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Village Rules

Hinata was on the beach watching Naruto and Gaara spar with Yugito and Killer Bee, the battle was even as Naruto's wind cancels Bee's lightning and Yugito's fire relegated Gaara's sand into glass. While she was watching, Roshi showed up with Kimi who wanted to see Naruto and Hinata saw this as an opportunity.

Hinata: Uh, Roshi?

Roshi: Yeah?

Hinata: Can I talk to Kimi alone?

Roshi: Sure.

Kimi: What do you want?

Hinata: I wanted to ask you why you don't like me, Kimi?

Kimi: I told you, I don't like the way you look at Naruto. You want to take him away from me.

Hinata: I understand that Naruto is one of the few people you have in your life but I can assure you that I don't want to take him away from you. In fact, I'd like it if you let me be one those people as well?

Kimi: Why should I? You say you want to be one of the people in my life but you probably want to make fun of me and make me sad.

Hinata: No, I don't Kimi. I know you don't want to be alone and I know what it's like to have people call you names and make you feel sad.

Kimi: You do?

Hinata: Yes, when I was growing up, my family wasn't pleased with my development as a shinobi so they often treated me as if wasn't there which made me feel alone. The few times my father spoke to me, he often called me things like weak and a waste of time which made me feel sad but I haven't felt that way since I've been here and I never want to end that. I'd also like us to be friends, Kimi.

Kimi: Do you promise not to take Naruto away from me?

Hinata: I promise.

Kimi smiles and jump into Hinata's arms which catches Naruto's eyes.

Naruto: Well, it's about time.

Yugito: Pay attention.

Naruto: What?

He returns his attention to the sparring session too late as Bee throttles him with a kick to the head that sends him flying until he lands next Kimi and Hinata head first in the sand, he finally digs himself out of the sand smiling at them.

Naruto: Hey, girls.

Kimi: Boy, Naruto. Bee sure kicked you hard.

Naruto: Yeah, he's a jerk but I'm glad you two are getting along now.

Hinata: Yeah, we had a heart to heart and everything's good now, right Kimi?

Kimi: Un-huh.

Naruto: Great, you don't know how it was tearing me apart to see my two special ladies at each other's throats.

Gaara: Hey, we're not finished.

Naruto: Alright, I'm coming. I'll see you after I'm finished.

Naruto returns to the sparing session that turned into a five person free for all after Roshi joined in. Meanwhile, Team Kakashi had just landed on the island.

Kakashi: Okay, we have to hide this raft in case we have to make a quick escape.

They cover up the raft and make their way inland until they come to a wall. The wall had a mural painted on it of people holding hands, above the people were "Believe It" and the word "Love" as it was written on Gaara's forehead.

Kakashi: Okay, let's do this.

They transform and enter the village but the villagers instantly recognize them as intruders and it didn't take long for some of the shinobi led by Kenta to confront them.

Kenta: You might as well transform back, we know you're outside shinobi.

They transform back.

Kenta: You? Can't you take a hint?

Kakashi: Our apologies, it's just that our leaders are eager to learn about your village.

Kenta: We told you once, no.

Sasuke: Why is your village so secretive?

Kenta: We're shinobi, it's what we do.

Sasuke: True, but there's nothing wrong with forming relationships and alliance with other villages.

Kenta: Please, we don't have time to get caught up in the trivial matters of you villages, besides, we've heard about how you view forming relationships.

He looks at Sasuke and Sakura.

Sakura: You seem to know about our villages and we don't know anything about yours, you have us at a disadvantage.

Kenta: Nothing shinobi related, we only know of the treatment people who don't fit in with you mythical views of normalcy. We have more pressing matters to attend to, like what to do with you.

Makoto: That sounds like a matter for the Nine.

Kenta turns to Makoto who was just joining them.

Makoto: This is too delicate a matter to leave up to us, believe it.

Sakura: Why do you keep saying that?

Makoto: What?

Sakura: Believe it.

Makoto: You have more important things to worry about, believe it.

Sasuke: We also have reason to believe that one of our shinobi was taken by you, she disappeared the time you left.

Kenta: There's no one here that hasn't chosen to be here.

Makoto: That's enough, where are the Nine?

Kenta: I believe they're all sparring on the beach.

Makoto: Fine.

He tosses them three blindfolds.

Makoto: Put these on.

Kakashi: And if we refuse?

Kenta: Then I'm sure that the Nine won't mind us doing what we have to do to protect our village.

Team Kakashi complies and are led through the village by Kenta and Makoto to the beach where all of the jinchuuriki were were now sparring as Hinata and Kimi were watching. They stop when they notice Makoto and Kenta with their prisoners except for Naruto and Bee who were too far into their sparring to notice.

Makoto: Greetings, Nine. These three are outsiders from the Leaf Village.

Roshi: What do they want?

Kenta: They said they've come here in an attempt form a relationship between our village and theirs.

Ukata: Didn't you tell them no when you were at their village?

Makoto: Yes, and they were also denied by Kyo earlier in the day.

