In my Dream Chapter 15

In my Dream
Chapter 15

Kakashi was standing in the forest reading his book to pass the time; Pakkun was sitting beside him, waiting just like Kakashi. Kakashi used.
Pakkun tried to pick up Naruto’s scent, but it was useless. With so much rain falling, any scent was washed away.

Sakura isn't alone when he finds Kakashi and asks him to look for Naruto in the forest. It just so happened that Gai was with him, and so was.
Like the nice guy they are, Lee decided to help look for Naruto.

Kakashi had already searched a large part of the forest and found nothing, so he was waiting for the others.

Kakashi continued to read his book, waiting for the other two to return. The rain had let up considerably, and only tiny drizzles were falling.

Kakashi felt a breeze blow by. He looked up, knowing that with the weather the way it was, only Gai and Lee would have caused that breeze.

“Lee, Gai, did you find anything?” asked Kakashi.

Gai and Lee looked at Kakashi and nodded. “If Naruto was here in the forest, then we think we found his location,” said Lee.

“What did you find that would make you think that?” asked Kakashi.

Gai pulled out a piece of paper; it was the cover of a ramen cup.

“There were three of these scattered on the ground,” said Gai.

“I see, but you didn’t find any trails, did you?” said Kakashi.

Gai looked at Lee; Lee gave Gai a nod, telling them to continue.

“We didn’t find a trail, but we found something else . . . . . . You should come to check it out,” said Gai as he led the way to the location.

When they arrived, Kakashi immediately noted what they were referring to. On the ground were various footprints, two sets of small footprints, which Kakashi could only assume were the twins, and then about five other sets.

“If Naruto was here, he had some company,” said Kakashi.

“Who do you think they were?” asked Lee.

“Well, looking at the situation, I would say that these people came to get Naruto, and the only people I know of who are after Naruto are Akatsuki or Sasuke,” said Kakashi.

“Whatever happened here definitely happened at least an hour ago; the prints still look fresh; if the prints were told, they would have been washed out by the rain,” said Lee.

“You're right. These footprints were made because of the rain, and judging by the number of footprints, it’s not Sasuke,” said Gai.

“We have to look for them,” said Lee.

“Well, it seems that Naruto and company just disappeared, and due to the rain, we don’t have any way to track them; we have no lead, Lee,” said Gai.

“We have to tell the Hokage, then we have to make sure that Naruto is missing before we can do anything; for all we know, he might already be back at the village,” said Kakashi.

Naruto was lying flat on the floor unconscious, while the body next to him was utterly dead.

“I told you nothing would happen,” said Itachi.

“Just because nothing happened doesn’t mean something won’t happen later,” said Kisame, thinking they had risked too much using Naruto to seal the other demon.

“You should take him back to the cell till Pein and Konan arrive, then we’ll perform the jutsu to extract both demons,” said Zetsu.

“You guys realize that he now has three sources of chakra in him, each larger than the next one. Kisame is right; nothing happened now, but something will happen soon. He’s going to overload on chakra, and if he doesn’t release a lot of it, it will start to decay his body from the inside out, but that’s if he doesn’t blow up first,” said Tobi.

“I guess we’ll just have to hope that the others get her soon,” said Itachi.

“Itachi, you talk like this isn’t an important matter; if he blows up, it’s not going to be a simple explosion; he has enough chakra to blow up a quarter of a country possibly,” said Kisame.

Itachi ignored Kisame and grabbed Naruto, taking him to the cell where the girls were waiting for their father.

“I still think we should have used one of the kids. That way, we wouldn’t have to risk anything. Now, we risk losing the last two demons if that fucking idiot dies,” said Kisame.

“You’re right. If everything blows, Pein will kill us,” said Zetsu.

“That’s if we survive the explosion,” said Tobi.

“I think we should keep an eye on Itachi,” said Kisame; the other two just looked at him.

“Demon brat”

“You Hokage Ha”

“You’ll only bring us down.”

“How is a loser like you supposed to protect people if you can’t even do a simple bushing?”

“Dobe”

“Protect people. All you ever going to do is hurt people.”

“A hero . . . You . . . A true hero is what we had before you came along, demon.”

“Dying would be the best thing you can do for everyone.”

“How can you protect a village if you can’t even protect two kids?”

“If it weren’t for you, Akatsuki wouldn't have captured those girls.”

Naruto stood in the darkness, looking straight ahead to the only light source, a dark red light; after hearing all those remarks, Naruto turned from one direction to another, trying to find out where they came from, but there was nothing there.

“Can they be right?” Naruto asked himself.

“Doubting yourself . . . . . . . . . What is it that you’re afraid of?”

“I’m not afraid,” said Naruto.

“That is what they all say to hide their fear.”

“Who are you?” asked Naruto, this voice he hadn’t heard before.

“You don’t know that you’re afraid because you don’t know what you’re afraid of.”

