::Kakashi's Point of View::

-I never would have guessed. Well then, I guess just another jinchuriki in the Hidden Leaf. I wonder if Tsunade knows. Would she…? Could she….? Who is this girl? Not only is she extremely powerful without the ten tails, who knows the power she possesses with it.

"Huh.. You must be pretty powerful." Naruto yells holding his fist up.

"You could say so." Kyu replied winking.

"Well… Then you better not lose." I say looking up straight into Kyu's eyes.

"I wouldn't dare lose. Sorry for the interruption everyone, let's finish this! Kosumogan" Suddenly, Kyu's eyes opened revealing a very dark gray color and a light gray pupil. Every time she blinked they would switch from light grey color to dark grey pupil and then back to the gray color with light grey pupil.

"Let's do this Naruto!" I yelled running towards Naruto.

Kyu threw a kunai covered with lightning and a paper bomb attached. Our eyes followed to dodge the blow. When we turned back Kyu had disappeared. The kunai was just a distraction for her to hide, or to change distance. Naruto and I looked around, finding her floating in the air making a hand sign; her thumb and pointer finger touching while her middle finger and ring finger down but her pinky standing. I had never seen that hand sign before. What was she doing?

"Body Entrapment Jitsu!" She yelled.

"I.. gah,, I.. I can't move!" Naruto grudgingly yelled.

"Neither.. Neither can I!" I looked around, to see if I could make eye contact, this jutsu may come in handy another time.

"Umm well that is kind of the point, but that's not all I am going to do to you. Maindokirā (Mind Killer) Kosumogan!"

"Kakashi sensei! It's a genjutsu!" Naruto yelled.

Then, it was like the incident with Itachi all over again.

*In my mind*

"This isn't something you have seen before, correct? I bet you haven't even heard of the kosumogan. It is inherent to the one who carries the ten tailed dragon. It is a special kekkai genkai that allows me to the slow time down. While you may be moving at lightning speed, you are barely moving at all in my eyes. Also, I can control time and space. You see, while I am invading your mind and thoughts, I can also change them and bend them to my will. I can change memories, alter memories, even make them disappear. And in reality, time has stopped. When we return, all your chakra will be gone. I will have shredded every last bit of it, to where you won't be able to move. And not a moment would have passed."

"Are you going to kill me?" I asked, hoping the answer would be no.

"Of course not! You are of the Hidden Leaf. You saved me. Maybe hurt you a lot. But here's the real deal, alright? When I leave your mind, you don't come after me. Not a single move, you collapse to the ground, and don't do anything. While you will be too tired to move anyhow, I don't want you to even try. Me and Naruto, we have something in common, that would be the real fight for me."

Kyu walked to me and made a few hand signs. She grabbed my leaf headband and threw it on the ground, and I couldn't move. I was glued to the ground still. She pushed my hair back with the palm of her hand, then said, "Chakra seal!"

"Gaahhhh!" I dry heaved and then fell to my knees. I could suddenly move again. I close my eyes for a second and when I open them I am laying on the training grounds defenseless.

"Kakashi sensei! Why can't I move!" Naruto tried moving but it was like he was in a shadow possession, but she could move freely. Where did she find these jutsus? How could such a young person develop these jutsus.

"Guh.. Nar..Naruto don't *cough cough* don't worry about me. Just finish *dry heaves* the fight." Naruto nodded his head at me, then turned.

"You're going to pay for that you purple haired freak!" Naruto yelled.

"Freak! Aww now that's a bit harsh now don't ya think? I am just fighting, battling, whatever you leaf ninja call it."

"I will crush you! Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto started to form the rasengan. "Ahhh rasengan!"

"You're going to have to try harder than that to beat me you spiky haired twerp!" Kyu reached her hands out right at the rasengan blocking it and making it spin outwards. "Wind Spur!"

"Impos.. Impossible.. How did you do that?" Naruto stood in awe.

"You are an impotent bunch now aren't you? Well to say the least, I channeled chakra to my palms and formed a shield, Then I used my ability of kosumogan to control the wind and made the chakra disperse outward."

"So it's that kekkai genkai of yours…" Naruto mumbled to himself.

"Heh.. And I am just getting started. Anti-Gravity jitsu!"

