Hehehe.......I know you guys will be pissed at me but I just gotta say that writers block is a bitch....and also I mean no offense to anyone else....but the girls at my school are crazy....sorry....well anyway...this is the next chapter....Naruto meets his mom....and some other stuff...maybe....I haven't finished writing it at this point....ENJOY!!!

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Naruto clicked his tongue once more to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

She was still there.

A woman, looking like she was nearing her late forties. Her red hair flowed to her neck with a bit going past her shoulder blades. Her red and white kimono was beginning to be stained with the tears that flowed freely from her blue eyes. Naruto lost his voice immediately, relying on the sounds from around him to light up the room to him. Each time she sobbed the world came alive again. He knew if he had tear ducts he would be crying. All he could do was whisper as he grabbed the woman like she was his last tie to humanity.

"Kaa-san...."was all he could say before the woman broke into hysterical cries, sobbing into his shoulder. Naruto just held the woman close as she cried. The group around just watched speechless as the two embraced.

"My little Naruto-chan....I finally found you...." the woman sobbed. Naruto gave a small grin, but couldn't find the voice to respond. The two held each other for almost ten minutes, but too the pair of mother and son, it was hours of joy. Kayku turned to the rest of the crowd and gave them the symbol to leave. Reluctantly, everyone left. Some putting up more resistance than others. One even refused to leave. Tayuya just looked at the girl and shook her head. She wasn't leaving blondie right now for anything.

Nothing.

Naruto and Kushina just stood holding each other. Completely oblivious to the world around them. Kushina leaned back and ran a soft hand on her son's rough cheeks, moving up to the rugged bandages. A sob escaped her lips, but Naruto shushed her before she could even begin to cry.

"No...Don't cry. I'm fine. Just don't cry. I finally found you." he said. The woman bit back the sobs she had before. The two just stayed right there, completely content with each others company. Kushina looked up at her son and smiled softly.

"You're just like your father, Naruto-chan." she said softly. Naruto grinned cheekily.

"I think I'm twenty times better than that old geaser." he joked. Kushina smiled.

Yep. He was definitely just like his father.

"Tell me all about it Naruto-chan."

The long tale of Naruto's hectic life took aver six hours to completely finish. Tayuya and Kayku had both fallen asleep on the couch long ago. Naruto smiled as he finished and got an image of the two.

"It seems our tales bored them." he noted. Kushina whipped a tears from her eye and nodded.

"Hai, I guess they just don't like the drama. I'd better get Kayku back home. Will you be coming?" she asked hopefully. Naruto just shook his head softly.

"No, Tayuya-chan and I have our apartment. I'll come and visit tomorrow, there are some people I want you to meet." he said. Kushina nodded vigorously. She gave her son one last big hug and kissed him on the forehead before picking up Kayku and leaving. Naruto smiled as he watched her leave. After she disappeared into the night, he glanced down at Tayuya.

Peaceful.

He smiled fondly as he looked at her. All the horrors of her past gone. For the first time since he had ever known her.

Peace.

He reached down and grabbed her bridal style. She mumbled something incoherent. He just snickered silently.

Still the same Tayuya, even asleep.

Jumping into the crisp night air her walked slowly down the street, the sleeping red head nuzzled softly in his arms. The night air seemed to feel the peace surrounding him and his entire walk home was quiet. Not being able to reach his keys, Naruto jumped on to the roof and slid in through their window. He tried to set her down on her bed, but he was debatabley defeated. The sleeping girl had managed to turn in his arms and now had her arms wrapped around his neck and was nuzzled into his chest, still mumbling. If Naruto had eyes, he would have rolled them.

Only she would be able to do this.

Quickly moving to his other options as to not disturb the sleeping beauty, for his own safety of course, he quietly shuffled his feet, the room coming alive at the noise. His mind finding a spot, he moved over to the large lazy-boy in front of the window. Gently laying back in it, he allowed sleep to come to him, Tayuya wrapped in his arms.

Snoring.

Tayuya slowly cracked her eyes open.

Ouch.

She made a mental note to turn away from the window before opening her eyes again. However even with them closed, she could still hear the slight snoring next to her.

And since when did her bed move?

She scrunched her nose in focus as her early morning brain tried to comprehend what exactly was going on.

Snoring + Moving bed + big muscles + bandages = .........

Sofa?

Floor?

.....oh shit.

"NARUTO!!!" she yelped as she jumped up. Said sleeping blond snapped up and had a handful of cards in his hand and was grabbing his sitar before he even hit the floor.

"WHO? WHAT? TAYUYA-CHAN!" he yelled. The room clear to him with all of the sound bouncing off the walls, he noticed that he and Tayuya were the only ones in their small hotel room.

"What's wrong?" he asked. The girl looked at him incredulously.

"What's wrong? What's Wrong!?! Why the hell am I waking up in your lap?"

Naruto blinked.

"It's your fault."

He flinched. Curse his morning unawareness.

Wrong thing to say.

Tayuya's expression darkened.

"My fault, was it?" she said as she took out her flute, which Naruto noted that the blade had been recently sharpened. He would have to yell at TenTen later, now was the time for damage control.

"Umm...well.....Youfellasleepandididn'twanttowakeyoucauseyoulookedreallypeacefulandIwantedyoutohaveagoodnightssleepforonce." he spat out rapid fire. In her own mystical way that all girls have that Naruto would never fully understand, she understood exactly what her cowering blond was trying to say.

