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Ino and Rikku entered the restaurant she and her team always went to. When they had already entered, Ino spotted Shikamaru and Choji, eating in a booth. Turning to Rikku, Ino asked, "Would you like to meet my team?" Rikku grinned and seemed eager, "Sure! That sounds fun."
Ino then walked over to the two boys with Rikku following her, "Hey, Shika! Hey, Choji! Mind if we join you?" Ino asked perkily. Choji and Shikamaru looked up at her and Choji said, "Go ahead, Ino. You're always welcome to come eat with us." The two boys scooted in their seats, making room for the girls. Ino took her place beside Shikamaru while Rikku sat beside Choji.
Turning to her teammates, Ino introduced, "This is Rikku. She's training me on how to summon cats. Rikku, these are my teammates, Shikamaru and Choji." The three greeted each other with simple 'hellos'. After their orders arrived, the four began to eat and talk about what they had done during the day. When the check came, Rikku began to pull some money out of her pocket but Shikamaru said, "Not tonight, Rikku, I invited you girls to eat with us so I'm paying. Pay some other time." Rikku nodded and gratefully thanked him.
"Rikku and I are going to the hot springs bath house so I guess we have to go." Ino told her teammates as all four of them exited the restaurant. Soon after, Shikamaru and Ino's eyes met and when they had managed to draw away from each other's gaze, their cheeks seemed to be flushed red. Indeed, it was awkward. Choji leaned over to Rikku and whispered, "They like each other. But both are too proud to admit anything." Rikku smiled and muttered back, "I see what you mean."
The two girls, Ino and Rikku, ran into Sakura on their way to the bathhouse and she decided to join them. But then, Ino remembered something and she turned to Rikku, saying, "Okay, I want to hear about you and Lost. What was between you two?" Sakura got quite interested and added, "Hey, yeah! I didn't want to ask but I can't help it: Do you and Lost have a thing for each other?" A blush streaked Rikku's cheeks as she explained, "We were Sakura, but I'll talk more of it later. First, I want to hear about the guys you girls like."
Sakura voluntarily started, "Well, back in the Academy and even after we became genin, Ino and I had been chasing Sasuke. You saw him in the Hokage's office yesterday, right?" Rikku nodded and tried to recall how he looked like, "He's the brooding boy with black hair and rather dark eyes, am I right?" Ino answered quickly, "Yup, sounds like him to me. But a few months after he betrayed the village, I decided to move on."
Rikku giggled and arched a brow jokingly at Ino, "Oh yeah? You like Shikamaru now, don't you?" Ino grinned sheepishly and her cheeks let out a quick blush, "Well… yeah. He's really sweet to me. I've always wanted to see him as more than a friend, too." Rikku raised her brow again and added, "Why, it seems to me that he likes you back."
Sakura laughed and said, "Shikamaru's a player nowadays. He's got a girl here in Konoha and a girl in Suna." Rikku turned to Ino and she nodded, "Well, no offense but he doesn't seem like someone to put up enough effort to maintain a relationship with one girl so what more for two relationships with two girls, from different villages?"
Ino tried to joke, "Yeah, you would think that, but he seems to be doing it and she sends him letters all the time. He has gone to Suna but he spends more time with me here. The only thing I have that the other girl doesn't is him with me, since I live here in the same village as him." Rikku gave Ino a pat and said, "Well, good luck. I hope it ends well for you."
Rikku then looked over to Sakura, "What about you, Sakura?" Rikku asked. "After Sasuke left to train with the snake sanin, it took me a while to get over him but eventually, I did. I kind of blew it with Naruto when he returned with Jiraiya. Although, I think it would work out better if he ended up with Hinata. They look so cute together!"
