Hehe time jump!

PART ONE

'Daddy.' Tenshi called, her Ame headband glinting in the light. Nagato looked up from his work and smiled, calling her in.

'What is it?'

'I don't want to be in a team of Ame ninjas. I want to be in the same team as Sanagi and Raiden.' She said straight forward. She planned this out. It was a good idea.

'But they're Konoha ninjas. You're an Ame ninja. Besides, teams aren't picked by friends.' Nagato explained.

'I know.' Tenshi smiled. 'But it's more than that. The three of us in a team is too good to pass up. We have excellent teamwork and they're the only two who understand how Rinnegan works because I trained with them since the beginning. Even Ame ninjas won't understand.'

Nagato put down his papers and gestured to the chair in front of him, regarding his intelligent daughter. 'Tell me more.'

So she did, explaining the idea of an Allied Team. Nagato listened and together, a paper between them, they worked out the bugs, how missions were to be given out and reported. Finally Nagato looked at his daughter and said suspiciously. 'You've been in my papers, haven't you?'

She looked up with her big stormy eyes, portraying innocence. 'Mom needed help.'

'Of course. I'll see what I can do for you but the chances are slim.' Nagato sighed, eyes scanning the paper.

'No need, I just came to tell you, Daddy! I have a plan.' She said surely, leaving the room swiftly.

'Oh no…'

PART TWO

'Mizukage's been having reports of children missing.' Sasuke said, his flak jacket lying on the couch. Naruto frowned and looked the paper over.

'Smells like the Tsuchikage's work.' Naruto said spreading an air of discomfort.

'But there's not enough evidence to accuse them. Whoever it is, they need to be caught immediately.' Shikamaru said gravely. 'I think we should send an Akatsuki there. Just one, it can't raise suspicion.'

'We should send Kisame! He came from Kiri, right?' Naruto said, writing on the paper. He grinned but he hated this thing with the Tsuchikage. They were just children… and so many of them were missing… probably dead…

'I'll send a request to Pein-sama.' Shikamaru said. Sasuke opened his mouth to say something but he was stopped when Tenshi skipped into the room and stood in front of Naruto's desk, smiling cutely.

Naruto had a soft spot for kids but he had a big one for Tenshi because her red hair reminded him of his mother. 'Good morning, Hokage-sama.' She bowed respectfully. 'I have a proposition to present you if you'd like to listen.'

'Hey, Tenshi-hime. Your dad sent you, huh?' Naruto greeted with a wide smile.

'Nope! I have something to ask you.' Tenshi said cheerfully. Shikamaru leaned back and watched. He knew very well, Tenshi was intelligent beyond any seven year old kid.

'Shoot.' Naruto said, leaning back in his chair. The situation looked a lot like a Hokage that decided to listen to the ramblings of a random kid that busted into his office.

'I want to be put into a Genin team with Sanagi and Raiden. Because I'm an Ame Genin and they are Konoha Genin, we'll still have our forehead protectors according to our village and we will report to both our village's leaders. Missions can be planned out for each month so incoming priority missions can be easily placed in.' Tenshi said with the voice of an expert presenter. 'At the current moment alliances are just writings on paper but the Allied Team' will not only symbolize but strengthen alliances actually giving it a physical bond. Plus it will cancel out competition between the allied villages when it comes to missions because you can just split the money when it is given to both sides. Also, it will cause no inconvenience to you at all because I will be coming here for my training and be instructed by Konoha Jounin depending on majority of the team.' She finished, waiting.

Naruto laughed and she looked at him, confused. 'I have no idea what you just said. These two usually help me make that sort of decision.' He said gesturing to the Uchiha and the Nara.

'Idiot. She's proposing to have a Genin team with ninjas from Ame and Konoha. ' Sasuke sighed, looking at his not too bright teammate.

'Tenshi-hime has a point though, she makes sense. Allied Teams are definitely a big political help. It'll be good for both Konoha and Ame. Does your dad know you came to speak to Naruto?' Shikamaru asked the adorable girl. She swept back her hair and smiled, nodding.

'He has the papers explaining the entire thing. They're on their way here for the signatures but those don't really matter if Naruto-sama agrees.' Tenshi said. Shikamaru was just impressed that there was even prepared paperwork.

'Sure! It sounds like a great idea. You and those two Sharingan boys are really good in a team anyway. I saw you guys train the other day.' Naruto said. He grinned at the look of joy on Tenshi's face. 'But you gotta call me Naruto instead of Naruto-sama. Sounds weird.' He said, pretending to shudder.

Tenshi tilted her head, making some red strands fall over her face. 'How about Hokage-sama? I'm not used to…' She trailed, bargaining as she struggled for words. 'Mom and Daddy say it's rude and I'm not a rude person.'

'Hokage-sama sounds way better. Be at the Academy grounds tomorrow at eight, okay? They'll announce the teams and assign your sensei to you.'

'Thank you, Hokage-sama.' She said with a bow, skipping out the door. 'Thank you Nara-san, Uchiha-san.'

'How'd she know who you were?' Sasuke asked, looking at the genius.

Shikamaru looked amused. 'Her parents must have familiarized her with the clans of Konoha.' He said, glancing at the symbol on his sleeve.

'Very impressive.'

PART THREE

Teisu woke up one morning with the hiccups. He didn't bother with them except that they irritated him to no end. But he started to feel nervous after the first hour. It even got more frequent. Eventually Sasori stuck his head out with a sigh, looking at his uncomfortable, frustrated son.

'Water helps, lots of it.' He said, going back into his room to escape the annoying sound. His mother was out on a mission today. Takuza was practicing his katas with his father. Where the hell was Kazumi?

He gulped down water. He gulped down water for fifteen minutes straight till his tummy was so full, it sloshed in there. He felt sick now. He lay down on the couch, biting a rag, trying to close his throat till the hiccups left. He held his breath till his face was blue. None of it worked. He panicked. Three hours of increasing hiccups!

'Help!' He squeaked, the hiccup intercepting the word. He ran out into the surrounding forest, breathing hard, hiccups still present. They were going to drive him mad! All he could here was 'hic!' Soon people would forget his name because 'hic!' was all they would hear! His little heart was leaping in his chest like a scared rabbit.

A deafening boom sounded out behind him, making the usually cool and calm boy jump with fright, he whipped around and saw Kazumi swing down from a tree, soot on her smiling face. 'Did I get them, Tei? Did I scare the hiccups, hm?'

He looked at her in shock. The hiccups had stopped. She must've been rigging up that huge explosion. To scare the hiccups away. He had been so afraid. The hiccups were terrorizing him! He just looked at her with unusually wide brown eyes, still breathing hard from both scares. Kazumi looked at him worriedly but she smiled to show him it was okay.

Her mouth shaped into a perfect 'O' as Teisu hugged her, burying his head into her neck. She patted his head with a small grin.