A/N: OMG! HOLY NFGHSDGFHL! School's coming too soon! And even worse…. I JUST GOT BRACES 0.0 NOOOOO!! –is over reacting- Life is not fun my friend. Anyway, now for the good news!
I am dedicating this chappie too my bud keepinXitXreal22 whose birthday was two days ago XD
Oh and two more things. I know that some of you are wondering when Hinata's going to be in this since it IS NaruHina, but trust me, she will be in soon and lastly (I don't care if it's not a word) I will try to make the chapters longer from now on. But of course I pretty much fail at life so I can't make any promises XD.
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Tsunade looked over the paper work in front of her for what seemed like the millionth time, almost hoping it wasn't true. It was the test she had Naruto take before he went home THAT day almost a month ago. She had taken some x-rays of his wounded shoulder. He was still and behaving well - like she had told him to be - while he was waiting for her to take the picture, but then every time she took it, he quickly changed position and made a funny pose. One with him making a face, one with him making the peace sign with his right hand, ect. She laughed quietly under her breath as she looked over the pictures. But that's not what she was worried about. You see, he thought she was taking an x-ray of his shoulder, which she could have just gotten a Hyuuga to look at, but she was really taking a look at the seal. Not even a Hyuuga could detect the Biju's chakra system. It was too deep, too…complicated. So she had used a very VERY advanced X-ray system to take the picture. She didn't tell him how bad it really was because she didn't want to scare him.
Shizune walked into her office and over to her desk, putting some papers down. She looked over at the pictures her master was looking at.
"So it's been a month huh?" she asked, her eyes just as soft as her voice.
Tsunade rested her shin on her interlaced fingers and smiled solemnly. "Yeah…" she turned her chair around to look over the village as Shizune looked at the x-rays. Her eyes widened. She was about to say something, but Tsunade seemed to read her mind.
"I know. I want you to get Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi and Hinata here immediately." She said, still gazing out over her village.
"But don't you think this mission as to extreme for them?" Shizune asked.
"Which is why after I brief them, I want three Anbu squads to cover them." Tsunade turned her head toward her student. "We have to do this quickly, and only they can do this."
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Sasuke walked down the streets with his hands in his pockets as usual. It has been exactly a month and he could still swear the orange clad ninja was going to run up to him, calling his name to ask him if he wanted to train. Sasuke didn't realize until he stood in that same spot that he was walking down the street where IT happened. Something brought him out if his thoughts.
He looked to his right to see something that made his blood boil over the top. A group of adults, standing outside the front of their house, were having a party. They were standing around a table, each with a class of sake, about to make a toast.
"Cheers to the first month without the Demon kid!" The man who seemed to be hosting the party said. He and his company banged their glasses together and were about to drink out of them when – suddenly- all of their glasses broke at the bottom. It happened so fast, they couldn't see what had done it. They stood frozen until they had the courage to slowly look over to the wall beside them.
There was a group of churikan imbedded deep into the wood. They quickly turned their heads to see non other than Uchiha Sasuke, glaring at them with no end to the hatred, anger and sadness he felt.
"Never again." He said with a tone so cold it made them shiver.
Sasuke started to walk, once again his hands in his pockets and his head down. His hands were balled up into angry fists though. He let out a deep breathe, trying to calm himself.
"Sasuke-kun!" he heard a voice call. Sasuke looked up to see Sakura running toward him, Kakashi following at his own pace be hind her.
"Tsunade-sama wants to see us in her office." She said
" 'kay." Sasuke answered quietly as they walked toward the Hokage's tower.
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The four requested Shinobi stood in front of their Hokage, waiting for their orders.
"I am sending you on a mission into Akatsuki's base to find Naruto's 'Chakra Keiro'." Tsunade informed them.
"What's a Chakra Keiro?" Sakura asked
"I-it's the center channel of a person's chakra. The chakra is created there and then held." Hinata stuttered.
"Exactly." Tsunade said. "I have three teams of Anbu going in to protect you. Each of your skills are required for this mission, skills that aren't available in any other shinobi. That's why I'm sending you instead of just Anbu."
"But why do we need to get his Chakra Keiro?"