Naruto and Kyu started to float upwards into the air. Naruto stumbled up and down trying to control his body, while Kyu walked like she had done this her entire life, then again, she did live on the moon.

"Now let's finish this!" She slowly walked toward the struggling Naruto and formed several hand signs. Kyu reached her hand backwards and a light started to form on her in the shape of a star. It was almost like yellow and white chakra. "Star strike!" Then she looked down as Naruto almost hit the ground, and yelled "Release!".

"Agh!" Naruto tumbled on the ground until he hit a tree.

Kyu landed on the ground grabbing her sword again and walking towards Naruto slowly. Holding up her sword to his throat she bent down and said, "You gonna give up yet?… twerp. Don't insult the hair,"

"Heh… You obviously don't know me very well moon village. If you did you would know, I don't know how to give up." Naruto wiped his bleeding mouth and kicked Kyu backwards.

"Wow, *huff huff* you are the first to ever touch me in battle. But, you see, you don't have any chakra left. Remember I took it all. Unless you want to continue getting the nine tails chakra. But I don't see how any of that would be worth it. Obviously you aren't strong enough to beat me. And neither is your idiotic sensei who I trapped in a genjutsu in less than 30 seconds."

"You can call me a twerp. You can say I am impotent. You can almost call me weak. But… you don't call my sensei, an idiot!" Naruto's eyes had turned red at this point. The nine tails chakra almost started forming until Shikamaru stepped in.

"Naruto no! I call this the end of the fight! I have seen all I need to!" Shikamaru walked slowly over to Naruto and whispered something.

"Let's at least shake hands. Twerp." Kyu winked at Naruto and held out her hand.

"Err… Fine." Naruto looked away as he grudgingly held out his hand.

"See you at the Chunin Exams." Kyu smiled and walked away.

"How? Did you hear that?" Naruto and Shikamaru turned to Kyu.

"*shrugging shoulders smiling* Your turn Segoi. Don't ?" Kyu said.

"Right." Segoi walked towards the training field as Ino and Shikamaru started to walk together.

"Umm. Of course. Let's go Ino!" Shikamaru walked to Ino. "I have a plan. Not full but, we don't know anything of this guy, so I will let you in on the rest as we go along."

"Mhmm… okay… Alright… Got it!" Ino nodded and responded as Shikamaru's plan was explained in thorough detail. "Its going to be hard to go full out with Segoi because he is so cute, but I think I will be able to manage," Shikamaru sighed as Ino said this.

"Oh come like you don't think Tsuyoi or Kyu is hot?" Ino winked.

"What? Um no! I don't Uh! Let's just.. uh go…" He looked down as he blushed slightly.

"Oh my gosh! Shikamaru, don't lie. You like one of them… Haha. I saw you smoochin' with Kyu last night. Now who is saying *sigh*" Ino butted shoulders with Shikamaru then sighed. "Don't worry; your secret is safe with me."

::Ino's Point of View::

-That guy really was cute though. He had blue hair with long bangs going over his forehead and spiked in the back, almost like Sasuke's.. hummm… also, his eyed were a bright and dark emerald green. He wore a red scroll attached by a brown belt over his shoulder. His outfit was a black shirt, and a white and grey jacket. Also, he wore a natural smirk, which was arrogant but sexy.

"Hey Ino! Expect similar difficulty from Seigo." Ino nodded her head and exchanged glances with her and Naruto.

-How could she win to Naruto? No one loses to Naruto… He beat Pain. And helped end the Fourth Shinobi War. She must be some ninja, wouldn't want to go up against her.

"Kakashi you okay to call start?" Kakashi was still wobbling from the genjutsu. Sakura walked over to him and started healing his wounded areas while help him finishing standing.

"Yup, I think I am ready now. Thank you Sakura,"

"Of course Kakashi Sensei." Sakura smiled and continued healing him.

Kakashi took a look at the two teams ready and said, "Alright, ready…set…begin!"

"Flower bomb!" I performed an initial strike to lead into Shikamaru's plan. Segoi continued running through the purple poisonous fog.

"You think a beginner's stunt like that would work on me?" Segoi reached for the scroll behind his back. He opened it as Shikamaru and I started to get close.

