Yet another chapter.

I do not own Naruto

-Soprana

As the sun creeped up over Konoha, many of the villagers began to stir and awaken. Soon, the sun began to creep along the lawn of the Namikaze compound and into the master bedroom window. As it shone on the sleeping face of Naruto, however, he did not stir. After sleeping on that creaky bed in his old apartment and in a sleeping bag on missions, this bed was heavenly. The sad thing was, his slumber was short lived, for as he rolled over to avoid the sunlight, his alarm rang. Grumbling inaudible words, he shut the alarm off and sat up. He glanced around the bedroom, his new bedroom. He smiled to himself. He could get used to this.

He slowly fumbled down the stairs and saw Earth in the corner on his back with his paws in the air. His tongue protruded from his gaping mouth. Snickering a little, Naruto continued to the kitchen.

Wind was on the couch curled up in a ball and was snoring slightly. He entered the kitchen and nearly tripped over Water. She was laying by the door. The only sound she made was her breathing.

Naruto walked over to the fridge and pulled out the fresh milk. 'Thank you Sakura!' Naruto thought. He would have never gone grocery shopping if she wasn't there. He quietly ate his breakfast while thinking of Sakura. Then he strolled out to the backyard. There he saw Fire. He was sitting by the rose bushes, his eyes closed. As Naruto approached, he opened an eye and grinned.

"Morning Master." He said cheerfully.

"Morning Fire." Naruto answered as he sat on a bench nearby.

"Hey Fire." Naruto said as Fire looked up at him. "I was thinking, if I happen to take you and the others on missions, I need to know your powers. If possible, I need some combination attacks." Naruto said quietly. Fire smirked. "Of course Master. Is there a place we can practice?" Naruto thought for a moment before speaking. "Yeah, there is. I also have someone to help me."

After Fire woke all the other Elements up, They followed Naruto through the streets of Konoha. They made it all the way to a cafe near the front gate. Inside the cafe, sat Sakura. She was finishing up a light breakfast when she saw Naruto and the Elements standing outside.

Smiling, she quickly payed for her meal and ran outside to greet them. "Naruto? What are you doing here so early? How did you know I was here?" She asked. Naruto grinned before answering.

"Well Sakura-chan, I was hoping you could help me with something and I remembered that every five days, you always come here for breakfast so." Sakura laughed. 'He knows me so well' She thought.

"Well, what do you need help with?" She asked as they started walking towards the training grounds. "I need help with testing out the Elements powers and coming up with combination jutsus." He said cheerily.

Sakura thought for a moment before agreeing. "Ok I'm in!"

When they arrived at the training area, Naruto turned to face the Elements.

"Ok, I want to test your power and strength against me. So Fire your first. Don't hold back!"

Fire looked at Naruto nervously before saying, "Um, Master? I don't want to harm you in anyway. I can't fight you at full velocity."

Naruto laughed before leaning down and petting Fire. "No worries! I got this figured out. You will do battle with one of my clones. So you can completely consintrate on defeating my shadow clone with no worries on hurting me." Fire thought about this for a moment before nodding.

Naruto motioned the other Elements to join Sakura in a far away tree. Then he created a clone. The real Naruto nodded to the clone, then left to join the others in spectating. Fire smiled slightly before morphing to human form. He brushed the shoulder of his cloak before getting in a battle stance. The clone Naruto cracked it's knuckles before preparing for battle.

After a few seconds, the clone charged. Fire leaped out of the way only to get caught by the fist of the clone. Fire staggered back and tried to punch the clone. It dodged and whacked Fire in the gut with it's foot. Fire went flying into a nearby tree. The clone straightened up and cracked it's neck as Fire pulled himself up. Fire took a deep breath and began to glow a dim red. Then he dashed to the clone. The clone moved to punch him but as it touched Fire, it quickly retracted it's scorched hand with a surprised yelp. Fire took advantage of this distraction to form chakra in his hands. A flame began to dance in Fire's palms. The clone flipped back and began to circle Fire. Fire's eyes followed the clone carefully before chucking the flame at it. The clone barely dodged as it pulled out a kunai.

The two circled each other before charging at the same time. The clone reached out to hit Fire in the neck, as Fire reached out to strike the clones chest. Fire was faster. As the clone dispersed, Fire quit glowing before morphing back to a wolf.

The real Naruto closed his eyes and interpreted the information coming from the clone.

