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Chapter 2

Earlier in the day:

The massive and imposing gates of Konoha were right in front of him, as his long and arduous journey was finally coming to an end. He had been walking for what seemed like years to him, only stopping when he was in dire need of rest and nutriment. He needed to get to Konoha. He knew that it was in for a rather troubling time ahead, and he needed to be there to make sure the village would not fall.

'Ugh, thank god I finally made it. I did not want to stop at another one of those cheap hotels'. The impressively dressed man thought to himself.

'I mean I couldn't even sleep in those beds what the hell kind of stains were those' as he shudders from the memory of the little motel he stayed at the night before. On the outside the place had looked nice if not a little small, but that never really mattered to him.

"The bigger the place, the more wasted space" his father would always say.

'But still would it have killed the owner to have washed the sheets after the previous occupant had left. Hell even an extra set would have been fine, but NO this guy had to be an asshole and tell him to find a someplace else if I wanted to keep bitching like this'. As he continued to gripe about the previous nights goings on, never realizing he was quickly approaching the check in station, and wouldn't be able to put in the plan of action he had come up with earlier to sneak in unnoticed if he just walked in the front way.

'Oh well at least I'm finally here' as he walked right through the massive front gate, taking notice of the two Chunin sitting there.

"How's it going guys" he said as he obliviously kept walking, not worrying about any sort of protocol to check new arrivals at the gate.

"Ummm hi" both guards gasped out as they watched him walk away, with jaws firmly trenched into the ground.

'Hm nice people, a little stupid for letting a stranger walk right on into their village, but still polite always nice to hear someone say hi back'.

"Hey ah Izumo"

"Yeah Kotetsu"

"Was that who I think it was?"

"Yeah he certainly looked like him didn't he?"

"So, um you think we should go tell someone? Ya know someone like Lady Tsunade"

"And tell her what? That we saw the Fourth Hokage enter the village not fifteen minutes ago".

"So what do you propose we do?"

"You set up all the anti-Genjutsu seals right?"

"Yeah, I always do. It's like habit at this point".

"Well that's perfect then we know that it's not an enemy using a henge or anything. Even though they'd be pretty stupid to henge into the Fourth, so I think we'll just wait and see what happens with this".

"Hey how much ya wanna bet it's really him?"

"No way Kotetsu, you know I always lose our bets, and I'm sick of owing you money. So like I said we'll just wait and see if it's really him or not"

"AHH who the hell makes alarm clocks that don't fucking go off in the morning"? A certain pinkette said to no one in particular as she quickly ran from her house.

"Stupid Ino-pig" she blamed

'Oh Sakura you have to come out with us tonight, maybe we'll even find you a man' Sakura thought in an all girly girly tone like Ino's "Ha yea like I'd need your help. Let's see you actually keep a man for longer than five minutes".

'Of course I did go out with her anyway, so it really is my own fault. AHH so stupid….so sooooo stupid. Hokage-sama's gonna kill me. And I really don't need to deal with all the yelling and aggressive attitude, not with a hangover like this'

"Alright well this will be 'OK' all I need to do is take a few of the shortcuts and I'm sure I'll make it in time". As she hurriedly ran down one of Konoha's many side streets, then another and then another, never noticing the strange characters that were huddled around one of the many trashcans that littered this certain street.

"Oh my god I really need to get an apartments that's closer to the hospital and to shishou's office" the girl said loud enough where some of the men around the trash can heard her.

'Good thing I brought along some of the money I've saved up, I can look for one after I get outta work, and hopefully I can just but one'. She congratulated herself for thinking ahead.

"Hey, Hey boys if I hear correctly it seems that cute little thing that just ran by is a nurse hehehe". The leader of the "gang" spoke

"Oi boss, I always heard her say something about a Shishou's office, that must means she's got another job right?"

"Two jobs huh, in this town if you work at the hospital that means you got to be loaded, add another job on top of that, and that she was a damn looker let's go pay her a visit before she gets to work alright".

"Yes Boss". The gang sounded

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She was only a couple blocks from the Hospital when the gang struck. Sakura being in a hurry and still suffering some after effects of the previous night's rendezvous with Ino hadn't noticed the gang until it was too late, where the men quickly tackled her to the ground and surrounded her.

Sakura tried to release a chakra enhanced punch to the man's face, but she had barely any room in the alley to get the torque needed to bring her fist to him. So she was quickly gagged and put up against the wall as one of the men let his hands roam all over her curvaceous form, no doubt in search of her wallet, and also to cop a feel.

"Hey boss I found it. Oh wow this thing has got some weight to it, it looks like you were right, and she is loaded, in more ways than one". The pervert said with a lecherous grin.

"Hand it over, let's see how much is in here". He checks in the money purse and whistles. "That's quite a lot you go in here girly. You really shouldn't run around with this much on ya, who knows who could come around and try and prey on a pretty thing like you".

'Ugh I swear when I get outta this I'm never going near alcohol again'.