"Summoning Jutsu: Dense Rain!" Segoi yelled. Clouds suddenly appeared and covered the landscape with dense fog and hard pouring rain.

"I can't see a thing!" I yelled to Shikamaru trying to find some sort of shadow revealing him. I saw a shadow coming toward me but it wasn't him. It was Segoi.

"Well, it looks like your end in this battle has come, Ino," Segoi winked before forming a hand sign.

–What?! The mind transfer jutsu? It can't be!-

"Mind Destructor Jutsu!" Segoi looked right into Ino's eyes as he held the mind transfer jutsu sign up.

::Shikamaru's point of View::

"Ino! Where are you!?" I couldn't see a damn thing with all this rain and fog. I felt like I was drowning in all the rain. How could he possibly see with all this fog and rain.

I walked around to see if there was end to the fog. Then I started running, I stopped when I heard a scream.

"Shikamaru help! Shikamaru! Aggghhh!" I ran towards Ino getting myself closer to the voice. But it wasn't her. It was Kyu.

"Kyu? What? Why are you in the… gahhh? What happened?" I looked as Kyu's heart was impaled by a kunai.

"The whole training field became covered in fog. When I tried to walk away, it turns out I was walking in the battle. Then a kunai flew from the direction and now *coughs blood* look at me. What's going to happen to me?" Kyu fell to the ground as blood fell from her mouth.

::Ino's Point of View::

"Where am I?" I asked in my head. Last thing was, ugh Segoi. Wait I'm in a forest. A sign said in front of me said "Walk Here To End The Fight". I held out my kunai and walked. "What game is this guy playing?" As I continued walking more signs showed up saying "go here", or "walk there", or "just a few steps", until I was surrounded by flowers. I hadn't even noticed the flowers. I felt my throat swell up. I couldn't talk, I couldn't breathe. It felt as if several minutes went by not being able to breathe.

I tried to call out for help. My skin turned red and swollen, while developing hives.

"Am I having an allergic reaction? I'm not allergic to any flowers?" I thought to myself. What in the hell was going on. I slowly went dizzy as breathing was no longer a possibility. I blinked then Segoi reappeared.

"And now? Comes the end to your fight," Segoi put his scroll down.

"Summoning Jutsu: Thousand Blades of Poison!" The flowers detached themselves from there stems and stabbed themselves into my body. I fell to the ground losing consciousness.

::Shikamaru's Point of View::

"Kyu no! Stay with me! Please, you can't go! Stay with me! You can't go you're the first girl I have ever been attracted to or even felt close to. Don't..don't go, this isn't fair, this wasn't even your fight!"

"It's alright… Shikamaru… I guess it's better than him killing me. I don't even know who threw the kunai honestly…" Kyu pulled out the kunai then closed her eyes. Slowly she transformed into Segoi.

"And now, the battle ends here!" He held the kunai to my throat while pinning me down.

"I... I… I draw!" I yelled. I knew this battle was over. The fog and rain disappeared revealing a passed out Ino, laughing Kakashi, blushing Kyu, and angry Tsuyoi.

"Umm, did everyone hear what I said about Kyu?" I asked shyly.

"Dude… Yes… That was all a genjutsu. None of it was real. Why do you think you are dry right now?" Segoi lauged while going over to Ino. He put the palm of his hand on Ino's forehead, and said, "Release!" Ino woke up grabbing her throat.

"What happened? Is the fight over?" Ino asked.

"Yes, yes it is. And I hope me winning doesn't ruin my chance of going on a date with you Ino." Segoi smiled and held out his hand to lift Ino up.

"Hahaha… No of course it didn't! We can go on a date anytime…anytime!" Ino smiled and giggled. I walked over to Kyu and Tsuyoi.

"So umm… about what I said in the genjutsu…"

"Mm no… walk away young man. Walk. Away." Tsuyoi glared at Shikamaru while guarding Kyu's smiling face. She bit her lip and smiled right at me. So, it wasn't just me then.

"Tsuyoi… Make us proud." Segoi said, he then high-fived Tsuyoi.

::Tsuyoi's Point of View::

-What a big bear, or dog…. He was like huge, and obviously quite the companion to Kiba. But, nevertheless I was going to make him never want to fight again.-

"Whenever you are ready…." I looked at the two leaf shinobi staring back at me.

