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Naruto and Jiraiya walked down road to the Hidden Leaf village. Naruto had been gone for two years, training with the Sannin. He did take a break of a sort to retrieve Sasuke, taking him on an adventure that involved demons deadlier than even Gaara and Kyubbi. Now he was back and ready to join up with squad seven.

"Well, well Naruto. What have you been up to." A voice came from above. Naruto and Jiraiya looked up to find Kiba, Akamaru, and a figure covered in black and green with the leaf village headband on his forehead.

Naruto smiled, "Hey Kiba. I see your still carrying that mutt around." Akamaru growled lightly but knew that Naruto was just kidding. "So who is your friend?"

Kiba's jaw dropped as the cloaked figure's eyebrows knit in annoyance. "That's Shino you moron. Don't tell me you forgot him?"

"Hey who are you calling a moron! The guy is completely covered and it's been awhile since I last saw him!" Naruto shouted back.

"Yeah, two years. So tell me, you learned anything new or did you just slack off?" Kiba asked with a smirk.

"Want me show you?" Naruto countered.

"Bring it on!" Kiba said landing on the ground with Akamaru next to him. Naruto removed his backpack and got into a stance. Akamaru hopped onto Kiba using man-beast mimickery. The two quickly attacked Naruto using Fang over Fang which Naruto dodged easily leaping into the air climbing higher as the attacks kept coming. Immediately Naruto dropped down creating two clones preparing his Rasengan. Kiba and Akamaru charged downward at Naruto colliding into his Rasengans blowing both of them back. Kiba landed hard on the left as Akamaru landed on the right reverting back to his dog form. "Darn! You have gotten better." Kiba said standing up shaking his head.

"Yeah. I beat you rather easily. Looks like you need to do some training." Naruto laughed proud of his victory.

"I see you are still just as humble now as you were back then." Shino said landing on the ground. "I had hoped you would have grown up a bit. However if Kiba hadn't, why should expect anything different." Kiba looked at Shino and growled lightly at the comment.

Naruto just smiled at the comment and replied, "Are you asking for a challenge?"

Shino's bugs crawled out of his coat surrounding the area, "I don't know, am I?" Shino replied making Naruto begin to sweat.

"Um... where is Hinata? Isn't she usually with you?" Naruto asked quickly change the subject.

"Hey! that's right. Hinata was with us minute ago." Kiba said looking around.

Shino smiled beneath his mask sensing she was hiding behind a tree taking quick peeks at Naruto, but decided not to say anything about it. "She must have gone home she was up rather early."

"Well I'm anxious to get to the village and see how everyone is doing. Let Hinata know I'm back." Naruto said before walking on.

Shino smile as he replied, "That won't be a problem."

Hinata watched Naruto leave before slumping to the ground feeling like a coward.

Back in the village Sasuke and Lee were locked in a vicious battle. Lee had taken off his weights so he could keep up with Sasuke making the battle seem equal. Lee was charging in with a flying kick that Sasuke attempt to block only to get knocked straight into a wall. Lee raised a fist in triumph before Sasuke got up charging at his opponent restarting the fight. The battle intensified as Lee opened the first gate matching Sasuke move for move. The Uchiha leaped back letting loose his dragon blast that which Lee extinguished with his whirlwind kick. As the wind died down Lee looked around frantically for his opponent. A shadow in the sky alerted Lee too late as Sasuke's fist made contact on his opponent's face. Lee fell to the ground in defeat tired from the battle as Sasuke sat on the grass exhausted as well. "Wow that was great. I may have lost but next time the result won't be the same." Lee shouted throwing a thumbs up sign.

"Heh. I'll believe it when it happens." Sasuke countered however in his mind Lee was getting dangerously close to getting Sasuke to transform. A loud clapping soon got their attention as they turned to find Naruto walking toward them.

"Bravo show, however Sasuke your slacking." Naruto called out.

"Well look who is back in town." Sasuke smiled seeing his old friend.

"Naruto!" Lee shouted immediately standing up. "I've been wondering how you have been. I want to see how you have improved. Naruto I challenge you here and now!"

"Lee. You just had a fight with me. Give your body a chance to relax." Sasuke said finally standing up. "Then take on the loser." Sasuke said with a smirk.

Naruto's jaw dropped. "What was that? Why don't we have a show down right here right now and see who the loser is."

Sasuke's smile disappeared as his eyes flashed with fear. "Nah. I'm worn out with fighting Lee. Another time."

Naruto looked away, "Yeah right, What a cowardly excuse."

Sasuke glared at Naruto desiring to shut him up but knew he couldn't risk the battle getting out of hand. With his demon form and Kyubbi locked in Naruto the fight could easily destroy the village. It was a risk he could not take. After moment of silence Sasuke suggested, "Hey lets hit Ichiraku ramen. I hear Iruka sensei is in that area."

Naruto turned around drooling. "Really! You gonna treat?"

"No. But I'm sure Iruka sensei will when he sees you."

"Awesome lets go!" Naruto shouted taking off. Sasuke shook his head grinning. "Hey Lee catch you later." The raven haired ninja said before walking over to Ichiraku's.

As soon as the two arrived they saw Iruka. "Hey Iruka sensei!" Naruto called out.

