"Will you be my love?

Will you be my heart?

Will you love me and agree to never part?"

A beautiful voice sang as she soaked in a bubble bath, her feet sticking out on the other side. Her long blonde hair was pulled in a messy bun and her tan skin was covered by water. The only part of her upper body visible was everything from the shoulders and up. The only way to describe her was lovely with her exotic blue-violent eyes and fox-like whiskers across her cheeks. Now the woman wasn't prefect but she was beautiful in an exotic, fierce kind of way.

"Will you care when I'm gone?

Will you care when I disappear?

Will you care when you can't touch what you want to feel?"

She yawned; exposing sharp canines that made her look more like a fox than ever.

"Will you find your way into my heart?

I'll tell you now, it's gonna be hard

Be prepared for love and trial

Hold on honey, it's gonna take a while."

A man walked into the bathroom slowly "I see even years later you still sing in the bath."

The woman turned her head towards the man and rolled her eyes "Just because you are paranoid that your siblings will tease you if you sing, doesn't mean others are scared, Darling."

"Touché" The man grabbed a stool and pulled it right up to the bath tub. "So who are participating it this year's chunin exams?" The fox-like woman said as she placed a drenched arm on his knee.

The man looked at her nervously and frowned "The usual, Kiri, Iwa, Suna of course, and…Konoha." He finished out quietly.

The lady raised a blonde eyebrow and laughed 'Gaara, you don't have to be scared of mentioning Konoha to me-"

"Everyone's there." Gaara interrupted quickly.

The woman's smile faltered and turned into a frown "What…"

Gaara sighed and placed his hand in his palm "The Uchiha came to me himself to deliver the acceptance scroll, I think he was surprised to see me."

"That doesn't necessary mean the entire Konoha 11 is there, maybe he's the only one. After all most Genin only come with their sensei and maybe a parent or two, but that can't mean the entire-"The blonde was cut off with a finger to the lips.

Gaara pulled a hand up to his robes and pulled out a long piece of paper and handed it to her that read

I, Tsunade Senju Hokage of Konohagakure ask Sunagakure, the hidden village of sand to allow the following people in your village for the Chunin exams:

Shino Aburame

Choji Akimichi

Neji Hyuuga

Tenten Hyuuga

Touka Hyuuga

Haru Inuzuka

Hinata Inuzuka

Kiba Inuzuka

Rock Lee

Oki Lee

Ino Nara

Shikamaru Nara

Sakura Uchiha

Sasuke Uchiha

Thank you, Tsunade Senju, Hokage of Konoha

"If I denied them it wouldn't be fair and the council could bring this up and talk about how I wasn't being fair, gomen nasai." Gaara replied with a humble face.

Instead of yelling or destroying things like he expected, she just breathe in a bit and bit her lip "Darling, does Tachi and Kitten still live near the academy?"

Gaara's eyes winded "You can't be thinking out kill-"

This time it was the woman who put her finger on Gaara's lip. "I'm not going to hurt them" The yet was clearly heard in that statement. "I just want someone to keep an eye on them. You know in case they take things too far."

"Koi, no one would dare hurt-"

"Me, but what about the kids? What if one of them sees Kimiko's whiskers, Kushina's face, or see Haku pranking someone? No matter how much you deny it, we all knew this day was coming. And if my children are in danger of any kind, I will protect them."

"I understand but I don't think murder is necessary-"SLAP! With a quick hand, the blonde woman slapped him with all her might. When he turned back, a red handprint was burned in his face.

The furious mother moved her hands away from the tub and rose up. She went to the door and grabbed the bathrobe hanging off the door. As she wrapped it around herself, she turned towards her husband "When you come to your senses and stop living in a fantasy world, come talk to me. Until then you can sleep on the conch." And with a bang the door was shut.

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Itachi never expected life to end up this way. The plan he had made for his life was simple.

First, become a child genius that everyone wanted to be. That piece wasn't very hard but he had to study and train a lot making him miss the joys of childhood. The closest he went to playing or goofing around was when he would play- fight with his cousin Shisui.

Second, massacre the entire clan. That was a lot harder, considering the fact that he was related to them. But, as long as he thought up everything they did to annoy him, it was pretty easy. The only thing was that he thought Sasuke his cute innocent little brother, didn't deserve the cruel punishment of death.

Third, join a group that terrifies and kills people. That was almost too easy to do. The minute he killed his clan, Itachi was guaranteed to get in.

Finally, get Sasuke to kill him. Itachi always imagined himself dying by his brother's hand and right before he died, say in a soft voice ''I'm sorry, Sasuke'.