"Hmm, now that we got this what should we do with the young lady? Hey what do you think there Kenji?" the leader began

"Hehehe, I've got a few Ideas"

"Good, you and the boys have some fun. I'm gonna go back to the hideout and count the loot".

"Sure thing, hey guys you heard the boss lets have some fun" as the group started to surround her.

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Meanwhile coming down the one of the main streets, one that also just happened to be near the hospital, of course he didn't know that.

"Dammit, I'm lost…..again. Why is it so freakin hard to navigate these streets, hell there aren't even street signs, that's just poor planning?" The blonde haired man said while animatedly moving his arms in the air, making the villagers give him a wide berth, as they avoid the crazy man.

'I'll just ask this guy'

"Hey umm sir……no ok yeah just walk right on by, ass".

Finally giving up for the moment, he decided to set his back up against the wall of what seemed to be an apartment building. 'Phew, it's hot out here. Certainly not a day where I'd want to get lost in a strange city that you haven't been in for quite a many years, oh wait that's exactly what's happening'. Then in the alley next to the building that he was resting against he could what seemed like a large group of people taking about something, so he leaned an ear in to see if he could catch some of what was being said.

"Hmm, now that we got this what should we do with the young lady? Hey what do you think there Kenji?"

"Hehehe, I've got a few Ideas"

'Well now, that can't be good' as he turned the corner to see a group of men, surrounding what obviously was a woman judging by her shape. Up against the wall with one of the men leaving the group and walking right towards him.

"Hn, this could be just a guess, but I'm thinking she isn't going to like what you guys are thinking of doing". He exclaimed gaining the people's attention.

"Huh? Who said we were thinking of doing anything, we are going to take this girl right here and right now, and show her what kind of party she's been missing out on" a rather heavyset man said, but judging from his voice this was Kenji.

"And what if I were to say that I took offense to this kind of party you were gonna introduce her too".

"Well I don't really care what you think, and if ya knew what was good for ya, you'd leave right now and let us get back to this tasty little morsel".

"Now, Now Kenji, this guy looks like a reasonable man". The man that was walking away from the group and towards him spoke. "What if I were to pay you a little something to just go about your business, and act like you never came across what you've seen here?"

"Pay me a little something you say. Well I'm thinking that in order to forget what I've seen here I'm gonna need that money pouch you got right there".

"Ooooooo, this money pouch you say. Well we're going to have to decline on that offer there sorry".

"I'm sorry to hear that, it seems I'm just going to have to take the money pouch, and save the damsel in distress then". The blonde said while a grin came to his face revealing rather sharp and extra long canines.

"Hn nice teeth and I'd really like to see you try out that taking and saving thing".

"Alright" as he quickly pulled out twelve pronged shaped kunai and in the blink in of an eye threw them right on the mark.

The group quickly shrunk in fear as the kunai came whizzing past them and stuck into the ground behind them. Noticing no pain in any part of his body the leader stood up and dusted himself off and looked behind him at the funny looking kunai imbedded in the ground. "Interesting kunai, but uh your aim kinda sucks there guy".

Meanwhile Sakura was watching this whole time trying to break free of her bindings and saw all the kunai miss as a sweat drop formed on her head. 'Wow he sounded so calm and cool, but wow is aim is terrible' she thought'.

"No I'm fairly sure they went where I wanted them to go". And in a yellow flash of light he vanished and moved behind each and every member of the gang, showing up exactly where the kunai he threw were and slit every one of their necks with one of those strange looking kunai. He then vanished again and reappeared right behind the leader.

"See I told you I didn't miss". He said in a very cold and dark voice, as he drew the kunai right across the man's neck, ending his life as blood gushed out of the newly formed wound.

"Hmmm, now where was I. Oh yea now I remember". As he took the money pouch from the leader's lifeless fingers, then walked over to the free the girl.

"Here I believe this belongs to you" handing the pouch over to the gaping young woman with odd pink hair. 'I've never seen that color on anyone before. I wonder if it's natural….no no don't think about that now, what the hell's wrong with you, you just saved her life from what would have been a VERY terrible ordeal, and you think about asking her to see if it's her natural hair color……..dumbass, so sooo stupid'.

"I....I……uh thank you" she stammered as she took the money pouch. "Ho-How do you do that?" turning and looking up to get a good look at her rescuer, and boy did she get a good look. Her eyes widened as she glanced over his form, a well muscled abdomen that you could see through his from fitting shirt, and a well built and strong chest and shoulders. And those arms, she was going to be thinking about those perfectly made and well sculpted limbs for a very long time. Then she finally made it to his face and she nearly told him to take her now, he was perfect with those perfectly sculpted cheeks and jaw, along with those exotic looking whisker marks that adorned each cheek, those perfectly white and shiny teeth, along with that golden mop of long spiky hair. However her favorite feature of his were those eyes, those arresting blue pools that she could gave into forever if he'd give her the chance. She then noticed that she had thought perfect and sculpted quite a few times while she was soaking in his visage.

'I don't know he really might just be a statue come to life, no man could look THAT good'. She thought as a little dribble of blood tried to escape her nose, however she wiped it away in time.