That was the last thing he heard from the voice.

When Itachi reached the cell, he opened it. The seals allowed the door to be opened from the outside. Once he placed Naruto in the cell, he closed it. Itachi turned and walked away, but before he was entirely past the cellblock, he stopped; he didn’t do anything; he just stood there for about thirty seconds.

“What is he doing?” Emi asked Saya.

“Nothing, he’s just standing there,” replied Says.

Once the thirty seconds were done, he continued walking till he was gone.

Both girls were kneeling by Naruto with tears rolling down their cheeks, waiting for him to wake up; he hadn’t moved.

“Emi, we have to do something; we have to help Daddy,” said Saya.

“But do you think we could do something? I mean, we know several jutsus, and Grandpa taught us Jyuken, but how can we use that to get out, sealed in,” said Emi.

“Don’t forget the number of chakras we have; Mommy has been teaching us chakra control, too,” said Saya.

“But daddy already tried and couldn’t do anything,” replied Emi.

“Come on, Emi, it won’t hurt to try,” said Saya.

‘She’s right. I guess it won’t hurt to try,” thought Emi.

Both girls stood up, walked towards the cell door, and activated their byakugan.

While still in limbo, Naruto heard two voices yet again, but this time, they repeated something that he heard before. These words weren’t directed at him. It was almost like a memory replaying in his mind, trying to make him understand something.

“Impressive that you’ve become able to see me, here inside Naruto . . . Such would be the power of that accursed Sharingan . . . . . . And your forsaken ancestry.”

“Well, it would appear this isn’t the first time you’ve gazed into eyes such as these, which would make you Kyuubi, no doubt.”

“Eyes with such power and chakra more sinister than my own, you’re a lot alike to a certain Uchiha Madara.”

What in the world was the meaning of this memory?

Joyce knew something terrible was happening but didn’t want to think anything wrong would happen to Naruto and her little girls.

Sakura and Ino had already left, and Tenten was the only one who stayed behind to help Joyce with the situation. Little Kenshin was asleep in the girls’ room while Tenten comforted Joyce in the living room.

Tenten was sitting on the couch while Joyce was lying on the sofa with her head on Tenten’s lap.

“Joyce, everything is going to be ok,” said Tenten.

Joyce had tears down her eyes; she really couldn’t do anything in her state. A bit earlier, Lee stopped by to tell them about the situation and what they had found in the forest. Lee had already checked the village but could not see him, meaning Akatsuki had taken Naruto and the girls.

Lee was going to the Hokage tower to meet Gai and Kakashi. They would report everything to Tsunade, and then they could start a search.

Joyce lay there, not saying anything for a while.

“I wish I could do something,” Joyce finally said.

“Naruto won’t let anything happen to the girls, you’ll see,” said Tenten. “Naruto is only one; how will he protect the girls against so many,” said Joyce.

“Nothing has ever kept Naruto down, and this is not one of them, you’ll see,” Tenten replied.

Joyce sat up and hugged Tenten.

“Your right . . . . . . Thank you,” said Joyce.

Kyuubi, manifested in human form, stood in his cell with his back to the deep end, pondering Naruto's situation.

Kyuubi knew that if he didn’t do something, Naruto would surely die within the hour. This would be the perfect time for them to complete that deal they discussed, but they couldn't do that with Naruto on the verge of losing himself.

Kyuubi knew that Naruto had taken on another chakra source, but he did not know where it came from or who.

Kyuubi quickly turned around; he could feel the other source of chakra near. He strode towards the darkness, scanning the area but seeing nothing, but he knew that something was there.

He didn’t have time for this. He needed to help Naruto. Kyuubi would turn around and walk back till he heard a voice.

“What’s wrong Kyuubi?”

“Who are you?”

“Who do you think?”

“You’re the other source, aren’t you?”

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten about me.”

At that moment, dark green eyes appeared in a far corner of the cell, and they began to walk towards Kyuubi. He could hear the footsteps get near, and that’s when a very familiar figure came into view.

“Hachibi”

Lee was rushing through the hall of the Hokage tower, coming to a stop, when he reached the door to Tsunade’s office. When he entered, the three people inside quickly looked at him. Kakashi, Gai, and Tsunade were waiting for Lee to say something.

Lee waved his head to tell them that he had not found Naruto anywhere. While Lee was out looking for Naruto, Kakashi, and Gai explained everything to Tsunade.

“How could this happen? Jiraiya didn’t tell anything about Akatsuki being on the move,” said Tsunade.

“We have to go after them now,” said Lee.

“Yes, but we have no leads, Lee,” said Gai.

“Don’t worry about that. I might have clues as to where they are. We need the teams to go after them right now,” said Tsunade.

“Hokage—the Same. We will go along with Neji, Shikamaru, Shino, Chouji, and Kiba,” said Kakashi.

