This... this was... unprecedented, unfathomable, unrealistic, impossible even, had one suggested it... yet here it was; laying innocently on her desk, staring with those deep, blue eyes. A polished, red fingernail found its way into the crimson lips as the woman behind the desk stared. Behind her stood her assistant, blissfully unaware of the gravity that this situation held. The woman stood, chair falling to the floor in her haste, and picked up the bundle from the desk, storming violently from the room. She passed by many people in silence, striding quickly through the halls of the building until she reached the exit. Trailing behind, the dark haired assistant followed, tripping in her heels trying to catch her leader; The Hokage of Konoha. Blonde hair flowing behind, tied in long, neat pigtails, her stride sure and confident; this was Tsunade. One of the three Sannin, the best medical ninja in their time, and simply strong minded and equipped with the Will of Fire. This kunoichi, a medical genius in her own right, now had a problem on her hands. A very, small and living problem.

(Naruto POV)
Tears were falling from the young mans face as he cried, teeth gritted in agony;
"Nazeda? Why did Gaara have to die like this?"
The boy stepped closer, stopping near the still warm body of the deceased redhead.
"You're the Kazekage, dammit...! You just became the Kazekage!" He cried.
"...Calm yourself, Uzumaki Naruto."
Naruto rounded on the woman, Chiyo, tears flying and face contorted in agony and anger;
"URASEI! It's your fault! If you dammed Sand shinobi hadn't put that monster inside him, this would have never happened! Do you have any idea what kind of burden he carried!?"
There was silence from the surrounding shinobi, their heads bowing in shame as the realization hit.
"Damn the Jinchuuriki..." he began again, "You have no right to act like your better, to label us and use us..."
His legs faltered, shifting in the soft grass under them as he cried, fat tears leaking into the soil as he lamented in the shame he pushed upon himself. He tried to choke back his tears, he had lost another friend. A friend he had considered equal to him, who had experienced loneliness, and been shunned... someone with the same story as him...
"I couldn't save Sasuke... I couldn't save Gaara... I trained so hard for three years, and nothings changed..."
He continued to cry into his sleeve as Chiyo slowly passed by him, making her way to Gaara and kneeling by him. Naruto looked up, watching as a light breeze ruffled the fallen leaders burning red hair. His face almost peaceful as he lay still in the grass. Chiyo's eyes closed as another breeze blew by and Naruto turned fully to the old woman. She laid her hand against the redheads heart and ignited a burst of chakra in her palms, directly over Gaara's chest. Naruto stared in confusion as an immense rebound flowed in ripples from her hands. Sakura's eye's widened from over Naruto's shoulder;
"Chiyo-baasama! Ano jitsu wa...!"
The blonde looked to his teammate as Chiyo turned and gave the pink-haired girl a sly smile.

"It wasn't medical ninjitsu... it was a life-transferring ninjitsu. Elder Chiyo is dead."
Naruto's eyes widened as realization hit.
"Life-transferring Ninjitsu?" Tenten asked slowly.
"Wh-What so you mean!?" Naruto cried.
"It's a jitsu that allows you to bring back the dead, in exchange for your own life." Kankuro answered. Naruto flinched.
"Many years ago, the Puppet Brigades were conducting research on how to bring their puppets to life. Elder Chiyo was at the head of this research."
Naruto turned to Sakura and the fallen Elder sadly as Kankuro continued;
"They were able to figure out the theory behind it, but... in the midst of their research, they decided it was too risky. They made it illegal to conduct the research on humans and forbade anyone to use the technique.
Naruto paused, recalling the conversation with the Elder;
"I'm happy that someone like you has appeared in the shinobi worl we foolish old people created... Everything I've ever done was a mistake, but now, at the end, it looks like i'll finally be able to do the right thing. Sunato... Konoha... their future will be much different than the way things were back in my day..."
Naruto stood slowly, staring still at the woman.
"That strange power of yours that Kakashi mentioned... That power will have a strong influence on the future. Become a Hokage like none before you..."

Gaara looked over at the Elder, still somewhat foggy, as he listened to the conversation Naruto and his brother, Kankuro, were having.
"Naruto, you really are a strange person."
Naruto looked over at the speaker, Gaara's sister, Temari.
"You have the power to change people... Elder Chiyo was always saying that she didn't care what happened to the village. She wasn't the type of person who would do this for Gaara."
"Elder Chiyo has placed the future in both your and Gaara's hands. A splendid end, befitting a true shinobi..." Kakashi added quietly. Naruto hummed in agreement;
"Just like the third... I really understand how she felt now."
Matsuri, Gaaras previous pupil, squeaked as Gaara attempted to stand, grabbing his arm. He shrugged her off;
"I'm fine." He muttered, his voice scratchy, unused, and tried to stand again. His muscles were tired, left unmoved for too long and he left it as his legs refused to hold his weight and he fell forward. A hand grasped his upper arm, a sensitive area on his body. He was rarely touched, by anyone, and turned to see who it was. He was met with the profile of Naruto, blue eyes still focusing on the elder. Gaara turned away, allowing Naruto to help him to his feet. Naruto let his hand slid down the back of Gaara's arm as he released the other ninja gently. Both males slowly approached the Elder, sitting still in the pink ninja's arms, and stopped in front of them.
"Minna, pray for Elder Chiyo." Gaara said quietly, but enough for the small group to hear, and bowed his head.

Tsunade stared at the bundle in silent panic, whoever did this was clearly not in their right mind. Who would be to create something like this? Something so... dangerous, so precarious, so unstable? She bit her thumbnail gently, clicking her tongue as she thought. Maybe... maybe this could be a good thing. Perhaps they could... tame this beast and use it as a last resort in times of war. She removed her finger and shook her head angrily. Of course she couldn't do that. If Naruto ever heard of it, she would be in a world of trouble. Not to mention it was against her every instinct to do something so horrible...
"Tsunade-sama... what will we do?" asked Shizune quietly from behind. The leader sighed;
"It looks like we'll be doing a helluva lot more paperwork." she muttered.

* Nazeda?; why?
**Urasei!; shut up!
*** Ano jitsu wa...!; That jitsu will...!
**** Minna; everyone.

A/N; Please tell me if I misspelled anything, or if something is off. I will fix it as soon as I can. I hope you enjoy it, it is much better than the last. Sorry for changing it again.