"That's actually a secret so I'm not going to be able to tell you". He stated while doing the same thing that he knew she was doing. He started from the bottom and worked his way up, She had very shapely legs ones he guessed she most of gotten from a lot of running and keeping them maintained. Then he made his way up to her hips and thighs, and dear god the things he thought of as he soaked in the sight. Moving up he found the familiar hour glass shape that he was so fond of, a pretty slim yet well toned waist and a very full bosom, not too big but not small either her body was perfect. Moving up one again he found the face and once again the first thought came to his mind was 'perfect', however the site that amazed him the most was those eyes, those amazing emerald eyes that were staring right back at him.

So hear they stood for a few minutes just staring into each other's eyes completely enraptured by the other, until an alley cat shot out from behind a trash can and knocked the thing over and quickly bringing them both back to reality.

"Oh um…..heh…thanks again for umm well ya know saving me". She said as she turned her head to hide the blush that was slowly creeping up on her face.

"Don't mention it….hehehe" he exclaimed as he scratched the back of his head in a nervous gesture. "Where I come from the more beautiful the woman the more likely it would be that she would be captured or something due to whatever womanly things that are on her mind, so I've got some practice with damsels in distress".

A large vein quickly popped its way on to her forehead 'CAPRTURED!!!!!! WOMANLY THINGS ON HER MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, it sounds like he thinks I'm weak and that he's better than me…..well he probably is but still, the nerve of this guy'. She then resolved to teach him that she was in fact not weak OR a damsel in distress, as she cocked back her fist and put all the power that she had learned from her master into good use as it rocketed to meet his perfect face.

He saw the fist coming, but thinking she was weak he had no plans to avoid it. 'She probably just needs to let one good punch out to release the stress from her ordeal' that was the last thing he could think about for a few seconds, as he was rocketing back into the brick wall, and hit with a resounding crack.

'There that should teach him, now what was it he said before weak and all that shit…oh yeah he called me beautiful as well…………wait beautiful……..OH MY GOD he called me beautiful' as she let out an excited giggle. A guy had finally called her beautiful, HER not Ino or any of the other girls from the rookie nine HER. She was so happy and excited that she didn't realize that he was still stuck into the wall and was struggling to unlodge his upper body from said wall.

Finally hearing his struggles she walked over to him grabbed his foot and pulled him out of the wall that she had welded him into. "Sorry about that, it's just you called me weak and everything and I've trained as hard as I possibly could to never be weak again".

"Hahaha yea, I'm never calling you a damsel in distress again………man you pack quite a punch" as he swiveled his jaw back into place.

"Hehehe yea my master taught me her world famous chakra enhanced style of taijjutsu, so I can break you in half if I wanted to" she told him in a somewhat flirtatious yet still serious tone. "And thank you by the way"

"For what you already thanked me for saving you from those goons, and I said don't worry about it".

"No not for that…well yes thank you again for that, but I meant for what you said".

"O and what is it I said". He asked with an all knowing smirk, just trying to embarrass her a little more.

"Ugh never mind" she said as she playfully punched his shoulder.

"Hey Hey watch it with those punches I don't want to be part of that wall again" he started to chuckle, which she joined in on, only to gasp and bring her hands up to her mouth.

"Oh my god I don't even know your name, so why don't you introduce yourself".

"Isn't it impolite to ask someone to introduce themselves when you haven't done it first?"

"Yeah yeah fine" she chuckled out "I'm Sakura, Haruno Sakura" she introduced.

"Wow beautiful name too it fits well with your hair, well I'm Namikaze Naruto" as he returned the favor.

Looking away from him once again because she was blushing once again she finally noticed the sun and what time it really was. "AHHHHHHHHHH HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!"

"WHAT!!!!!!!" he yelled as he jumped up from her sudden outburst.

"I'm so late" she said as she took off down the street trying to make it to the Hokage office so she wouldn't be TOO late. 'Oh wait' as she turned around as yelled out to him "Bye Naruto thank you so much once again, come by the hospital sometime if ya want to see me". She then turned and ran as fast as she could to her destination.

"Bye" he said though she was too far gone to hear it 'I'm defiantly going to be heading over to the hospital quite a few times while I'm here'. He then turned and walked back the way he came.

Suddenly stopping in the middle of the street the blonde face faulted and grumbled "AH Shit, I should of asked her how to get to the Hokage building, damn oh well might as well just keep wandering I might just get lucky and find it". Then a loud growl escaped from his stomach. "Heh first let's try and find some food" he then started back down the street looking for any signs of a restaurant or any other place to eat, when he came across a lovely thought 'O man I wonder if they have Ramen in this town'

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A/N: YAY!!! Chapter two done and I quite liked this chapter. Hopefully it's easier to read to since there aren't any monster paragraphs in it with hard to read dialogue and such. Thanks to tonello for saying that was something I should work on and also dbzgtfan2004 for being my first two reviews ever HA HA!!!! Any who chapter 3 will be up when it's up………..love and peace.