“Yes, it’s best if we leave as soon as possible,” said Gai.

“Yes, Lee, you go and get everyone else ready while I inform Gai and Kakashi of the possible locations of Akatsuki; they will meet you at the gate,” said Tsunade as Lee left immediately.

“A couple of years ago, Jiraiya gave me three locations where Akatsuki would meet. However, if you remember, we already raided one of the locations, which only leaves two. One of the locations is close to the village, hidden in the rain, and the second one is far north, past the lightning country,” said Tsunade.

“Should we assume that the base in the rain village is the one they are in?” asked Gai.

“No, that might be what they want us to think. Besides, it’s Akatsuki; they probably have a way to get from here to the northern part of the lightning country in little time,” said Kakashi.

“I know that's how you will break up into two teams, and each team will go to one location here,” said Tsunade as she handed the sheet with the locations to the two bases.

“Now go.”

Gai and Kakashi left immediately to meet up with the other.

Once they arrived at the gate, they saw that everyone was waiting for them.

“I will assume that Lee has brought you up to date,” said Kakashi while the other nodded.

“Good. Before we leave, we need to tell you that there are two locations we are checking out, so we are breaking into two,” said Kakashi.

“Neji, Kiba, and Chouji, you’re with me, which leaves Lee, Shikamaru, and Shino with Kakashi,” said Gai.

“Gai’s teams will be going to the rain village base; my team will be going to the lightning country base . . . . . . . . . Now let’s go,” said Kakashi.

The two teams disappeared into the night.

Seven Emi’s and Seven Saya’s were carrying Naruto through a dark tunnel, and just ahead of them was a light.

“Look, Saya . . . Do you think that’s the exit?” said Emi.

“I sure hope so. There was no other way; this has to be the exit,” replied Saya.

“Come on, everyone, let's get out of here,” said Emi.

The girls continued running towards the light, trying to escape this nightmare. When they reached the light, they quickly noticed that the moon reflected off the water, which meant they had escaped. Besides the moonlight shining down on them, everything else was dark, but they could barely make out the terrain.

When they looked in front of them, they saw nothing but mountains and rocky areas with few trees. When they were completely out, they quickly came to a halt. They were hiding inside a cave high on top of the tallest mountain in the area.

The girls didn’t have time to admire the view; they needed to quickly get to a safe place. They knew that Akatsuki was bound to find out that they were missing.

The girls gathered chakra on their feet, grabbed Naruto tightly, and quickly ran down the mountain as carefully as possible so they wouldn’t drop Naruto.

Once they reached the ground, they began to run again.

“Where should we go?” asked Emi.

“There didn’t seem to be a village anywhere near, so we had to find a place to hide,” said Saya.

Emi nodded as they all ran, trying to get far away.

Flashback

Both girls were kneeling by Naruto with tears rolling down their cheeks, waiting for him to wake up; he hadn’t moved.

“Emi, we have to do something; we have to help Daddy,” said Saya.

“But do you think we could do something? We know several jutsus, and Grandpa taught us Jyuken, but how can we use that to get out? We're sealed in,” said Emi.

“Don’t forget the number of chakras we have; Mommy has been teaching us chakra control, too,” said Saya.

“But daddy already tried and could do anything,” replied Emi.

“Come on, Emi, it won’t hurt to try,” said Saya.

Both girls stood up, walked towards the cell door, and activated their byakugan.

“So, what should we try first?” asked Emi.

“Try striking the gate with some Jyuken, like this,” replied Saya as she began to hit the gate with Jyuken strikes in different places, but nothing happened.

Emi nodded and did the same as her sister. She quickly struck the gate's door, and on the first strike, the door slammed open from the force of the strike.

“SAYA, look, I did it,” said Emi.

“WHAT? HOW?”

“I guess I’m just stronger than you,” said Emi.

“But even Daddy couldn’t open it,” replied Saya.

Emi shrugged.

“Something must’ve happened,” said Saya.

“It doesn’t matter. We need to get out of here,” replied Emi.

“How are we going to get Daddy out of here?” asked Saya.

“Ummu . . . I know. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.” Emi created six clones, and Saya did the same.

“Right now, we can carry him out,” said Saya.

The girls lifted Naruto and hurried out of the cage. When they left, they failed to notice that the seals were half burned.

-End of Flashback-

The girls reached a rocky area with some trees.

“Saya, look over there,” said Emi as she pointed to what looked like an opening to a cave.

“Let’s go,” replied Saya.

When they reached the cave, they entered it and decided to rest there.

“What should we do now?” asked Emi.

“We wait till Daddy wakes up,” replied Saya.

“What do you think they did to him?” asked Emi.

“I don’t know, but I want to go home,” said Saya.

“Me too . . . I miss mommy,” said Emi.

Both girls sit by Naruto, watching him and waiting for him to wake up.




To be continued