"Tell him we said congrats." Rin smiled as she and Gaara stood up.
"What not going to stay for lunch?" Naruto asked.
"Or finish our battle." Sasuke finished.
"Sorry but I have to keep searching the archives for Ryuxes and Gaara has agreed to help." She explained.
"At least you're doing something." Naruto snarled.
"You're protecting Harry from Voldemort." Rin said.
"But we need action not some bloody idiots casting spells." Sasuke jeered.
"Your not suppose to like your job. Just be glad that you don't have the action all the time like we use to." Gaara told him. Both ninja remained quiet.
"You know we could visit the base at anytime we just haven't had the time lately. But Christmas break is soon. "Harry smirked.
"You're old hobbies are still waiting on you." Rin laughed. With that both she and Gaara left.
"Christmas?" Naruto asked. "Yes, now come on we have to sign the list for staying at hogwarts." Harry said as he started running up the steps.
"He's off to see Ginny." Sasuke mused. Naruto laughed at his friends' acid tone.
"You miss Sakura-Chan." Laughed the blonde. Sasuke glared at the boy before punching him in the head.
"Shut it dobe." He growled. Naruto sat in Indian style holding his head in pain as the teachers showed up.
"Whatever you did Naruto I'm guessing you deserved it." Iruka stated as he helped him up and examined his head.
"Teme hit me because I stated he missed-." Naruto began.
"Finish the sentence and I'll steal Harry's wand and blast you to pieces or use chidori to go through your heart…again." Sasuke growled. Naruto nodded as he drew closer to his sensei.
"Where's Harry?" Sirius asked.
"With Ginny in the tower." Sasuke answered. Harry and Ginny listened as Hermione explained her winter plans.
"So Ron and I are going skiing in the Alps." Hermione continued.
"And this is the fun part. I can't ski." Ron said non to happily.
"It's easy mate." Harry assured him.
"Besides mum is already sending your gifts so you can open them early." Ginny laughed. A groan escaped her brothers lips as both Hermione and Harry laughed.
"So Harry what do you plan on doing?" Hermione asked.
"Well we may go hang at Red rain headquarters." He explained as he indicated Ginny and the ninjas.
"That sounds fun." Ron mumbled. "And our trip doesn't?" Hermione asked evilly.
"N-no it does." Ron stuttered. Harry laughed as he glanced out the window. Day's had past since the chat with Hermione and Ron. Both had left with the other students and only a few remained behind. Harry scanned the great hall for those who had stayed. The Voldemort and Ryuxes scare had everyone running. If Harry could run even he'd had left.
"Contemplating if you should have stayed or not?" Remus asked. As he and Sirius sat down.
"Yeah, I mean if I had not joined the Red dead then maybe things would be easier." Harry sighed.
"Nothings easy pup." Sirius said as he drank his coffee.
"Maybe no stress over Ryuxes. To me he's a bigger deal than Voldemort. Put the two together and we're screwed. Plus thanks to updated information Rin and Gaara have confirmed the Akutsuki's involvement so Gaara and Naruto are screwed." Harry continued.
"Who are they?" Ginny asked as she sat down.
"Demon hunters. They go around stealing bijuu or demon monsters. Both Naruto and Gaara are bijuu host or jinchurrikis." Harry explained.
"So they're in trouble to?" Remus asked.
"If they get caught by either enemy now and turned over to Akutsuki then they could steal their bijuu and both boys would die." Harry whispered. Ginny gasped as Harry stood up.
"We should go." He said as he walked out of the room.
"Naruto stay still." Iruka growled.
"But sensie I have to get everything ready to go!" Naruto wailed.
"Not with you all cut up." Iruka argued.
"But teme started it." Naruto cried.
"Did not." Sasuke snarled.
"Sasuke don't start." Kakashi ordered. Both boys glared at each other before obeying their teachers.
"Harry should be here shortly." Sasuke said.
"Don't forget his friends." Naruto said as he allowed Iruka to bandage him up.
"I think he already did." Harry said as he joined the ninja's the library.
"So we go to the room of requirement." Ginny asked.
"Yeah, we can't use the shrieking shack because of the length of time we'll be gone." Harry explained, "Naruto no ramen thoughts." He added. Naruto quirked his head curiously.
"Why not." He asked only to be ignored. The group walked up the stairs till the arrived on the seventh floor. Harry did the necessary works to open the door. Both Harry and Naruto walked inside. Before anyone could speak Naruto passed out.
"I warned him not to think of Ramen. Any thing you think of comes to life in here." Harry explained to the ninja.
"So he's dead." Sasuke asked hopeful.
"No but we do need to wake him so he can perform the jutsu." Harry said.
"Why can only Naruto perform the jutsu?" Kakashi asked.
"He, Gaara and Rin are the only ones with enough chakra to control it." Harry verified. Naruto smiled as he sat up.
"Did it." Sasuke smirked.