Han: So, what don't you understand?

Before they could answer, Naruto catches Bee with a move that sends him flying like he was earlier. This move got Kimi, who didn't notice what was happening with Team Kakashi, excited and she began cheering for Naruto.

Kimi: Yay, Naruto! You got him.

Sakura: Did she just say Naruto?

Sakura decides to chance it and takes off her blindfold, she finds Naruto on the beach locked in a struggle with Bee.

Sakura: Naruto? Naruto!

She runs towards Naruto but Kenta stops her and was about to attack her when Naruto stops him.

Naruto: Don't do that.

Kenta: Sorry, I shouldn't have let her get this close to you.

Naruto: Yeah, you've gotta work on that, man. I'm going to get killed one day.

Naruto turns to Sakura staring as he recongnizes her a little.

Naruto: Why do I know you?

Sakura: Don't you recognize me, Naruto?

Naruto: Kinda.

Sakura: I'm Sakura, your old teammate.

Naruto: Sakura?

It finally hits him.

Naruto: What are you doing here?

Sakura: We came here to find out about this village but no one will tell us anything.

Naruto: Oh. Well, I can help you with that. Come with me.

He leads her back to Team Kakashi and the rest of the Jinchuuriki.

Naruto: You two, take off your masks.

Sasuke and Kakashi take off their blindfolds.

Naruto: Other Ninja!

Virtually all of the Other Ninja surround the group.

Other Ninja: We are here.

They notice that they all had characteristics of the Nine. Some had dark rings around their eyes and the word love on their forehead similar to Gaara, some had Yugito's single long braid, some had Yagura's scar underneath their left eyes, some had Roshi's head dress, some had Han's armor or hat, some had bubble blowers like Ukata, some died their hair green like Fu's, some had their hair braided like Killer Bee and some wore whisker marks on their face like Naruto.

Gaara/Yugito/Yagura: What's the first rule of our village?

Other Ninja: We don't talk about our village.

Roshi/Han/Ukata: What's the second rule of our village?

Other Ninja: We do not talk about our village.

Fu/Killer Bee/Naruto: What's the third rule of our village?

Other Ninja: We do not talk about our village.

The Other Ninja disappears as quickly as they appeared.

Naruto: There are other rules but these are the ones that pertain to you. Now, if you don't mind, it's time for you to go.

Kakashi: What about Hinata? In addition to you, she's a missing-nin of our village.

Naruto: Hinata, could you come here please?

Hinata and Kimi head over to Naruto.

Hinata: Yes, Naruto?

Naruto: Oh, I just need you to help me prove a point. No one in this village is here against their will and we don't make anyone do anything they don't want to do. Hinata, leave.

Hinata: No.

Naruto: Go back home with them.

Hinata: I said no.

Naruto: Hinata, you are a missing-nin of the Leaf Village. You need to go back with them.

Hinata: Fuck you, you go back.

Naruto: See?

Kakashi: She holds secrets of our village.

Fu: It seems as if you still don't understand. We have no need of your village secrets because we want nothing to do with your villages. To be honest, our shinobi have orders to leave your shinobi unharmed if at all possible if they encounter them on a mission.

Roshi: If we wanted to, we could've used any secrets we may or may not know against you a long time ago. In fact, the first thing we ask of anyone, particularly shinobi, that joins our village is that they leave everything about their previous lives outside of the village.

Killer Bee: When you come to our village you gotta change your groove, we even teach people new jutsu and moves.

Sakura: Well, why? Why did you all abandon your villages?

Gaara: Abandoned? We didn't abandon anything, our villages abandoned us first. My father tried to kill me more times than I can count.

Yugito: My village subjected me to the cruelest things in an effort to "teach" me to use my tailed beast.

Yagura: My village let me be controlled and made to do unspeakable things.

Roshi: I decided that I needed time to learn to control my beast and my village objected, they hunted me down like I was a common criminal and force me to kill people I had become close to.

Han: I left when I saw the way they treated Roshi, if they'd do it to him, they'd do it to me.

Ukata: My people didn't look down upon me because of my tailed beast, I was actually ostracized for being too handsome. Sad thing is that it's not a joke.

Fu: I was treated like a slave.

Bee: They held me back in my village, they never let me hang loose. Not for my own well being, because they feared that they'd loose their perfect weapon.

Naruto: And you know how you people treated me. Now, put your blindfolds back on.

They replace their blindfolds.

Naruto: Hinata, Kimi, I'll be back. I'm going to take them to the mainland.

Hinata: Ok.

Kimi: Hurry back, Naruto.

He takes them back outside the village gates.

Naruto: You can take the blindfolds off now.

He leads them back to their landing point and walks out on the water, he takes out a scroll and performs some hand signs.

Naruto: Summoning Art: The Crystal Ship.

The Crystal Ship appears and takes them across the water to the mainland, they exit the ship and Naruto stops them to say something.

Naruto: Tell your village not to worry. They leave us alone, we leave them alone.