"Well Master?" Fire called expectantly as he reached the bottom of the tree.

"Very nice!" Naruto called back. Fire grinned triumphantly before laying down at the base of the tree to rest. "I think his fire chakra and my wind chakra can create something big, eh Sakura-chan?" Naruto turned to Sakura. She nodded silently. Naruto then looked to Earth.

"Your up" He said. Earth left his perch on a branch and waddled to the arena. As he walked, he morphed to human as well. 'I need to give this clone enough chakra to make Rasengans' Naruto thought as he hand signed for a clone. When it appeared, it walked towards Earth. Within feet of each other, the clone charged. Earth ducked and rolled between the clone's legs. He then whirled around and had a vine attack the clone. Whipping out a kunai, the clone slashed the vines to pieces. It then tossed the kunai at Earth. Earth was not so lucky this time. The kunai sliced his upper right arm. Grunting, Earth rolled to dodge another kunai before snatching a floating leaf out of the air. He then placed it on the cut. To the clone's amazement, the cut vanished. No trace of it existed. Earth then began to run forward to attack. The clone quickly formed a Rasengan and charged too. Right before the Rasengan hit, Earth slammed his hand to the ground and a tree sprouted, blocking him. As the Rasengan burrowed into the trunk, Earth dashed around the tree and snapped the back of the clone's neck, dispersing it. Earth looked to Naruto who was processing the information. When Naruto nodded, Earth started to the tree, morphing as he went.

"Wind." Naruto said as he formed another clone. Wind looked at Water with an expression of pure excitement. Then she floated to the ground as she morphed to human. Then she skipped up to the arena. A few seconds of waiting, the clone charged. As they sparred, Naruto made two more clones and sent them in. He ordered them to make only Rasengans. No wind style. They circled Wind before forming Rasengans. Wind began to spin like a ballerina, arms waving gracefully. As they approached, She began to fade into nothing. Her body was completely gone when the clones reached each other. The Rasengans collided and propelled them backwards, crashing into trees. She became visible again back in the center of the area. "What was that?" One clone yelled sitting up.

"I became the air itself." Wind said simply.

The clones looked at each other with shocked faces. "Now then." Wind said as she began to spin again. The clones stood up, looked at each other, then charged halfheartedly forward. As Wind continued to spin, a glint could be seen at her palms. When she stopped to face the clones, they saw long curved blades protruding from her sleeves. She stayed still for a moment then she charged. She slashed at all the clones and dispersed them at once. She bowed to the smoke before she turned to the tree. As she walked, the blades in her sleeves faded into nothing. When she reached the tree she looked up to Naruto.

"Master, I sense you are confused about my weapons?" Naruto scratched the back of his head, "Yeah I was won... Wait, how did you know that?" Wind laughed, "Simple Master, after time, You grow a telepathic bond with us. We can hear your thoughts directed to us and you can hear our thoughts directed to you. I take the moving air around me and use my chakra to solidify it to a certain shape and image." Wind said as she morphed into a golden wolf.

Naruto smiled in amazement and looked at Sakura. She was smiling at Fire, who was making faces at Earth whenever he looked away. Her pink hair waved in the light breeze. He didn't want to stop watching but, he knew he couldn't have her. Her heart belonged to Sasuke. Or did it?

"Water." He said as he made two clones. When Water and the clones met at the arena, they just stared for a moment. The clones then charged. Water just stood there as they got closer and closer. "What is she doing?" Naruto asked Sakura. Sakura looked at him an said, "If she is just waiting like that, then she has something in store." Naruto smiled and looked back. At that moment, the clones were upon Water. One reached back to punch her in the stomach. As the clone pushed his fist forward, it never connected. To the clone's astonishment, it's fist went right through her. That was when the other punched her. All the fist just vanished and appeared on the other side. Water looked down to see two arms lodged in her stomach. She glanced behind to see then reappear, poking out of her back. She sighed deeply then poked one clone in the eyes. He leaped back howling. Water spun around and grabbed the other clones head. Her hands glowed a metallic blue. The clone's face began to wrinkle. Then it's neck and arms began to shrivel. It's eyes became red with lack of water. It's lips blistered and cracked. Finally, the clone dispersed with a dry pop. Water then whipped around and faced the clone laying on the ground. Water creeped out from her sleeve and formed a long blade. With one quick slice, the clone dispersed. The blade burst into water and she turned to walk to the tree, morphing as she went.