"How did you wake him?" Harry asked. Sasuke smiled as he showed him his favorite jutsu. Fire style. Naruto stood ready as he focused on his chakra.
"Everyone form a circle around him as Sasuke sets up the perimeter." Harry instructed. The ensemble did as told as Naruto ran through the hand signs.
"Transportation jutsu!" he yelled. Everyone was jerked forward as they appeared in a large circular cave.
"Great you overshot us." Kakashi mumbled. Harry walked forward and pressed his hand to the cave wall.
"ID: Harry Potter, Password?" asked an invisible female voice.
"Seeker." Harry replied.
"Correct." Naruto smiled as he walked forward.
"Hokage." Naruto boasted proudly. The process went on with Sasuke as he muttered his avenger password.
"I'm guessing we can go in now?" Iruka asked as the wall began to open up. Inside was sparkling with marble and gold.
"Welcome to Red Dead headquarters." Sasuke said as he leaned over the rail. Naruto took the clipboard presented to him by a small girl and looked over it.
"Naruto- Sama?" she asked. Naruto continued to read then smiled.
"Very good Kitsuki." He told her.
"Arigato, kitsune-Sama." She smiled before running off. The guest eyed him curiously.
"What did she want?" Sasuke asked.
"Just for me to check the latest movements in automotive parts." He said casually.
"Car parts?" Harry asked.
"What can I say Rin asked for a viper." Naruto smirked.
"You work on cars?" Iruka asked. Naruto joined Sasuke at the railing.
"So you worried about something?" he asked as he eyed the wizards.
"No." Sasuke grumbled. Both remained silent as Harry began walking off with Ginny and his gardians at his side.
"Well come on then lets go downstairs." Naruto cried out.
"There's more downstairs?" Iruka squeaked.
"We're only on the top floor." Naruto said in a duh tone.
"Bakka, they've never been here before." Sasuke said in a dull tone. Naruto smiled as he led them to an elevator.
"Bottom floor please." Naruto said to the air. The brass doors closed as they began to descend.
"We are about to hit the center of the earth." Naruto cried.
"Which is located where?" Sasuke asked.
"Somewhere near the middle east." Naruto said proudly.
"No it's around the equator which includes South America and Africa." Sasuke explained.
"Oh." Naruto said defeated. Suddenly the elevator stopped.
"We aren't there yet." Sasuke said. The doors opened to reveal Gaara and Rin.
"Ohayo boys." Rin smiled. Her eyes mirrored Gaara's telling them of her lack of sleep.
"You okay Rin?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." She yawned. Gaara helped her in as they continued their descent.
"I've tried to locate the three main groups but they've all managed to escape the radar." Rin said defeated.
"It's okay Rinny-Chan." Naruto smiled.
"Yeah just put Naruto and Gaara on the front lines alone and the Akutsuki should fid them quickly." Sasuke smirked.
"Not funny." Rin growled. Naruto looked at the ground as he felt Gaara's chakra intensify.
"If we send them out alone their dead meat." Rin snapped.
"We've been alone our whole lives Rinny-Chan we can take care of ourselves." Naruto barked. Iruka placed his hand on the boys shoulder as Naruto jerked away.
"I've always been protected by either you or the organization. The leaf village has always kept me quarantined since before I was a ninja. I'm tired of always trying to hide I'm going to fight." And with that Naruto darted out of the elevator doors. Rin and the others remained quiet as they descended the rest of the way. Naruto bared his teeth as he sat in his own Viper. He had fixed the car from the junk yard to be the master of its kind. The radio blared rock music as he cursed at his life. No one seemed to take his feelings into account. He was tired of people risking their lives for him. The yondaime, his father had died sealing the fox into his body. The third hokage had been killed by Orochimaru. Death centered on him and before long he knew he would lose his family. Fear resided around the boy. With a sigh Naruto closed his eyes. Harry seemed unfazed as his friends and guardians scooped out the computer equipment.
"Harry did you design most of this stuff?" Ginny asked.
"Only the software." He answered.
"Even that is a leap for a wizard." Remus said in awe. Sirius smiled proudly as he wrapped his arm over his godsons shoulder.
"That's a Potter for you. Your parents would be proud." He mused. Harry smiled at the fact that he was being praised over his talent with gadgets yet he was also afraid of how things would turn out if they were hacked into.
"Most of the stuff I create is used to help the military and guard the red rain bases." Harry explained. All stared in awe at the bespectacled teen.
"Shall we see more?" he suggested. Rin growled as Sasuke and Gaara tried to put her to sleep.
"I don't need it." She argued.
"Yes you do. We need you at full strength for when we meet Ryuxes again." Sasuke said.
"Besides we can cover for most of the work." Gaara told her.
"What about Naruto?" she asked. All eyes darted to the ground.
"I've got him." Gaara said as he walked out the door. Sasuke followed him with his eyes curious of how they were going to sort it out.