'He was looking out for me...' she thought. Smiling, she walked up to the cowering blond who could see her with every step she took.

He mentally prepared himself for whatever form of punishment she choose for him.

A kiss was not what he had imagined.

It was just a quick peck, yet it rocked Naruto's world. Tayuya leaned back, seeing her mission accomplished and smiled.

"Thank you Naruto-kun. Now go take a shower, the guys are coming later today." she said before waltzing off humming to herself.

It took Naruto ten whole minutes to get his brain back in working order.

Thirty minutes later both found themselves walking towards the Hokage tower. They stepped into the office to see a majority of Konoha's superior military members present. The rookie eleven, their sensais, and Jiriaya, Kushina, Kayku and Tsunade. Naruto and Tayuya stepped in and stood on the far side of the room from the other congregation. If either had to describe it in one word, that would probably tension. Neither factions seemed to be on good terms with one another. Tsunade, being the Hokage, tried to bridge the awkwardness.

"So, Naruto...where is the rest of the Akatsuki?" she said. Naruto scoffed.

"....probably doing something stupid...." he muttered, just loud enogh for everyone to hear. Tayuya smacked him upside the head. Most of the rookies chuckled a bit, along with Jiriaya.

"I think what Naruto-kun was trying to say, is that those ass holes are probably just arriving." Tayuya finished. Tsunade fought to keep her laugh held back and nodded. Not one minute later, a large explosion was heard downstairs.

"....That was a push door, Hidan."

"WELL THEY SHOULD PUT PUSH ON IT GOD DAMMIT!!!"

"It was. In bright red letters."

"SHUT UP KAKUZU!! I SHOULD SLAY THOSE HEATHENS AT THE DOOR PLA-"

The group upstairs flinched as a slice was heard. Not long after two figures opened the door. One was the ever calm Kakuzu who smiled upon seeing his apprentice. He was followed by a pouting Hidan who was currently cradling his severed head in his arms.

"Naruto-kun. It is nice to see you again."

"And you Kakuzu sensai."

"Hey Tayuya-chan? What say you help Hidan-sensai out here? Kakuzu-baka had to get violent again. Him and the gaki don't seem ready to help me." Hidan said. Tayuya sighed as Naruto and Kakuzu just shrugged and she brought out some thread to restitch Hidan's head back in place. The Konoha shinobi stared curiously at the rag-tag band before Tsunade spoke up.

"Ah-hem. Hidan-san, Kakuzu-san. May I ask as to where the rest of the Akatsuki is?" she said. Kakuzu turned to answer, but Hidan beat him to it.

"They were being pussies!"

Slice.

"GOD DAMMIT KAKUZU!! CUT IT OUT!!"

"What my partner means is due to their...reputations...They were unable to join us in public. They will be meeting us atop the Nidamaine Hokage's head on the Hokage Monument. Come. It is not wise to keep leader-sama waiting." he said. Now Naruto and Tayuya were shocked.

"Nagato-jiji? He's here?" Naruto said. Kakuzu sighed and Hidan hit the ground in fits of laughter.

"I wish you would stop calling leader-sama that Naruto-kun."

"Meh...he's old. Get used to it."

"HEY! He's younger than me!"

"That's cause you should be dead, Hidan!"

"Hey you wanna say that to my face you little shit!"

"Silence both of you. Lets go."

Hidan and Naruto huffed and shushined away. Kakuzu sighed and motioned for the Konoha shinobi to follow. They did, though they were a little bit on gaurd. If that was the welcoming comity, the full group would be insane. A short walk later all of the Konoha shinobi walked up to see a group of twelve shinobi cloaked in the Akatsuki robes, including Naruto and Tayuya. Each Konoha shinobi scanned the group.

Sasuke was the first to react.

"ITATCHI!! HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE HERE!!!" the Uchiha roared, a fully charged chidori bursting to life in his hands. The Konoha shinobi panicked.

The Uchiha would ruin it!

It approached closer and closer to the Uchiha until an arm burst forth and grabbed the lightning covered arm, negating the whole technique. The Konoha shinobi gawked.

The legendary chidori, stopped with no effort at all.

The man who stopped the chidori flicked his hand, sending Sasuke flying back into the group of Konoha shinobi where Kiba and Shino helped him up. The man chuckled a little before stepping up to Tsunade and Jiriaya.

"Not the best way to start a peace talk, eh senai?" the cloaked figure said as he flipped his hood back, revealing a orange haired man with multiple piercings all over.

"Y-Yahiko?" Jiriaya stuttered. The man smirked.

"Close, but not quite. Try again."

"NAGATO!"

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Well i finally did it.....I got over my writers block! Hallelujah! And it was all thanks to one of you guys...a friend of mine who really likes this story...well i was sitting around with her and some friends, when she stands up and slaps me cross the face...hard....yells at me to update my story, and shoved my new laptop at me...so here I am...and I think i left this one on a much easier (for me) plot to write on....Sorry guys... :) also I know it's a little short but that's cause it's supposed to be.....get over that...in the near future I have plans for a massive chapter...and I finished my last final today (fingers crossed i did decent)...so now I have all the time i'm not with friends or at my part time summer job to continue...Read and Review! You're ideas are all really helpful....in fact two of them have inspired two other stories i'm working on as side projects...one's at 7k words and the other i only started last night so it's only up to 2k.....OH WELL!! ADIOS MIS COMPADRES!!!

-Taco

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That is all. Thank you.