"Yes, they do!" Ino agreed, giving Sakura a high five. Rikku agreed, "Indeed but I knew about that even before I got here. Lost told me that we might have to try to convince her dad that Naruto is good enough for his little girl." Sakura continued, "Anyway, by the time Sasuke came back to the village, I had already started dating Lee. I still have feelings for Sasuke, though and I've thought of dumping Lee and going back to Sasuke. But I just couldn't do that. He's so sweet to me and he'd do anything for me."
Rikku beamed and asked, "So Sasuke's alone now?" All Ino and Sakura could do was shrug. Ino then said with a squeal, "Hey! Don't change the topic anymore, Rikku! What happened between you and Lost?"
Realizing that she couldn't escape, Rikku shared, "Well, back when we were guardians for my master, he was the one who helped her get through the hard times and soon, they became very close. I thought they might soon hook up. But I never asked them and I won't. But during one time, we were fooling around. We changed the world, we saved the world. Then I left with him and she moved on. We dated after we left but the life we got seemed too much. I felt he betrayed me a few times. So I went out on my own and did some missions with my master. Then, I came to him and asked to be his apprentice and he agreed."
Ino then asked, "Who broke your relationship off?" Rikku looked down at the water and guiltily admitted, "It was me but I still care for him. And I believe that he still cares for me." Frowning, Ino then questioned, "Aren't you going to tell us what he did to make you feel betrayed?" Rikku looked up to them and explained, "It's quite personal. I shouldn't talk about it like how I should keep the forbidden Justus he knows a secret." Sakura's jaw dropped and she looked at Rikku then to Ino then back to Rikku. "Yes, he also knows that one." Rikku muttered, raising an eyebrow at Sakura.
In Tenten's apartment, Neji and Tenten were lying on the couch as the movie ended. Neji kissed the top of Tenten's head as the credits rolled by. "Did you like the story?" Tenten asked, smiling at him. Neji stuttered, "Huh? Oh, yeah. Of course I did." As Tenten turned the television off, Neji then suddenly asked, "Hey, would you like to meet one of my angels? I'd like to meet that prince cat of yours." As Tenten got up from the couch, she turned to Neji and asked, "You want to summon now?"
Nodding, Neji answered, "Ah, yeah. Just for a moment. You know… so we can meet the creatures we're summoning." After a frown, Tenten laughed and shook her head, "Alright, but you go first." Neji stood up, bit his thumb and with a puff of smoke, Akroma showed up. "Neji?" Akroma said, "You summoned me? But we just met a few hours ago." Neji then answered, "Yeah, but I wanted you to meet Tenten. Tenten, this is Akroma, the Angel of Wrath. Akroma, this is Tenten."
As soon as their exchange of greeting was done, Tenten said, "Okay, Neji, I'll try to summon Raksha again." She drew out a kunai then sliced her thumb with it, drawing out some blood. Once she had done the right hand signs, Raksha appeared. "Hey, Raksha, I want you to meet my teammate, Neji." Raksha then turned to Neji and bowed, "Nice to meet you, Neji." He said. Akroma looked at Tenten then to Raksha with her hands on her hips, "We've got lots to do tomorrow so I think we should go, Raksha." Slightly irritated, Raksha turned to Akroma and growled, "I don't have to listen to you!" But after that, he looked over at Tenten and said, "But I guess I do need to go home." Then, they both disappeared. "That was odd." Neji told Tenten, "They ran off so quickly." Tenten smiled back and just muttered, "Yeah." She moved in close to him, putting her hand on his chest and getting on her tiptoes to give him a kiss.
In his apartment, Lost laid out two mediation rugs onto the floor. Then, there was a knock on the door. Naruto walked in, back from walking Hinata home. "So what do you want to talk about?" Naruto asked eagerly. Lost smiled and asked, "Well, I wanted to ask you if you want to talk to the Kyuubi." Hearing that, Naruto's eyebrows met and he admitted, "Well, yes, but I don't tell anyone." In understanding, Lost nodded and said, "Well, I would like to meet with Kyuubi so the three of us can talk." Confused, Naruto asked, "How will you get there, then?" Smirking Lost answered, "I have my own way."