"Haha, seems like you're a little over confident now aren't you?" Kiba looked at me and I felt a little rush. His eyes were kind of, intriguing.

"I won't lose moon village! So get ready for a pummeling of your life time," Sakura punched her right fist to her left palm.

"Right….. Let's see how that works because I, also, don't lose!" I looked at my opponents as I began to come up with a plan in my head.

"Well then," Shikamaru began, "Ready…Set…Begin!"

"C'mon Akamaru!" Kiba yelled. Him and the bear ran towards me then started to spin really fast. They crossed in mid-air knocking me backwards. I felt my lip, it was bleeding. Sakura started to run towards me as well.

"Hmm. I guess I can't take you lightly anymore." I wiped the blood off my lip and got up.

"Go Sakura!" Kiba and Akamaru landed after they spun.

"Hyah!" Sakura was in midair getting closer as her fist was above her head. She hit the ground making it crumble right under me. I tried to get back up but my arm was stuck.

"Take this!" As I had almost got up, trying to wrangle my arm out, Sakura knocked me back down and all the way to the other side of the training field. I looked at my arm as it swollen, red, and bleeding.

"Ahhgggh!" My back and my arm felt like it was just shattered. I wobbled my way up to try and do some hand signs and get a lead on them.

"Let's finish this Sakura!" Kiba looked towards Sakura.

"Right! Ahhhh!" Sakura pulled her fist backwards as it slowly was surrounded by pink mist. Kiba ran to me and kicked me upwards. Sakura ran forward and hit me again pushing to the other side of the field, again. I felt like my organs just switched places with each other.

"Tsuyoi!" Segio yelled for me, as I was being pummeled by my opponents.

"Not this time!" I pawed myself back up, shaking with every step. "Take this! Sun Ray!

I started shooting a hot light beam from my hands knocking Sakura on the ground.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Sakura yelled as the hot light struck her stomach and pushed her backwards.

"Let's finish this! Chakra Sun Extractor Jitsu!" I made a hand sign with my thumbs touching and the rest of my fingers interlocked straight up with each other. Before I knew it, Akamaru knocks me back making my jitsu go south. Instead of me taking their chakra away, I took my own chakra away. I had lost…. I had completely forgotten about the bear… dog…

"Nice job Akamaru!" Kiba runs towards Akamaru and pet him.

"I told you I don't lose!" Sakura started to heal her wounds from the sun ray.

"Tsuyoi!" Kyu and Segoi yelled.

::3rd Person Point of View::

"Yea Tsuyoi? How did you lose? You're the jonin here." Segoi grabbed Tsuyoi's shoulder and looked her curiously in the eye.

"Hey! Don't get mad at her?! She had tough opponents!" Kyu pushed Segoi off of Tsuyoi reaching towards Tsuyoi for a hug.

"You had tougher opponents than her! I mean for god's sakes the kid has the nine-tailed fox, AND beat Pain, the leader of the Akatski. Also you were paired with Kakashi, the copy ninja, don't go with the whole, tough opponents thing."

"You know I am stronger than her! No offense Tsuyoi. And stop talking to her like she isn't here."

"Whatever, sometimes I just think that you lied about…" Segoi was suddenly interrupted before he could finish his rude sentence.

"Umm… How.. How did you know about Pain, I barely or vaguely mentioned it earlier, and I didn't even say the name?" Naruto looked at the three moon ninja with wide curiosity.

"Look blondie, we may have lived on the moon, but we still have contact with the other nations. We have what we call a Clan leader, which is like your hokage. Every 5 years a new leader was chosen from the different clan in the moon village, this was to keep peace and order, which always worked. Every 8 clans, because we only had 8 specific clans, a person from the Star Family, or Suta-Tsuki would be chosen to be the leader. When Pain hit the Leaf Village 2 years ago, our dad was the Clan Leader at the time. He told us what was going on." Kyu said.

"So is your dad still the clan leader even after the attack?" Naruto asked.

"Umm…No, uh he was actually murdered last month." The three moon ninja looked at the ground grieving for their lost father.

