In my Dream Chapter 18

In my Dream
Chapter 18

It was now morning as the darkness of the night was now light shining from the sun.

As the morning light seeped through the curtains, a woman stirred. A wet nose nudged her cheek, and a familiar warmth spread through her heart. It was time to rise, to embark on her daily routine. She would navigate the small forest, her trusted companion by her side, and then nourish her body with a hearty meal.

Yuri reached for something to clean her face, feeling the coolness of the cloth against her skin. She then got up to get dressed, the familiar feel of her clothes comforting her. Once she was finished, she reached her hand around her nightstand in search of cloth, and when she found it, she wrapped it around her eyes. She had no use for her eyes and preferred to have them covered up.

She bent down and reached out for her dog. She petted her when she found her: “Good girl, thanks for waking me up.” She then reached for the leash and placed it on her dog. That’s when her stomach made a growl. “Was that you?” she said teasingly, and the dog barked, “I know, it was me.” Their playful banter was a testament to the profound bond they shared.

“It looks like we should go eat first, then take our walk in the forest,” she said, and the dog barked.

The two made their way around the small town, her dog leading them to the usual place where they ate. When they arrived, she sat at a table while the dog lay beside her chair.

“Yuri, you’re pretty early today,” said a cook as he saw her over the counter. Yuri was her name. Well, that’s what the people around town called her; nobody knew her real name, not even her. She was an enigma, a woman who had materialized out of thin air one day, sightless and with no recollection of the first twenty-seven years of her life.

Nobody knew how it happened. One day, Yuri appeared out of nowhere with no vision or memories. The people of the town felt a profound sense of compassion, so they built her a small house on the edge of town and got her a dog to help her navigate. She lived there for eighteen years in about five days; she made a living selling fresh fruits she picked.

“Yeah, we got hungry, and I thought it would be best to eat before we went to the forest,” said Yuri.

“Well, should I get you both your usual?” said the cook.

“I don’t think Momo cares, but yeah, the usual for both, right girl,” said Yuri as she turned her head down at the dog; the two just waited for their food to arrive.

Yuri was somewhat happy there; everyone treated her well, and the people were very kind and generous. Surprisingly, the people were good, considering that the town was very close to the village hidden in the cloud, and the people there were terrible.

Yuri, however, always had times when she couldn’t help but wonder who she was, where she was from, and if anyone was looking for her. These things often made her sad.

Naruto continued to run, going further north of where they were without knowing and with the girls in hand. Naruto could see that Emi was wide awake. She was staring right at him with her eye while Saya, a heavy sleeper, was still asleep.

“Daddy, where are we going?” asked Emi.

“I’m not sure. We have to find a safe place, and maybe we can get some directions there,” said Naruto.

‘Based on the demographics of this area, I have no idea where we are. When I journeyed with Jiraiya, we went to several places, but not one resembled the terrain in this area; I just wondered how far we were from Konoha,’ thought Naruto.

“I’m glad you're okay, Daddy,” said Emi as she kissed him.

“Me too, sweetie.” In that instance, the clone began to feel the surge of several chakras getting close; Naruto also thought it. They both stopped. He let Emi down while the other tried to wake Saya up.

“Saya, wake up.” She slowly woke up.

“Girls, you go ahead with the clone and get somewhere safe; I will stay here and hold them back. Go, don’t worry about me, ok,” he said.

“Let’s go, girls,” said the clone as they hurriedly left and headed southeast. Naruto stood there, waiting for Akatsuki to arrive.

After several minutes of waiting, Naruto saw three figures suddenly appear before him, and two shadows continued forward.

“Uzumaki Naruto, it’s good that you’re still alive; I’m going to guess that you’re not going to make this easy on us,” said Pein.

“Did you ever really think I would?” replied Naruto.

“No, but if you make this easy on all of us and just come with us, I promise we won’t hurt your girls.” Pein offered to Naruto.

“Of course, you won’t,” Naruto spat at them.

“Do you think that clone you sent with them will protect them from Kisame and Zetsu?” Tobi cut into the conversation. Suddenly, rain began to trickle down from the sky while lightning began to roar.

“No, but there will always be a part of me there to protect them,” he replied

“Very well, have it your way. It looks like there’s going to be a monsoon,” answered Pein as he stepped forward with his arm stretched out, feeling the raindrops. The other two surrounded Naruto.