But this part got complicated. Instead of Sasuke finding out where he was and killing Itachi with a sword or attack of sorts, he got captured the one he was trying to kill. The 2-tailed Jinchuurki captured him by stabbing him in his left eye and trapping him in between the Nibi's flames.

When Gaara and his wife of five days arrived 10 minutes later to help Yugito, they arrived to see Itachi bleeding out an eye, trapped in a blue fire prison of sorts and Yugito yelling about how much of an ass he was.

It was to say a very strange experience.

When Gaara reveled that he and his newlywed destroyed almost of Akatsuki, Itachi got on his knees and bowed his head toward them. It was silence for a moment, until the wife piped up.

"What the hell are you doing?" She yelled.

Itachi was confused, until the blonde told him that they wouldn't kill him unless he did something that was dangerous to them. When they went back to Suna, Gaara pardoned him and as long as he showed the Suna headband, he was safe from all harm.

That was possibly the best day of his life.

Sure, people were terrified of him and he had a long time getting accepted with the community, but after few months every one stopped treating him like a disease. And right in time too. After all he had a family of his own to take care of and he was more worried about what would happen if his son was born into the village and raised like Naruto was, instead of the fact that everyone was scared of him. If anyone dared to harm his family, their blood would coat his sword. He was very serious in protecting those he loved.

A loud knocking at the door interrupted his thoughts "Tachi, it's me I have to speak to you about something."

Itachi quickly rose up and opened the door for the young lady. "Sabaku-sama, I didn't know you were comin-"

The woman waved him off "Don't worry about It; I have actually have something to talk to you about." Her eyebrows twitched "And how many times have I told you not to call me Sabaku-sama?"

"I'm very sorry, please come inside. Do you want some tea?" Itachi said in a not so-sorry voice.

The lady shook her head and walked inside the small yet comforting home. Pictures of a pale blond woman and a dark haired man were decorated around the house with a small blonde child with dark eyes. The pictures ranched from the adults dressed in wedding attire smiling at the camera to each of them holding the child as an infant. There were even a few pictures of Gaara and his wife smiling at each other when they were at a young age, probably 14 or 15.

Itachi leaded her to the table and sat down himself. "What seems to be the problem?"

The blonde sighed, looked up at Itachi and ranted "All of the Konoha 11 is there. I don't want you to kill them but to keep them in line, can you do that Tachi? That's just that I'm so worried over the kids and not just my kids, Rashi as well, since he looks like you and you know how cruel people from Konoha can be, I mean I experienced it firsthand and I don't any kids to go through that and if they see the kids, I'm positive they're going to force them through all kinds of experiments. After all no Jinchuurki has ever reproduced with another one and no Uchiha has ever had a kid with any Jinchuurki befor-"

"Breathe, Naru, breathe" Itachi said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "And why doesn't Gaara do anything about it?"

'Naru' breathed it a bit and calmed down a bit but tears were starting to run down her eyes "Gaara doesn't believe they'll try anything, but I don't want to take any chances."

Itachi could understand the female's reaction. If Yugito wouldn't let Itachi protect Arashi... he would go insane.

Unfortunately, he was now in a big impasse. If he agreed, Gaara would be mad he disobeyed him. If he disagreed, 'Naru' would eventually run to Yugito, who would yell and injured him until he would have to do it anyway. So the choice was easy.

"Okay"

'Naru' stopped sniffling for a while to look up. "What..."

"I'll do it" Itachi repeated, hoping she wouldn't cry again.

'Naru's lips turned upward and she jumped up and hugged Itachi with all her might." Thank you so much, Itachi!"

"You're welcome." He whispered in her ear. He hoped he was doing the right thing.

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"Ahh, Arashi it hurts." A red-head yelled in pain.

The boy above her grunted "While maybe if you would move a bit it wouldn't hurt as much " He positioned himself and turned his body some more, making the girl below him moan and scream. "Stop screaming already, your making my ears hurt."

The girl bit her lip and made small whimpering noises like a dog in pain. Her body was in so much pain and the dumb nut on top of her made it worst!

Arashi adjusted himself and groaned a bit. "Calm down, I'll be out in a jiffy." And in a few seconds he was able to remove himself from her body and got up. "That is the very last time I try wrestling with your fat self, Shina."

Kushina got up and glared at the boy "If you haven't tried to do a new wrestling move without practicing first, we wouldn't have been in that situation. And I'm not fat, you ass!"

Arashi rolled his eyes "Right, I totally believe you." He said sarcastically.

Kushina blew a raspberry at him and stretched her back. A large crack sounded in the air. "Shut up, you're just jealous of the beautiful and powerful Kushina No Sabaku!" She said with a fist raised towards the air.

