Chapter 4.

'Where is he?'

'Outside that door. He managed to slip past unnoticed. He's been under a henge jutsu. But he just gave up on that.'

'You do know I've only ever heard of him…right? Killer Bee? I've never actually met him.'

'I know that. Also, the other Jinchuuriki are near the gates and have concealed their chakra's at least five minutes ago.'

'YES! DATTEBAYO!'

'QUIET DOWN…Brat. We still have a problem.'

'Oh yeah…Kaka-Sensei and Captain Yamato. Damn. How do we get rid of them?'

There was a brief moment of silence as they racked their brains of anything that could be of use.

'You COULD just let me kill them…'

'NO! STINKING FOX.'

'Drat.'

'Is there any OTHER way? Which doesn't involve harming them?'

'Yes.'

'THEN TELL ME. We're running out of time!'

'Get them to look directly into your eyes. I'll do the rest.'

'Huh?'

'DO IT!'

To say Naruto was worried was an understatement. But to be honest, he didn't really have a choice.

Naruto screamed as though he was dying, he cried echoing throughout the dimly lit room.

"MY EYES!" He screamed, falling on his side and clawing at his eyes as though in agony.

Kakashi and Yamato glanced at each other in worried amazement before running to the cage and getting inside it.

The kneeled either side of Naruto as he thrashed around on the floor wildly.

"Naruto! Naruto what's wrong?"

"My! My EYES!" Naruto screeched horrendously, still clawing at his eyes.

Kakashi nodded once and held one side of Naruto's head and Yamato mirrored him.

"You look to his right eye, Yamato, and I'll tend to his left. Try and find out the problem." Kakashi ordered.

Yamato nodded in affirmation and they pulled Naruto's hands away, who let his arms go limp, and he let them pull his eyelids open gently and look into his eyes.

Suddenly he felt power flow through his eyes, and Kakashi and Yamato both jerked as the power hit them.

'MOVE.' The Kyuubi yelled at him.

Naruto barely registered it as he felt the Kyuubi moving him away as Kakashi and Yamato both slumped to the floor.

"Holy crap…Holy crap…Holy CRAP." Naruto muttered, his eyes aching from the power which had emanated from them.

Rummaging through Yamato's pouch he pulled forth a piece of paper and a couple of kunai.

He sighed, damn it. Even though Yamato hung around with Sai, he was unable to keep a pen on him. The baka.

Naruto carefully yet hurriedly sliced his finger open, letting some of the blood drip onto the tip of the kunai.

'What are you doing brat? We don't have time! They'll wake up any minute!'

"Shush you. I'm almost done." Naruto murmured.

Then, leaving the note pinned to the door, he opened it and slipped outside into the hallway.

'Where is he then?'

'I don't know. I've never seen him. But from a LOGICAL point of view, of which you do not have, he should be straight ahe-'

'I will hurt you if you call me stupid one more time.'

'I didn't!'

'You implied it.'

'…Bu-'

Naruto then caught sight of a tall, well built muscular man who had a tattoo of some kind of sign on his arm.

He was dressed in red white and black and he had five katanas strapped to his back in various positions and fingerless gloves which reached to the end of his forearm.

He also wore the Kumogakure Hitate (A/N: That's his headband.) on his forehead above his dark sunglasses.

'Is that him?'

'…I guess so…'

Of course, true to his word, Killer Bee was standing in the middle of the corridor, waiting patiently.

"You gave a shout, and I came about, and I see you made it out. Yo, you are Naruto?" He rapped.

"Uh…yeah."

"I believe you mean 'word' yo."

"…Word."

'Never say that again.'

"And I'm guessing you're Killer Bee."

"Word."

"Ok. Let's go! We don't have ANY time to lose!" Naruto said, pumping his fist in the air and starting to run down the length of the corridor.

Bee followed him closely.

"You're a lot younger than I thought you'd be." he commented as they ran.

"Huh? Oh…right. Yeah."

They started to reach the door, when suddenly, it opened.

Naruto cursed quietly.

"Shit. Iruka and Asuma." Naruto hissed.

"Henge." Killer Bee said, quickly henging into a leaf Shinobi uniform. Naruto quickly copied. In the nick of time.

"Hey! What are you two doing down here?" Iruka demanded as he continued towards them.

"Lady Tsunade's orders. We were ordered to retrieve something from Captain Yamato." Naruto said in a voice much older than his regular one.

He felt awful. As though he was betraying his friends by this lie…betraying everyone he ever loved. But he knew it was for the greater good.

"Huh? But Lady Tsunade said-"

"Hey, she the boss right yo-yeah? You know what she's like." Killer Bee interrupted. Naruto attempted a grin at the statement.

Asuma chuckled.

"True that. She's a troublesome woman, albeit very formidable."

"Indeed…" Iruka said with a slight smile.

"If you'll excuse us, we'll…uh…be off now." Naruto said starting to walk around them slowly.

"Ok, make sure you report to Lady Hokage immediately." Iruka said with a small wave.

"Will do." Naruto fake smiled pleasantly, finally edging around them as both him and Killer Bee hurriedly headed for the exit.

"I never want to do that again." Naruto muttered angrily, a little bit of remorse edging into his voice.

'At the moment brat, you may not have a choice.' The Kyuubi muttered, not unkindly for once.

With a sinking feeling, Naruto realised the fox was right.

Naruto felt uneasy as he ran though the streets of Konoha, Killer Bee running alongside him as they dodged the crowds of villagers in the afternoon heat.