“I see you're not going to waste time. Three on one, I’d say that’s fair,” said Naruto as he could feel the rain pour down.

“Jiraiya-Sama, how long will it take us to get there?” asked Kakashi. Jiraiya had picked up Kakashi’s team as they passed them up.

“It will take us faster than by foot, but even then, it will still take us another day to get there,” answered Jiraiya.

“Are you sure of the location?” asked Shikamaru.

“Of course, the only reason I barely headed out was that I barely received word from my source about what happened,” Jiraiya replied.

“Who is your source, if you don’t mind me asking?” asked Gai.

“I'm afraid I can’t tell you that, at least not yet . . . . . . . . . Bunta faster,” replied Jiraiya.

“I’M GOING AS FAST AS I CAN!” replied Gamabunta.

After Yuri and Momo finished their meal, they began to head towards the forest with an umbrella. However, before they got anywhere near the forest, Momo stopped and began to bark.

“What’s wrong, girl?” All she got was more barks.

“Don’t worry, girl. Nothing will happen. Besides, we need to get our picking for the day; come on, lead the way,” she said while the dog led her into the woods.

Saya and Emi ran as fast as they could ahead of the clone. The rain was pouring down on them, making it hard for them to run at full speed.

In a flash, two figures passed them, destroying the clone. The girls came to a stop, and they saw two members of Akatsuki standing in their way.

“Look what we found,” said Kisame.

“Sorry, little ladies, but we have to take you in,” said Zetsu.

“WELL, WERE NOT GOING!” yelled Saya.

Kisame and Zetsu just laughed, “Like you have a choice,” said Kisame.

“Our daddy will beat you, you’ll see,” said Emi.

“Your daddy is just a demon freak who will die once we take the demons out of his body; he won’t save you,” said Kisame.

“SHUT UP!” yelled Emi as she activated her byakugan, and chakra began to envelop her; Saya looked at her and activated her byakugan.

Kisame looked at Emi, surprised at the chakra she was forming, but quickly took out his sword and ate away the chakra that Emi was producing.

Before Kisame could do anything, his arm dropped the sword, and he felt pain. He turned his head to see that Saya had gone around his blind spot and closed one of his tenets on his arm, making it useless. Zetsu just stood aside, letting Kisame handle everything.

“YOU LITTLE BITCH” Kisame yelled as he kicked her away. Zetsu just laughed at Kisame and his misfortune.

“Let me handle this,” said Zetsu as Kisame took his sword with his other hand, “I don’t think so. I’m not going to let her get away with it” Saya was mad, and she began leaking out chakra just like Emi; Kisame dashed towards Saya and thrust his sword at her, she quickly jumped away, dodging the attack, but like Emi, the sword was close enough to suck up the chakra that surrounded Saya.

Kisame shifted his sword to block an attack from Emi, who tried to catch him off guard. Saya quickly jumped into the air, “Kage Bunshin no jutsu.” Ten clones appeared, and Kisame looked up at Saya.

At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared on top of a tree branch, far enough away that they could not be spotted.

When he did Emi, he performed some hand seals, such as “Quicksand jutsu.” Kisame looked down to see that he was sinking. He tried to get out, but it was no use. Then he remembered the ten clones above him. He looked up to see them in a diving position, coming down at him quickly.

Kisame took his sword and slashed all ten clones before they hit him, but to his surprise, all ten exploded on him.

Emi and Saya were now standing on opposite ends of the dust cloud caused by the explosion. After a couple of seconds, two Kisame dashed out of the cloud with torn clothes and blood on several spots on their body.

The girls tried to move quickly but were stuck in place; their feet were frozen. With all the rain pouring down, the mist ninjas performed a couple of seals, and instantly, the water on their feet froze.

The two Kisame grabbed the two girls, lifting them as they released the jutsu on their feet. They punched them several times and then tossed them to the middle of the field.

“You’re having too much trouble with these little girls, Kisame,” said Zetsu.

Kisame quickly performed the same jutsu again, and as the girls were frozen in place, Kisame reached for his sword. “I’ve had it with these two.

I’m going to finish this,” said Kisame as she swung his sword at the two girls.

Cliffhanger, sorry

To be continued