The Paths Ahead!!! (Naruto Shippuden)

Chapter 8: The dream..............

Naruto: *She was only getting farther and farther away from us.... creating  a huge distance from the rest us*      Damn it! She's getting further away from us! *I said in frustration as I stared at her disappearing figure.*

Fu: Man, she's too fast.

Kakashi: We have to catch up with her.

Sakura: Anna......

Chiyo: That girl..... she seems to care for Gaara a lot, doesn't she?

Sakura: She always has.

Fu: Yeah.... everytime.

Kakashi: Anna may not be a jinchurikki, but she knows, feels and understands their pain and suffering more than anything. She is the last sealing chain user; a technique passed down throughout the Uzumaki clan.  As a child right from the time she was born, she and Naruto being twins were separated from each other in order to save the village because of the power they possess.

Fu's pov: *I gasped in shock with my eyes widening.*

Kakashi: I raised her from her early days of childhood, thinking I could help her to control her power...... she did at first..... almost wanting to give up along the way...... because at some point in her life when she was still very little, she was insulted.... abused and picked on for her power...... she tried to fit in..... but people of our village couldn't understand her power..... they feared her.... feared her strength... and her sealing chains..... along with her red hair.

Naruto's pov: *I choked up tears as he said that.*

Kakashi: *I jumped on a tree branch as I continued*   She was bullied for having her sealing chains and red hair...... she was called horrible names, a freak..... a demon.... a monster..... she was cast aside, pushed away as other kids didn't even want to play with her... to the extent that she began hating herself for just being alive.

Fu: *I croaked back tears as he told us*     Anna....... *I said softly seeing ahead how one of her foot broke off a tree branch.*

Kakashi: I mean.... anyone with that kind of experience would just go off to commit suicide and kill themselves.... but nevertheless, she still stood strong, had faith in herself and her chains. She began to train hard in controlling her power..... she wanted to show the people of the village that she means no harm to them.... even though they fear her for her power, that fear of power.... can be used to save them. *I looked at Lady Chiyo as she stared in surprise, taken aback*    And that was when she met Gaara...... during the chunnin exams. Even though he treated her like an enemy, shoved her away.... didn't just like her for no good reason, she never gave up from trying to be friends with him. Later on, after many trials, Gaara came to accept Anna knowing her for who she truly was.... they along with Naruto became friends.

Naruto's pov: *I smiled as i remembered those times and days we; Team 7 spent with Gaara on missions.*

Kakashi: Two and a half years ago, we left the village for training few moments later after Naruto did with master Jiraiya. And boy, she wouldn't stop talking about him. She mentioned Gaara everyday during training.... telling me how she can't wait to show Naruto and Gaara how far she's come and how much stronger she'd gotten. She always spoke of Gaara.... smiling with her cheeks flushed and face red whenever I mentioned his name as a means of motivation for her..... and that's when I knew......... that she was truly in love with him.

Sakura's pov: *I looked down with a sad smile then to Anna far ahead of us.*

Kakashi: Even after she came back home from training and found out that Gaara was named Kazekage, you all should have seen how surprised and happy she was. *There was a moment of silence after I spoke...... then Naruto spoke up.*