Sakura looked at Naruto. He had a focused look. 'He is so cute when he is thinking.' Sakura thought as Naruto ran his fingers through his hair.

"Water, what exactly was that attack you used on the first clone? All I can register is extreme thirst and fatigue." Naruto said finally. Water looked up with a sneaky grin from her muzzle.

"I pulled the water from the clone's body. Since normal humans are 70 percent water, I pulled 20 percent. Enough to make the clone pass out and disperse. I then used some of that water to form a blade. The rest I used to pull my body back to 90 percent." Sakura looked at Water shocked.

"Your body is 90 percent water?" She asked. Water nodded, "Since I am the water Element, I must have more water in my body than normal. That was why it was so painful for me to absorb the chakra forced upon me."

Sakura stared at her for a minute. "What?" Water called out, "I gotta stay hydrated!" She gave Sakura the thumbs up.

Sakura laughed. Naruto cleared his throat. "Hey Elements, could you go over to the creek? I'll meet you there."

"Of course Master." Fire said as he sat up. "Come on everyone, lets go." They all began to trot away. Wind looked back at Naruto and winked and Water gave him a knowing smile. Earth was busy rolling his eyes at them.

After they had vacated the area, Naruto turned to Sakura and asked, "So, what do you think?" Sakura looked at him, calculating her choices of words before speaking.

"Well, Fire is the strong silent type unless he is addressed by someone. He can raise his body heat and take on close range attacks. But he also can have mid-range attacks. His element and type of attacks go hand in hand with yours." Naruto nodded slightly. "So I can take Fire with me on pretty much all of my missions." He said. Sakura nodded.

"Earth is the rambunctious attitude type. He can be polite, he can be an ass. He has mid to long range attacks. He has stealth rather than force. He would be more comfortable with assassin missions and undercover missions." Naruto stayed quiet.

"Wind is more of a battle type. She may have stealth, but she seems more like the active, on the go type. She has all the attack ranges. She has the same chakra as you. Maybe she can teach you things." Naruto's brow furrowed. Sakura squealed inside her mind. 'He is SO cute!' Sakura practically screamed mentally.

After a moment of silence, Naruto looked at Sakura. "Um, Sakura?" Sakura's head jerked and said, "Oh! Oh Yeah! Water has close and mid range attacks. She seems like a stealth and undercover type. Maybe capable of interrogation. Since her body needs a lot of water, it might not be wise to take her on missions to Suna unless she has a water source." Naruto was quiet for a moment.

"Ok, Thanks for the input Sakura-chan!" Naruto said as he lept down and began to walk to the Elements.

Sakura felt her heart clench. He just left her. He just listened and left. She looked down to her lap. Perhaps he has given up on her.

Naruto walked up and called the Elements to him. Then they followed him back to the gate to the grounds. Sakura was already there.

She fumbled with her shinobi outfit. Water raised her head and read Sakura's expression like a book. Master did something to crush that gleam of hope that she had every time she looked at Master.

"Thanks again Sakura-chan!" Naruto said as he passed her waving.

Sakura watched Naruto and the Elements as they left. She felt jealously fill her. How she wished she could walk with them.

Water wiggled up to Fire's side and whispered, "Create some heat in the patch of air above Master's head." Fire looked at her questioningly before focusing his chakra there.

Wind's head snapped up before looking at Fire and Water. "What the heck do you think your doing?" Wind whispered. Water grinned before focusing her chakra into the heated air.

"Helping him realize his mistake." Water whispered as a small rain cloud began to form over Naruto's head. Then it released rain.

Naruto jumped and frantically searched the sky. Then he saw the mini storm cloud above his head. Then he looked at Water. "What is the meaning of this?" He grumbled, pointing to the cloud.

Water looked at him sternly before saying, "What? I was just clearing your head so you would realize you upset Sakura-san." Naruto tilted his head. Water growled. "Ugh, can't you see it? She likes you too! And you did something to make her lose hope Master!" Naruto just stared.

"And this is why we must not interfere with Master's love life." Earth interrupted.

Water stared into Naruto's eyes. "Sorry for my outburst Master, I just couldn't help it." She looked down, ready for punishment."You really think she will return my feelings? Should I try again?" Naruto asked as he kneeled in front of Water. Water looked up slowly and nodded. Naruto raised his eyebrow and smiled. "Then I'll try again, I trust your judgment. Oh and can you call off the monsoon?" Water smiled and the rain quit. Naruto stood and continued walking, the Elements at his heels.