Iruka turned to find his favorite student running up to him, "Naruto? Well well long time no see."

"Yep. I just got in. Met up with a few familiar faces before seeing yours." Naruto replied.

"Well I'm glad your back. The village has been quiet without you."

"Yeah, I was starting to enjoy it." Sasuke called from behind receiving a dirty look from Naruto.

"Say what! I'm gonna make you eat those words." Naruto shouted.

Iruka started laughing at the two. "It's nice to know something's never change. Hey, Naruto how about I treat you and Sasuke to a bowl of ramen."

"Alright, that would be great!" Naruto shouted rushing toward Ichiraku's.

Sasuke smiled thinking how predictable Iruka and Naruto were before walking into the restaurant. Two bowls of ramen were placed in front of the boys allowing Naruto to dig in. "Hey how is Sakura?" Naruto asked in between bites. Sasuke remained silent staring at his bowl slowly stirring the food. Naruto stopped and looked over to Sasuke, "Hey what's up?"

Sasuke looked up, "What?"

"Your not eating. You sick or something?" Naruto asked.

"Not hungry." Sasuke said pushing his ramen to Naruto. "I'll catch up with you later in the training area. We'll talk more there. Catch you later Iruka sensei." Sasuke walked away slowly his head hung low.

"What's going on with him?" Naruto asked Iruka.

Iruka sighed before replying, "He and Sakura had a heated argument. The next day Sakura was call off to a mission. So they haven't had a chance to make up."

"What was the argument about?" Naruto asked with interest forgetting about his food.

"Don't know. I heard rumors but that was it."

"What kind of rumors?" Naruto pried.

"Not for me to say. I can't give you a false impression about what happened. It's best to get the information from Sasuke himself."

"Got it!" Naruto replied looking at the bowl of ramen Sasuke had left for him. Quickly Naruto scarfed the food down. "Thanks for the treat Iruka sensei. We'll have to do it again." Naruto hollered before taking off after his friend.

Sasuke was under a tree at the training grounds waiting for Naruto. He had a secret and only two people knew of it. Talking to Naruto was not an ideal choice but who else could he turn to? Who else could he talk his problems over with when it came to his deal with Mephisto and his relationship with Sakura. This time however Sasuke hoped Naruto would be mature about his problem. Unfortunately it was Naruto he was going to talk to. "Hey Sasuke. I'm ready to talk about this argument you had with Sakura." Naruto called immediately popping out of no where.

Sasuke closed his eyes then sighed heavily knowing he was gonna regret this. "A rumor got started that Sakura and I were sleeping together."

"Was it true?" Naruto asked absent mindedly.

"We're fifteen you moron! Of course it not true!" Sasuke shouted angrily. After taking a deep breath he continued, "However it did get Sakura wanting to talk about it. I didn't and it started this big argument. She stated she wanted to be prepared I didn't want to think about. Next thing you know where yelling at one another and said something's we didn't mean. Now she is on a mission and I'm worried about her."

"Why didn't you want to talk about it?" Naruto asked carefully.

Sasuke pulled his glove off revealing the demonic mark, "I don't know if I can. Or what the result will be. I'm scared and how can I admit that to Sakura. I enjoy being with her but now I'm wondering if it's best if she finds someone else." Immediately after his statement Naruto shot his fist forward connecting to Sasuke's face. "Ow. What was that for?" Sasuke asked rubbing his jaw.

"What do you think? You think your just Sakura's boy-toy. No she loves you and if you had been honest with her in the first place you could have avoided this mess. Yeah your girlfriend is scary when angry but with you she rational and understanding. All you have to do is tell her the truth." Naruto said to his friend.

Sasuke looked at Naruto with amazement. Last time he saw the knucklehead he was as dumb as a brick now he was intelligent. With a light laugh he replied, "You're right. Where'd you learn all that?"

"From Pervy Sage's books." Naruto said causing Sasuke to frown feeling like a fool to believe Naruto was more than a block-head.

"Hey Sasuke, Naruto! The Hokage demands our presence immediately." A voice called out. The two looked ahead to see Lee waving his arms wildly before leaving. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and immediately followed.

Elsewhere in the village Kakashi and Jiraiya met. "His training is complete. He is in your hands now. However his power with the fox has grown. So far his most powerful transformation was up to four tails." The Sannin pulled out some papers with designs on them as he continued. "If Naruto gets out of control place one of these on his forhead to calm Kyubbi."

"I see. Which Sasuke's help let's hope that won't be a problem." Kakashi replied. Jiraiya thought back to when Sasuke dissappeared as Sakura and Naruto left to find him. With Itachi's defeat Sasuke and Sakura were punished for disobeying orders leaving the village in. Jiraiya couldn't help but wonder what Sasuke used to defeat his brother.

"Did you ever discover Sasuke's hidden power?" The Sannin asked.

"No. But he has developed the Mangekyo Sharingan." Kakashi stated. "Whatever he used to defeat Itachi, I have yet to see anything that powerful."

"Well we had better be glad Sasuke is on our side." Jiraiya said with a smile.

"Indeed."

"Kakashi!" Raido called out. "Kakashi I've been look everywhere for you. Lady Tsunadi has an urgent mission for you and your team."

"Understood." Kakashi replied taking the seals from Jiraiya. "Until next time."