Naruto sat down onto one of the meditation rugs and looked to Lost, "Uh, I don't want anyone to know that I have learned to calm myself enough to meditate. I have a reputation to maintain." Laughing, Lost nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." With that, Naruto closed his eyes and took a few calming breaths. Soon enough, he looked like blue chakra flames with red tips engulfed him. 'Hmm….' Lost thought to himself, 'Seems to me that they have already started to blend.' Lost walked behind Naruto then put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Lost closed his eyes and in a moment, he was in a corridor beside Naruto and at the end of the corridor was a large wall of bars where the demon fox was inside.
Turning to the cage, Naruto said, "Kyuubi, this is Lost." The Kyuubi opened its eyes and grinned, "Hello, Lost. What an honor to meet you. What brings you here?" Lost went up to the fox and said, "Well, I just wanted to know if you two had begun to bond and how far have you gone." The Kyuubi answered, "We have bonded already and he now possesses 80 of my power." Nodding, Lost said, "That's good to know. When did you two begin to be communicative?"
Naruto explained, "I learned to calm myself enough to meditate and speak with him from Hinata after a mission. We went with their team after I learned the Rasengan-Shuriken." The Kyuubi agreed, "And I quit having an ill will for the boy during his training when he started learning that same jutsu." Then, with a puff of smoke, the Kyuubi changed into his human form with a hood to hide his face but his 9 tails fanned behind him.
Lost looked at the two of them and continued, "So, you are bounded by 80, huh? When will it be complete?" The Kyuubi laughed and said, "It's funny to say this but coincidentally, it'll be complete on his birthday this year." Hearing that was quite a relief for Lost. "Well, I think the Hokage needs to know of this power and how you are to have full control of it" Lost said. Naruto looked absolutely worried but the Kyuubi then turned to Lost, "I think you should be honest with the boy, first." The Kyuubi suggested. Upon hearing that, Lost sighed, "I guess he does deserve to know everything."
Lost continued, "Naruto, I taught your father and Sarutobi the Reaper Demon Seal that sealed the Kyuubi in you." Naruto seemed to look a bit worst. The Kyuubi then warned Naruto, "Please remain calm. We don't want your chakra level to spike and cause alarm." Naruto did a few calming breaths and regained his calmness. "Thanks, Kyuubi." Naruto said, "I'll do my best to remain calm," He then turned to Lost, "I just want to know how it works and if you knew what was going to happen when you taught it to my father."
Sadly, Lost looked at Naruto, "I had an idea, but all I could do was give him the tools, but I didn't know why he needed them." Lost paused and went on, "The Reaper Death Seal is used to destroy an opponent but you end up sacrificing your own life. You use the jutsu to summon a reaper, who pulls the soul of your enemy through you, damming both you and the enemy. Both are sent through eternal hell pain. The Reaper Demon Seal is more complex, though. It is almost the same since you summon a reaper and two souls must be given. The two souls are given to the reaper after the demon's soul is put into some kind of container. The best way to get the seal strong enough to hold the demon was to give two souls and get a container related to them."
Naruto looked up with saddened eyes, "You mean… both of my parents sacrificed themselves to save the village?"
Lost nodded and said, "Yes and I'm truly sorry, Naruto." Kyuubi looked at Lost, who was now truly disappointed at what he had caused. "Well, I agree to speak with the Hokage. It's up to the boy now." Naruto looked rather persevering, "I will tell her and I want Hinata and her dad to be there. She deserves to know and so does Jiraiya since he's always been good to me." The hall disappeared and they were back in Lost's apartment. "Naruto, I'm sorry for the way things turned out" Lost spoke, his hand still on Naruto's shoulder. "I know you did what you had to do. I hope I'll have the same courage to do such a thing when the time comes." Naruto said.
He stood up and headed for the door saying, "Good night Lost, See you tomorrow."
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