After they had reached the house Naruto called a meeting with them in the living room. He informed them of the missions he would take them with him. He told them about his plans to create new jutsus with them. He also asked advice for asking Sakura out. Out of the input, Earth had the best.

Sakura sat on a bench under a sakura tree. She had a box of dangos and was swinging her feet. She figured to treat herself to a peaceful afternoon after work at the hospital. She ran through thoughts in her head. 'Ok so I have a surgery to perform with Tsunade-shishou, I have twenty check-ups, I have training planned, I have Naruto on my mind, I...Wait, Naruto? No, I can't. I have work. He has given up on me. I need to move on.' Sakura sighed.

'First I lost Sasuke, now I lost Naruto. I suck with men.' She put her face into her hands.

"Sakura-chan?" Sakura looked up to see Naruto looking at her curiously.

"Oh...Hey Naruto." Sakura said as she straightened up. Naruto looked at the box of dangos and then to her face. "May I join you?" He said simply. Sakura tilted her head in surprise and nodded. Naruto grinned and sat next to her.

"I hope everything is going smoothly." Water said as she lounged by the fire on a rug.

"Who cares? Master deserves the best, and in my opinion, she's not the best." Wind said simply as she tried to swat a fly with her tail; She was sprawled on the couch.

Water gave her a nasty look. "Master wants to choose her, so she is special." She snapped back at Wind. Wind rolled her eyes.

"I saw and smelled many other better women for him! This one has no infatuation with him." Wind muttered.

"Love is more than infatuation, Wind. He wishes to be with her, I can feel it! And judging by her actions, she wants him too." Water said coldly.

"You don't have the telepathic bond yet, Water! You don't know anything! I happen to have a piece of the bond intact now. I can read him like a story. He wants someone to return the love he wants to give!" Wind snarled as she rolled off the couch and pranced over to the rug. "And I intend to find a woman who will love him for who he is." Wind finished, staring Water in the face.

Water raised her eyebrow. "Oh really? Well then, you better hurry because..." Naruto burst through the front door with a "Wahoo!"

Wind looked at him, startled. Earth peered from around the corner. Naruto dashed up and hugged Earth.

"Master! Oxygen!" Earth gasped. Naruto released him and ran up to Water. "You were right Water! She just said yes to a date with me!"

He pet Water and scratched behind her ears. Then he ran outside to the garden to let out some steam.

"Wow, that was...energetic." Earth said before leaving. Water smiled sweetly at Wind.

"Oh shut up," Wind said, "You may have won now Water. If Sakura-san messes up. I will find a way to get another in his life." Wind hissed.

"You both should stay out of Master's business." Fire said as he passed by. Water nodded.

"I will. But I vow to protect Sakura-san. I like her." She said wagging her tail. Wind grinned and returned to the couch. "Then I make that same vow, for Master's sake." She mumbled as she rolled over.

Meanwhile, in the village hidden in the sound...

Kabuto sat at a desk fiddling with his thumbs. When he absorbed what was left of Orochimaru, he had become anxious. Now, he was calling upon some of Orochimaru's assistants. He had to be careful. "Lord Kabuto-sama, you requested my pupils?" A man said as he materialized from the darkness. Kabuto looked up and nodded.

"Ah, and is it because their true purpose has arisen?" The man said. "Yes, the Elements have escaped and most likely bonded to another 'Master'. Sasuke has betrayed us and left without them. If your pupils can bring back what is mine, I will reward you generously." Kabuto pleaded. "Very well, My pupils will kidnap the Elements, kill the Master, or force the Master to give them up." The man cackled as he clapped his hands four times. Suddenly, four figures appeared from the darkness.

"Introduce yourselves." The mysterious man yelled.

"I am Do" the first figure said.

"I am Re." The second said.

"I am Me." Said the third.

"And I am Fa." The last one said.

Kabuto raised his brows. "As in the music scale?"

"Yeah, got a problem?" Do said aggressively.

"No, no! It's just...cool. It's very clever." Kabuto said quickly. The all grinned evilly before bowing to Kabuto. Kabuto smiled.

It had begun.

"If you failed the assignment of writing your own autobiography, does this mean you failed at life?"

~ Anonymous