Tsunade sighed. "Naruto's Chakra Keiro is different from any one else. That's where the Kyuubi was sealed. But because he held the Kyuubi, it weakened over time.
Even though Kyuubi has probably been pulled out by now, you can never truly pull it out. The seal could break, letting only the spirit out. But that's still powerful enough to destroy us. We could be on the verge of another Kyuubi attack."
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Naruto kneeled, panting, on the ground of the large, dome shaped training room. His hair wet, not completely from sweat, but also because Kisame thought he looked a little tired, so he decided it would be nice if he used a small water dragon jutsu to cool him off.
He had been training with this new sword for a little less than a month now and he was slowly getting better, but the work was exhausting. Kisame and Itachi were impressed that he had so much stamina. He had been begun practicing his katas and sparing with some training dummies and he was starting to get better at those, but he was still at square one with controlling his sword when he pumped chakra into it.
In short, His sword was as stubborn as he was.
"I don't understand." Naruto said between breaths. "How can I make my sword 'trust" me?"
Kisame sighed and walked over to the boy on the ground and smirked. He was really beginning to like being a sensei – he liked being in charge.
"That's something you have to figure out on your own." Kisame said.
"Ugh!" Naruto exclaimed, getting up with his sword in hand. He turned around and slashed right through one of the poor defenseless training dummies. As you can see, he was frustrated, and the fact that he had spent almost a month on this wasn't helping. He looked behind him too see that Kisame and Itachi had left. He was use to that now, but it was still annoying. Naruto took a few deep breathes to calm himself before he attempted to pump chakra into his sword again.
Once again it became alive with new color and the dancing tails. He concentrated, taking slow breathes as he tried to keep it still…..
Fail.
The sword came up and the face of it hit him in the forehead. Naruto through it into another helpless dummy and sat down cross legged. He glared at the sword, stuck horizontally in the hay body, in a childish way.
"Why do I have a feeling you're just taunting me?" Naruto asked the inanimate object.
The sword just stood there.
The way other non-living things do.
BOOM
A loud explosion came from above ground. The ceiling shook a little, small flakes of it falling into the blonde's hair.
"Naruto! Some one is at the door for you, hn!" Deidara called as he walked into the training area. Naruto was instantly on his feet.
"Konoha!? What do we do!!" he asked
"Relax, un. I've got a plan…..
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Sasuke, Hinata, Sakura and Kakashi kneeled behind a row of bushes and watched as the Anbu attacked the Akatsuki's servants. They could tell they weren't members and just followers because they weren't wearing the robes. But still, there were quit a few of them, and they were still dangerous.
Hinata had her Byakugan on, waiting for the right time to sneak into the base. Finally, she saw their chance.
"There's some kind of illusion covering the entrance. It's been dropped." She said, surprisingly, without much stuttering
"Okay, we sneak in get his Chakra Keiro, and GET OUT. What ever you do, do not let your guard down." Kakashi stressed.
"Hai!"
"Let's go!"
They ran around the battle, staying in the shadows and immediately darted for the entrance. Surprisingly, the stairwell was open. They ran down at top speeds until they hit the bottom. They looked around.
"Doesn't look like anyone's here. Let's go. Hinata, you lead the way." Kakashi said.
"H-Hai." She said, and took off, the others following at her heels.
They searched for what seemed like an eternity with the all the intensity of the situation. Running through the corridors like mice on a maze. Suddenly, Hinata stopped.
"Someone's coming!' she whispered
They looked around for somewhere to hide, but found none. Four figures appeared in front of them. Three of them were recognizable as Naruto's murderers, the fourth, much shorter than the rest. They all wore Akatsuki cloaks and hats. The hat of the shorter one covered his face.
"How nice of you to drop by, un." Deidara smirked.
"We'd like you to meet our new little protégée." Kisame said, gesturing toward the shorter member
He tilted his head up, revealing nothing but cerulean blue eyes.
And that's where I'll end it today. School's coming too quickly! But don't worry, it won't delay my updating that much. After all, the Grade Eights in my school get a lot of time out of the classroom! Well, see later!
ENJOY THE CLIFFIE! MWAHAHAHA! –poofs away-