In the land of wind, in a place in the middle of the desert, Suna was located. It was the village of ninjas that belonged to the Land of Wind and these days it was moving towards a bright future. Everyone was happy and going through their lives without any issue.

But the surface never represented the true situation as in the deep shadows of this land, the people of power discussed things that could undo everything. The legitimacy of Gaara's rules was still being questioned; people wanted Kankurou to take over and not the human monster.

This problem was like a ticking time bomb as even the younger generation was moving towards Kankurou since he interacted with them and did missions with them, lead them towards victory while Gaara was busy with administration.

Kankurou had already heard these words from his subordinates and was not feeling good about it since he had no interest in taking over the job. But right now he wasn't concerned since it wasn't a big issue and he only needed to talk to Gaara so that he will be more active in communication.

His concern was the well being of his sister, who had been hit hard by the devastating news and had closed herself.

"Temari, I won't say I understand what you are feeling but know that he wouldn't want you to be like this." Kankurou said as he stood outside her room but there was no response as Temari lay on the bed staring at the ceiling

"Temari, you are not a normal ninja. You can't allow yourself to be weak; we represent the nation so get up." Kankurou muttered as he put aside his sympathy for his sister as she was hurting the legitimacy of the house

Kankurou entered the room by breaking the door and saw her lifelessly staring out the window, she turned towards him and he could feel the tangible pain in her eyes.

"You really loved him too much." Kankurou muttered as he got close and hugged her to provide comfort

Temari didn't resist unlike the usual treatment and slowly tears dropped from her eyes, they had waited for three days and now it was like a waterfall.

Kankurou didn't say anything just rubbed her back and let her relax for several minutes, "Shikamaru never let the death of his loved ones affect his performance. Are you going to let him down?" I need you and Gaara needs you. There are threats in the desert, our shinobi had been killed and we have no idea."

Temari listened to his words, she felt hurt at the mention of his name but she knew Kankurou was right.

'Shikamaru did not let Asuma death cripple him. I can not disappoint him; he would want me to help my Kage just like he wanted to work for his Kage.' Temari let out a sigh and took a deep breath

"So you want me to lead my team and find clues?" Temari pushed him away and asked

"Yes, your team is best at information gathering in the desert. So it shouldn't be an issue." Kankurou said with a smile as he saw her nod and left the room to give her some space

'I hope she can move on or she will have to retire.'

"Hahahaha" An old man laughed as he heard the news of Konoha's destruction that it looked like he might keel over from the overdose.

"Grandpa, careful or your might hurt your back." Kurotsuchi warned as she looked at her grandfather with an annoyed look

"No worries nothing can happen…." Onoki the third Tsuchikage muttered when he felt his back in terrible pain

'Guh' Onoki fell to the floor as he tried to adjust his muscular structure which was permanently damaged unless he wished to deal with Tsunade

"I told you so" Kuro said as she looked at him and not taking a step to help as it wasn't anything new and a servant helped him up

"The Kage Summit had been called so take me with you." Kuro insisted forcefully

"Okay but know that there will be danger and you can die."

"I am not afraid. I am a jounin and it will not be something new for me to face extreme danger, when I am related to you." Kuro replied in dead pan manner as it was something very obvious, he could try to come up with something logical

"Ah, you are right. I just forgot that I have so many enemies." Onoki said as he tapped his forehead, worsening Kuro's impression of him as he was crushing the powerful Tsuchikage's image into nothingness with his old man antics.

"Don't look at me like that, memory has nothing to do with my power and if you could just get to my level then I wouldn't have to sit here." Onoki said as he flew and looked out of the window, the only thing he was jealous of Hiruzen for was the abundant availability of replacements.

'Why couldn't I have strong individuals to replace me, if I retire or die?'

"From here we have to fly or else you will lose a lot of chakra before even getting to Uzu as the water flowing has been affected by the chakra draining seals, which are very hard to locate." Konan said as they arrived near the waters

Naruto nodded and looked at her, expecting her to carry him.

"Why don't you just make wings with transformation jutsu and fly?" Konan advised as she felt it was not a good idea to be so defenseless

Naruto was shocked as he looked at her with a incredulous gaze, it was a just mind blowing idea.

'Why has no one ever tried that? No, why did I not do that when I am always transforming into things in the middle of combat?' Naruto stood still for awhile as memories of his combat went through him, where he could have just made some wings to fly as he so much chakra to waste.

"You are right, let me try." Naruto muttered as he concentrated on his chakra and guided it through the use of hand signs

He imagined similar white wings as Konan and they appeared behind his back within moments as his chakra control was perfect or near perfect with the Rinnegan.

Naruto flapped the wings and was rocketed into the sky as he moved them at very fast speeds. As he tried to stop them, Naruto ended up falling to the ground and crashing, causing a crater to form.

"We have some time so let me guide you as flight is an advantage in a fight as you might not be able to counter it with an equal opponent." Konan said as she landed near Naruto, to her it was common sense which was why she made wings but as she thought about it, she realized that no one did it.

'The people of this world can be truly stupid, just because a skill is ranked low doesn't mean to stop using it at a higher level.' Konan thought with disappointment

Naruto wanted to hurry but then remembered the words of Jiraiya, "Haste makes waste and girls don't like quick shooters as well."

'I did not have to recall the last part, Mr. Brain.' Naruto got up and nodded

"Please guide me"

A.N Hope you enjoyed. This story will have a slow pace.