"I feel useless for him." Iruka whispered. Kakashi nodded as he leaned against the wall.
"We're better at protecting him and holding him back. If anything I think we were the only ones letting him move forward." Kakashi said.
"No I still treat him like he's seven and I can't help it. He's my little fox prankster." Iruka sighed. Gaara found the blonde sitting in his car as he walked up. The sand Kage smiled at the thought of scaring the boy.
"You know I can smell you right." Naruto said as he rolled down the window.
"I'm surprised you can even still hear." Gaara said over the blaring music. Naruto pointed to his own ears.
"Fox senses are way more convenient." He said in a normal tone. But none the less he turned down the music.
"Their worried about you." Gaara said as he took a seat.
"Let them." Naruto growled.
"You don't mean that. Personally I'm jealous that you actually had people willing to protect you and not kill you." Gaara told him. Naruto took a deep breath.
"You don't think people tried to kill me. I was always hiding from villagers who wanted to hurt me." Naruto cried. Gaara nodded as he sat back.
"You know that Iruka and Kakashi cared for you." Gaara stated. Naruto shrugged.
"Sasuke even worries about you sometimes." He continued. Naruto twitched at this statement. Sasuke never really showed love or even likeness to the blonde but even he had to admit to not killing him yet. "Really?" Naruto asked casually. Gaara nodded. Naruto widened his senses as new smells entered the room.
"Iruka sensie!" Naruto cried out as he bounded from the car to his favorite teacher.
"Ohayo Naruto-kun." He smiled as he ruffled his hair.
"We'll I should probably head back to Suna before they send my siblings after me." Gaara mused as he disappeared into a cloud of sand.
""I'm sorry I've treated you like a kid all these years and not let you grow up. I see now that your not a child anymore." Iruka explained. Naruto laughed as he led the teachers to his car.
"Sit. Besides its okay to treat me like one sometimes but you just try to make me live like it all the time." Naruto said as he started up the car and began to drive it to the garage.
"Um, Naruto Iruka apologized." Kakashi said abit frightened as he held on to the car door in the back seat. From the passengers' side Iruka was beginning to get curious.
"I know. We're just going on a little drive." He smiled.
"Naruto don't kill them." Sasuke's voice said over the speaker. Naruto grinned evilly as he turned up the radio and sped off. Both teachers turned pale white as the blonde took curves at one hundred miles an hour.
"Naruto I have no intention of dying at this time!" both cried out. Naruto just grinned as he sang along to his radio and did a few donuts. By the time they arrived back at headqaurters both adults were green. "Trash cans are by the door." Naruto said as he went to join Harry and the others.
"You think it was bright to take them with you on an angry ride?" Harry asked. Naruto shrugged as he reached for a coke on the table side.
"So this is the auto shop?" Ginny asked.
"Yep, Naruto's home from home." Harry laughed.
"Yeah he comes here when he's upset." Sasuke smiled. Iruka groaned as he walked over to the whiskered blonde. Kakashi stayed close to Sasuke as the two walked off.
"What was that about?" Remus asked. Both Sirius and Harry shrugged.
"Maybe they went to have a talk." Kakashi suggested. Sasuke nodded as he led Harry to the unfinished vehicle Naruto was rebuilding.
"Have you heard Rin and Gaara's guess on Ryuxes next move?" he asked. Harry shook his head.
"She thinks he's going to use Naruto and Gaara to capture us. That's why he went after you and her. He's been trying to distract us so he can get to them." Sasuke explained.
"And how do we know all of this?" Harry asked.
"Rin found a bug in Gaara on his last test. It was in his blood system." Sasuke said.
"How does she know it's not in all of ours?" Harry questioned.
"Because she has already gotten her blood samples for us and tested them." The ninja sighed.
"So Naruto and Gaara are in danger more than me now." Harry laughed.
"I fail to see the humor." Sasuke grimaced.
"Easy when we first started this Ryuxes hadn't returned but now he has and my destiny sounds very small to this." He explained.
"At any rate we have to keep them safe." Sasuke ordered. Naruto took a seat on the balcony ledge over looking the ocean. Iruka sat beside him with his knees drawn.
"You know don't you?" Naruto asked. Iruka nodded as he brushed his blonde locks.
"I've watched you grow Naruto, this is the hardest thing for me to know." He whispered.
"I figured I would die someday." Naruto said as he fiddled with his kunie.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" his sensie asked. The teen nodded as he sat up straighter.
"I'm a ninja and a jinchurriki I have to do this." Naruto growled.
"Then let me come with you." Iruka begged.
"No, no one must know I'm leaving." Naruto argued.
"She'll know." Iruka whispered. Naruto remained quiet. Rin and the rest of the team had always watched him more than themselves. He guessed Rin had figured he would leave to sacrifice himself.
"They knew this was coming." Naruto whispered. Before Iruka could retaliate Naruto had jumped and dissaperead.