"Oh I'm so sorry..." Naruto thought about how he was born without parents, due to the nine tailed fox and Obito/Madara.

"That's actually why our village was attacked. Because our father was killed by him…" Kyu was rudely interrupted by her angered sister.

"Look what she is saying is that we weren't completely isolated! I told you Kyu, no! We do not speak of the traitor!" Tsuyoi started to pull her away when she jerked back.

"They are going to find out sooner or later! He is going to find us, find me… And try to kill me. Maybe if they knew we would be better protected!" Kyu angrily responded.

"Oh really? You think so? That is exactly what the Hidden Leaf Village said to the Uchiha clan, but where are they now! Murdered by Itachi Uchiha, ordered by the hidden leaf, or the third hokage! Oh and let's not forget the only other survivor is Sasuke and heaven knows where he is! I am protector of the three of us; I will not let you speak another word of this topic!" Tsuyoi glared at Naruto and Kyu until Naruto quickly changed the subject.

"Well then… Hey Shikamaru!? Are we done? I am in the mood for some ramen." Naruto rubbed his loud and hungry belly.

"Yea, I uh guess so Naruto." Shikamaru responded.

"Ramen? That sounds good! Can I come?" Kyu looked at Naruto as she remembered her rushed morning without breakfast.

"Really you would want to come eat with me?" Naruto smiled and even blushed a little has as the purple hair kunochi smiled.

"Hah well is there a reason I shouldn't?" Kyu smirked and then giggled.

"I don't know. I guess not. Okay then let's…" Naruto was unable to finish his sentence when Kyu interrupted.

"Do you guys want to come?" Kyu looked to her siblings and other leaf ninja. Everyone except Shikamaru responded in no, I'm busy, or not hungry.

"Sorry, but maybe we can talk later. But uh Tsuyoi, you should definitely help me with my jutsu and stuff sometime." Kiba said before hopping onto Akamaru.

"Well, maybe we can, without Akamaru, I think that, that would be better." Tsuyoi smiled and rubbed her hand against Kiba's arm.

"Yea, I think that would be cool. I don't think that we will be doing any training considering me and Akamaru are a package deal with that, so maybe we can just go for a walk or something," Kiba smiled then ran off on top of Akamaru.

"Well, Segoi, you can help me right?" Ino winked and blushed looking at the blue haired player.

"Umm *blushing* yea sure… if you would want me to." Segoi looked down and then back up into Ino's eyes.

"Well everyone, I have had so much fun, but I have stuff to read and things to do. You are an excellent ninja Kyu, it will be very interesting watching you in the Chunin Exams." Kakashi waved goodbye then poofed away after pulling out Icha Icha.

"What about you Shikamaru? I noticed you didn't answer," Kyu turned towards Shikamaru, but before he was going to answer the question of going against the hero of leaf, Naruto, of course, he interrupted.

"Umm, well actually, Kyu, maybe just me and you could go. Yunno, Nine Tails to Ten Tails. If that's alright with you?"

"Sure, yea I guess that would be cool. Sorry Shikamaru, maybe another time. Okay? I promise." Kyu winked before walking away with Naruto.

"Uh yea. What in the world…." Shikamaru couldn't believe he was just… he didn't even know what to call it.

"Well then I guess me and Tsuyoi should go then too… if that's okay?" Tsuyoi nodded and started to walk away.

"Yea, yea good, I guess I will just be here…..alone."

::Shikamaru's Point of View::

-Did I seriously just get passed up for Naruto? I thought Kyu liked me? She did kiss me. And I, I kissed back. I really like this girl. She was my first kiss. Does she not like me anymore? This is such a freakin' drag, this is why I don't get involved with girls in the first place.

::Naruto's Point of View::

-Kyu looks really pretty. I didn't see how beautiful she was last night. She is also a really good ninja, maybe even better than me. But like she would go out with me….. But maybe she will, I mean Sakura may not see it, but I am a man, a good ninja! I have grown up a lot since team 7 first came together. I am better than Sasuke! Then again, we are just friends, remember that Naruto, just friends.-

"So uh, when did you find out about the ten-tails?" I inquired trying to start conversation with Kyu.