They were both still in a henge jutsu, but within minutes, the worst could still happen, and they were halfway to the gates.

"Naruto, yo, give me a lead, so I can pile on the speed." Bee said to him as they ran.

"Huh? Oh…uh…uh…LEFT! LEFT! LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" Naruto yelled suddenly.

They both swerved down another villager packed street to their left, kicking up dust in their wake.

Seconds later, they were about to make another turn when the worst happened.

CLLAANNNGG!

The tremendous sound rang out across the village and there was a brief moment of stunned silence as everybody…EVERYBODY…Stopped what they were doing.

Then there was a mass panic as people scrambled to get to the safety of their homes, grabbing children and anything they had on them and running to safety.

"CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!" Naruto yelled above the din in a panicked voice.

"What the hell is going on yo?" Killer Bee asked, his sunglasses flashing as they ran amidst the frenzied crowds.

"The alarm." Naruto panicked as they ran.

"They know I've broken out."

Tsunade stood atop the Hokage building, her whole being radiating with fury. Iruka, Kakashi and Yamato stood alongside her as her hair whipped out in the strong gusts of wind.

"That damn idiot! If the Akatsuki don't kill him. I will." Kakashi growled.

Yamato rolled his eyes. Kakashi was already working himself up into a fine old temper. All the same, when Kakashi cracked his knuckles determinedly, he shivered.

He did NOT want to be Naruto when Kakashi caught up with him.

Yamato himself felt annoyed that Naruto had been able to take them both down without exerting any effort at all, but he blamed that on the Kyuubi. But he wasn't sure whether to be angry, proud or worried.

Considering he already had the angry in the form of Kakashi on one side, and worried in the form of Iruka on the other, we went for proud.

Well…

Someone had to be.

Right?

Tsunade turned to Kakashi and he looked at her questioningly, as if asking for permission.

"Do it." She said with a short nod.

Kakashi drew out a small scroll from his Jounin jacket and rolled it out. Taking the note which Naruto had written to them, he smeared the blood

onto the scroll and formed the hand seals.

"Tora, Mi, Tatsu, Inu!" Kakashi chanted.

He then slammed the scroll to the ground.

Iruka bit his lip worriedly. Was this going to be ok?

"Summoning Technique: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique!" Kakashi said firmly and determinedly.

There was a 'poof' and his eight Ninken emerged…underground.

With Naruto's scent clearly in their nostrils.

"We don't have long! The gates are just there! If we can reach them before they close…" Naruto panted, running full pelt for the direction of the gates which were now clearly up ahead.

Killer Bee nodded and piled on the speed, drawing neck and neck with Naruto as they pegged it through the streets.

"Come ooonnnn…We're nearly-AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"

They both let their henges drop in surprise.

And Naruto's scream rang out across Konoha.

Kakashi's head jerked up as he heard a distant, yet pain filled scream.

"They have him." Kakashi said, taking off like a bullet from the railing of the Hokage building.

Tsunade, Yamato and Iruka close behind him.

Something was biting into his person.

Well…all over his body.

And sat in front of him, was…

"Pakkun!" Naruto griped irritably, wincing in pain as he tried to move.

"I don't know whatcha've done now Naruto, but Kakashi ain't best pleased with ya." Pakkun said as he looked up at Naruto.

"Dawg, I gotta say, you can have him any other day, but not today." Killer Bee rapped. Then, he picked Pakkun up and swiftly drop kicked him into a nearby tree.

Pakkun yelped as he landed in the tree, and found himself completely stuck between the branches.

"Ah crap." He muttered.

The other Ninken glared and released Naruto, leaping at Killer Bee instead.

But Bee was already running for the gates as fast as he could.

Naruto, after stumbling twice, finally got his legs under him and also took off after him.

Kotetsu and Izumo were just about to put the wooden barricade across the gates when they turned at the sound of ferocious growls and howls coming from behind them.

They dropped the barricade and dived into some nearby bushes as Killer Bee and pursuing Ninken sped past them.

"NARUTO. OPEN THE GATE YO!" Bee yelled as he kicked up the dust.

Naruto nodded.

He turned to deal with the gates and he stopped as he heard four thumps from behind him.

He froze.

"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" Tsunade asked, her voice dripping with danger.

Kakashi Sensei glared at him. As did Iruka and Yamato.

Naruto winced as he fingered a puncture in his shoulder left by Bull, the largest of the Ninken.

"I hope you can forgive me some day Obaa-Chan…Captain Yamato…Iruka Sensei…Kakashi Sensei…" He started nervously.

Iruka blinked. They were getting an apology?

"Because you see…"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"I'm going to save the world." Naruto finished bravely.

And with that, he turned, and infusing his whole body with chakra, and he could feel the nine-tailed fox adding to it.

'BRACE!' Naruto yelled to the Kyuubi, who roared back in anticipation.

Kakashi and Iruka reached out to stop him as Tsunade and Yamato watched with wide eyes, as Naruto shot forward with the power of a fighter jet…

And smashed his body through the gates.

"Leave him." Tsunade said warily as Kakashi made to go after him.

"But Lady Hokage-" Iruka protested, worried at the quest which Naruto was undertaking.

"Enough. He will come back. And when he does…" Tsunade said warningly, cracking her knuckles decisively.

All three of them shivered.

Reviews are welcome please! =D

Kaitaru.

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(BTW, [obviously] I don't own Naruto…like…at all…=/…)