Arashi snorted "Beautiful and powerful, my ass." He pulled himself up on the bed and pulled out a book labeled: 'Powerful ninja of the last century'.

Kushina pouted "You're just jealous of me and my amazing power." She rolled onto the bed and put her head in his lap "Rashi, when can we go buy masks for the Festival?"

The Festival was a common experience in Suna. It was when the villagers honored those who helped them in time of need. The Festival of Honor or for short the Festival was a night full of dancing, singing, and fun. It was custom to wear a mask to hide your face from others. It was said that if you truly honored that person, you would recognize them immediately.

Arashi pushed her off his lap, which she just rolled back on "Get off, and why are you asking me? It's your mom who we're waiting on."

"Since she's not here I have to ask you." Kushina said as she got back on Arashi's lap after he pushed her off again. "Foolish boy, thou shall be comfy in thy lap!" She sang as she was pushed off again.

Arashi's grin turned evil and he rolled his eyes "But what if thou was to fart?"

Kushina looked at him, eyes wide "You wouldn't"

The blonde got an evil look in his dark eyes "Oh, I would."

In less than a millisecond, Kushina jumped up and stayed as far as she could from the boy, while still in the room. Arashi smirked and turned the page of the book he was reading. Kushina pouted and exclaimed loudly "Well, I'm gonna go look for Kaa-chan, you wanna come?"

Arashi pulled away from the book for a second and raised a pale eyebrow at her "Sabaku-sama told us to stay inside until she comes and we don't even know where she is."

Kushina looked down for a second when her face popped back up. "I have an idea!"

Arashi raised an eyebrow "Alright, i'm listening."

"Kaa-chan told us not to leave the house unless it was an emergency, right? Wouldn't it be an emergency, if my two little siblings ran off into the 'dangerous streets' of Suna" She said while grinning a smile resembling a 2 certain blondes.

"But how do we convince your siblings to run off?" Arashi pondered.

"Why the old fashion way of course" That evil grin appeared again "Blackmail."

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Ino Nara was starting to regret become an ninja. For 4 hours, she stood in front of the academy building waiting for Kuro-Tenshi before she remembered she didn't even what know Kuro-Tenshi looked like! And it didn't help her mood that some random civilian kindly told her the academy was closed for two weeks.

Now her hair was a wreck, her make-up was spreaded and she was starting to sweat. The next time she saw Shikamaru she was gonna beat him up for forcing her to stand guard at the academy.

Ino wiped some sweat of her forehead "I'm gonna wring that lazy ass's neck. Let's see if it's troublesome then" She growled under her breath.

The sun was high in the sky and was hitting her in the face "I am so gonna have a sunburn" Ino grumbled about it not being fair she had to go under the hot, melting sun.

She walked down the street to a local ice-cream shop and noticed the displays of masks hanging from store to store. People everywhere were admiring them and talking about which one they were going to buy rather loudly.

'Is this a festival of masks or something?' Ino patted the shoulder of what she thought was a red-head civilian man.

"Excuse me, i'm from Konoha and i was wondering if you could tell me what was up with all the masks."

The civilian winded his eyes when he saw her, but quickly made his face neutral. "The masks are for the Festival of Honor. This day is when all the villagers honor those who helped them in time of need. It is traditional to wear a mask on that day and color your hair black or brown. Legend has it that if you truly honor that person, you'll recognize them immediately."

Ino nodded and was about to thank the man for this help, when the man ran off mumbling under his breath about warning a 'chi and dara'.

Ino blinked "Well, that was weird." she turned her head back to the ice-cream guy "Can I get a vanilla-chocolate swirl?"

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The redhead 'civilian' ran towards a house near the kage's home. He banged on the door. "Deidara, open up the door right now!"

After a few moments, a blonde haired man appeared. His appearance was tired and grumpy. His shirt had stains on it and he looked like he just woke up.

Deidara rubbed his eyes "What is it, Sori?"

Sasori looked like death warmed over "The rookie 11 is there."

Deidara rolled his eyes "You woke me up just for that, don't worry Naruto's a big girl and can fight her own battles."

"It's not just her i'm worried about it's the kids. While they are ninja, they can't protect themselves for anything over Chunin. Also you can't tell me it's just a coincidence that all the rookies are through but only one genin team. "

Deidara grabbed Sasori and pulled him inside. After he slammed the door, he sighed. "It seems i'll have to do some the things i did back in Akatsuki."

Sasori blinked "What?"

"Art's a blast." And with that he walked away.

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Thanks for the support guys! I know it wasn't as long as the first one and i'm sorry. Please forgive me 'puppy eye jutsu'.

Warning for the story

The characters are mostly OC

I think I'll have to change it to a m rating soon ;)😏💋