"Slow down there blondie, I think we should go a little shallower than that for now. I mean in general, I found out 2 years ago. But how… is a long story…. I just, I struggle trusting people since I found out, it's really nothing against you, the only people I really trust are my siblings." Kyu looked down and then back at me smiling with her eyes closed and her nose crinkled, it was so cute, just friends Naruto, just friends!

"Well then, why does your sister get so grrrrr when you speak of him, whoever him is." Yea, that's shallow right, yea very shallow.

"Him is just somebody we trusted. He betrayed us, and destroyed the whole village. He wanted to extract my power to him, so he could control the power. Him, was the one who murdered my father," Kyu looked around the village as the breeze hit her long purple hair.

"I know that feeling, of someone wanting to take your life because of the curse. That is why Pain came and attacked our village"

"Finally, someone I can relate to!" Kyu butt shoulders with me while smiling, she just had this beautiful smile.

"Anytime! Yunno, I am really good friends with Gaara, overtime at least. We used to hate each other, but we realized overtime, we are the only ones who understand each other. Well not anymore. And this time it is a girl!" I laughed and smiled thinking of Gaara and I's interesting relationship.

"Haha.. Yea. I would love to meet him sometime!" Kyu and I walked right up to Ichiraku ramen, but for some reason, I wasn't very hungry anymore.

"Yunno, I am not so hungry anymore. Do you just want to keep walking and talking?"

"I wouldn't mind that at all!" Kyu continued walking and I followed.

"Awesome, we can just walk around the village then?" I looked at Kyu as she nodded.

"Naruto, you are the first person to ever understand me, so I want to tell you something, and you can't tell anyone." Kyu looked down then right into my eyes, they looked like crystals in the bright sun.

"Anything, haha. And I won't tell anyone." I had a feeling what it was about.

"So, 2 years ago in the moon village he, the him we talked about earlier, started to form together a similar form of what you guys called the Akatsuki. But he called it the Yudi. It doesn't even mean anything, it just sounds like You Die. Anyways, over time these people started appearing. One day I was walking home from squad practice and 2 of the men grabbed me. I fought them off with my Body entrapment Jitsu. I was lucky to have mastered that jutsu a few days earlier,"

"Really though," I replied to the luck of learning the jutsu.

"Haha, Anyways, 2 days later the same thing happened only with four people instead. I couldn't fight them off. They tried to beat me so I would knock out and they could take me to him. Then I started to get angry. My eyes went immediately into Kosumogan. There… there was this huge flash once I started turning blue and growing wings, fangs, and claws. The flash shoved them back and made them hit the trees around us."

"It doesn't end there does it?" I knew that this wasn't going to end well, I even thought of Pervy Sage and the incident of the nine tails that scarred him.

"Nope… Actually it gets worse. The men fled and I turned back to my regular self. I rushed to get home and when I got there I told my mom about the two instances. She ran to my father and didn't talk to me for the rest of the day. The next morning at the start to team training, he attacked my whole team. Him, and the 2 from 2 days previous, and the 4 from the day before. My sensei tried to fight them off, but there was just…just too many" Kyu's eyes started to fill with tears but she wiped her eyes and looked up. "But then they…. They uh…ugh *cries softly* stabbed him through his chest, my eyes immediately went into Kosumogan again. This time they missed the flashed. But, my uh…my teammates didn't… it killed them….. I was all alone with him and 6 other people. When they started to hit me again and drag me away, I knew my death was coming."

"I think I can guess what happens next from when you explained your curse," I looked at Kyu as she readjusted herself to tell the rest of the story.

"Yep, that's right. I turned into a dragon. It was as big as the nine tails fox but I could control my every move. I was so angry though that it felt like something else was controlling my mind. I killed 3 of the 7 men without a sweat so all the others, including him, ran, and didn't come back until the attack 2 days ago, but he brought at least 50 men then?

"Wow… I am so sorry. I have definitely had my own tough times with the nine tails…." I remembered Haku and the time I hurt Sakura on the Tenchi Bridge mission with Sai and Yamato.

"Yunno, I am surprised by you." Kyu looked at me with her eyes sparkling.

"What do you mean?"

"When Shikamaru had told me about you, I thought you would be some big headed bozo that because he defeated the Akatsuki leader, he thought he would be better than everyone else." Kyu laughed at herself.

