grin. Itachi was confused, why did the blond have that kind of smile on his face, a smile that showed surprise, happiness, relief and sadness. After a minute of looking at the boy in confusion the blind blond thirteen year old spoke up in a voice that matched his smile.

"So you finally asked, I had thought that you never would..." Itachi's eyes widened a little. "What? Did you think I would get depressed over being asked something like that? Well I probably would have been feeling a little depressed-like I am now-, but not much. I've already -mostly- gotten over the fact that I'm blind. Although I don't think I'll ever fully get over it, I'm glad that you finally asked, Itachi-Sensei!" The blind blond was... Glad that Itachi had asked? The missing nin stayed quiet and let the blond continue. "Now... How to explain...? Ah! I know! As you already know, I'm an earth bender, I can control earth -well to some extent at least-. When I was first taught earth bending by the kyuubi I was only learning how to 'see'. It's sorta like becoming one with the earth, if a part of my body is connected to the earth in one way or another then I feel were everything is. I am the earth and the earth is me yet at the same I am the one controlling the earth, it can't control me." Naruto paused, picked up two small rocks that were on the path and started moving the fingers on his right hand, the rocks started to float and move in a clockwise direction when the blind blond continued "Although I will admit that I rely on my other senses a lot as well, if I didn't then I wouldn't be able to tell if something was in front of me if it was floating. I can't tell what emotions people are going through by what their face looks like but I've always been able to sense emotions -as well as chakra sometimes-. For example, whenever Ero-Sennin gave his little speeches about using the Kyuubi's chakra I could tell that he was always more worried then anything else. Also, you're surprised at the moment." Itachi truly was surprised, he hadn't expected that the blond could use his earth bending in that way and also, was it possible that Naruto had developed some kind of sensor ability? If so how strong was it? And how come the missing nin hadn't noticed before? The Uchiha hadn't shown a even a hint of what emotions he was feeling, face or body language. Most sensors could only sense chakra, there were only a few that could sense emotions as well. Could it be possible that Naruto was one of the very few who could sense both chakra and emotions?

It seemed that Itachi was a little to deep in thought, especially when a small rock flew past his head and collided with a tree that had been close to the road. Itachi blinked, why had Naruto thrown a rock at a tree? One that was behind him at that!

The missing nin looked at Naruto who had a frown on his face and was impatiently tapping his foot agains the ground repetitively. What had happened? As if reading his mind the blind blond replied.

"You spaced out in the middle of the road for about five minutes." Oh... How had that happened? Deciding to ignore it for now the Uchiha said in his usual monotone voice

"Let's go, the sooner we get to Ame the better." The two began walking again.

Finished. Please Review. Constructive Criticism is Welcome.