"Oh…" I wondered if that was an insult or a compliment.

"No, what I am saying is that you aren't like that… You aren't like that at all... In fact you are one of the best people I have ever met… Or at least one of the nicest." Kyu looked down then into my eyes; I feel like this, this is a moment. Just friends Naruto! Just friends!

"Heheh, thanks! I try!" Great Job Naruto, great save.

"No problem… It must have taken a long time… to train as hard you do, and defeat Pain. A few months ago, my mother showed me him, he was very powerful. He looked scary to me, by all those piercings inside, or on him. Or whatever they were."

"Actually, they weren't piercings, at least some of them weren't. A lot of them were chakra rods. And it did, it was a painful battle. I almost died… by the nine-tails…" I remembered the conversation with my dad, he helped me and it was nice knowing I was the son of the fourth hokage.

"You serious?" Kyu looked back at me and stopped moving.

"In the middle of battle with Pain, he did a jutsu entrapping me in a rock. I had eight tails emerged at this point. I had no control of what was going to happen... at all… My father rescued me in my mind, he resealed the curse and I was able to defeat Pain as myself."

"That's amazing…. Hey is this you?" Kyu said pointing to a picture.

"Huh…" I said. By this time we had walked all the way to the hokage's mansion. In the front lobby of the mansion she had a picture of me and Pervy Sage on a clipboard.

"You were so short! You had a more orange jumpsuit on however many years ago then you do now...! Haha! You were so adorable… And my have you changed…" Kyu winked at me and fist pumped my shoulder.

"It was five… five years ago, before me and Pervy Sage left the village so I could train with just him... His words… were what inspired the real pain… Nagato... to revive all of the lost souls.. Including kakashi sensei…" I looked up at the sky and thought of the will of fire and peace that pervy sage and Asuma sensei passed down to me.

"You are one of a kind Naruto… I am surprised after you saved the whole village that you don't of a whole bunch of girls fawning over you…" Kyu turned and looked at me, she was so close to me, my heart's racing… Just friends Naruto… Just friends… you can do it.

"Really… Uh… Umm… why?" It was hard for me to talk staring at the beautiful, funny, and very similar talkative girl in front of me.

"Well uh, your looks aren't so bad, and you are the village's superhero…" Kyu smiled and looked back at the five year old picture.

"Oh, would you be jealous if I did, start hanging out with other girls," I started to flirt with Kyu thinking she was flirting with me…boy was I wrong.

"What?! I… uh…I thought we were just friends… I didn't mean to lead you on or anything… I actually already like somebody I am sorry…" Kyu stepped back a little with her eyebrows raised.

"Umm I wasn't saying that! I was uh…I was just wondering if we would still have time to be friends... Because it is kind of nice having someone close around to talk to… I can't always make the long trip to talk to Gaara…" I think I covered that up well enough.

"Right…" Kyu giggled. "I'm sorry… I guess because you said… Nevermind. I am glad we are friends. Hey I got to go… But for future reference, if you ever forgot about me, for those other girls, I will hurt you…" Kyu walked away and smiled.

-Man did I dodge a kunai there…. I did think she was flirting with me… I mean I guess because… oh whatever... I hope this other guy realizes how lucky he is…-

::Tsuyoi's Point of View::

::At the field, right after Naruto and Segoi Left::

-Segoi and I had started to walk away when I noticed that Shikamaru had something on his mind. He kicked the dirt and started to walk with his hands in his pockets.-

"Segoi, you go ahead... I will meet you up at the apartment later alright? I think something's up with Shikamaru…" Segoi nodded and walked out of the training field vicinity. I ran to catch up Shikamaru. He turned to look at me as I jumped next to him.

"Oh hey.. I thought you were leaving with Segoi?" Shikamaru questioned.

"I was going to but, I can obviously see something is on your mind. Do you want to talk about it?" I titled to my head to lean myself in front of Shikamaru.

"Nah, I don't think so. But… can I ask you a couple random questions?"

"Umm sure, what's on your mind," I wondered what Shikamaru could possibly want.

"How are you a jonin… Not trying to be rude, but by the looks of it, you don't fight like anything more than a genin."

"Well uhh… that's because, I am only a genin…"