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A/N: I have been in a block for ever so long BUT today I got inspired, so Enjoy!

The Day After

Hours later and empty bottles at our feet, I asked Tsunade, who still had her head up enough to pay attention, where I will be staying. Seems Shizune had already book a room the local inn for a couple days. So I finished my last cup, waved my hand to dismiss the seal, and climbed out the window. Taking a deep breath of the upcoming sunrise morning air, I heard Tsunade giggling behind me in her chair and I smiled at her.

I jumped high in the sky, higher than most would jump and soaring through the breeze, without a care in the world and slowly descending down. Amazing, how one leap can get you just about any place you want to go and faster too.

Landing gracefully and quietly by the Inn I'm staying at, I stepped through the main doors and told the night shift guy that I'm registered here. Looks like he could care less when he asked for the name I am under and handed me the keys when I told him. Climbing up 2 flights of stairs and walking down a long hallway, I slipped into my room and with a quick look around I used the bathroom. After washing up and downing 4 cups of cool water, I went back to the main room where the bed is and stripped down to my pants. Grabbing one more cup of water, I set it down next to my bed and crawled in before the sunlight could shine through the curtains of the window.

'Oh yes, today will be a good day indeed' my last thoughts before sleep claimed me.

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When I woke up, I could hear the bustling sound of the afternoon from my window and so turned over to lie on my stomach. Patiently, I waited for more sleep, but it eluded me for now since I did have a full 8 hours now and my stomach is rumbling to alert me of my need to consume foods. Pushing off the bed, I threw myself off and onto the floor on all fours to begin my pushups to 350.

245, 246, 247, 248 and knock, knock at my door: "Room Service" and that got me to still while my stomach rumbled loudly knowing there is food on the other side of that door. Kicking off the floor to a hand stand and back flip to land on my feet, walking to the door and opening it to find a petit elder woman. She smiled at me as she pulled a trolley full of lunch and I can smell the heavenly aroma steaming from it. Opening the door wider, she pulled it in and walked over to my window to open the curtains to let in the afternoon light.

"Such as nice day today, isn't it young man" I nodded and pulled out my wallet to pay her. She just shook her head and hand as she walked back out the door.

"No need, it's already paid for" I shrugged and instead handed her a tip, in which she said her thanks and left.

Heading to the bathroom, I took a quick shower and with a towel wrapped around my waist, I walked out. Grabbing my jacket, I pulled out my scroll, did the hand signs and open up a seal. Reaching in and pulling out my bag of clean clothes, I closed the seal for now. Picking out a plain sleeveless shirt and cargo pants, I headed back in the bathroom to change. Towel drying my hair, I threw the wet towel in the tub and heading back to the main room, I sat and gorged myself with the still warm lunch.

Having eaten basically everything on the trolley, I went back to my bag and rifled through until I saw my little black bag of toiletries. Heading back to the bathroom, I proceed to brush my teeth and comb my hair. Applying a small amount of gel and pulling my bangs back to attach a clip, I am now done to go out in the world.

Throwing my little bag in my big bag, along with my used clothes, I reopen and closed the seal after throwing my bag in and put on my jacket. Pulling along the trolley as I open the door and closed the door, making sure it's locked. Pulling the trolley down the hallway, I encountered a beautiful young woman whom gasped when she set her eyes one me and almost dropped the towels she was handling.

"Excuse me miss, sorry for startling you but would you be a dear and take this trolley, I have no idea where to put it" Smiling sheepishly at her as she blushed and stammered while I pushed the cart to her.

"Thank you miss, you have a great day" I curtsied, she sighed and I left her standing there staring at my backside with a bit more swing of the hips for show.

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The walk through town had me feeling nostalgic and that is saying something. It being in the afternoon, I don't see much people scurrying around but that will change later on.

Taking my sweet time looking around, I notice some shopkeepers stopping whatever they are doing to stare at me and I let them. It's not every day you see a stranger walking around doing nothing and that is exactly what I am doing. Coming to a stop at a convenience store to purchase bottled water, I made my way slowly to the Hokage's office and by the time I reached it, I threw the empty bottle away.

Climbing the steps up, the office workers are rooted to the spot as I walked by them with a smile. During this time, I reached out my senses to 'see' how many are in Tsunade's office and from what I can gather: it's a lot!

Smiling and winking at the receptionist, she blushed and gave a meekly wave, I walked right into the office of the Hokage.

All heads turn my way as I open the door and I smirked at them all.

The rookie 9 stood with their respective team leaders.

Team Guy stood with his team.

Iruka-sensei stood by the elders by Tsunade's desk.

Everyone else that is Level Genin to Jonin stood everywhere else.

Glancing around with a smile, I see the look of nausea on Naruto's and Sasuke's face but they tried to not show it and Kakashi just had a look of bliss with his nose in the book he bought off me.

Chuckling, I walked in, closed the door behind me and walked through the parted crowd to stand next to Tsunade's desk, she did not look well. Head in her hands, she waved me to start and I turn to address the crowd.

"Good Afternoon All. I am here to demonstrate a skill or something like that" Hand out to Shizune, she looked confused until Tsunade, with her head still down in her hands, open a drawer and threw the scroll at her. Everyone else is just looking on in confusion and fidgeting.

Passing the scroll on to me, I smiled at her: "Good afternoon Shizune" and in response I got a blush that had me smiling wider.

"Anyways, as you can see I have a scroll; A typical scroll for everyday use and handling. OR so you think" Unraveling it, I showed the side with the seals on it "These seals you see before you are complex and hard to decipher as well as the multitude of hand signs. However, open once with the correct signs and a smear of blood, will stay open until you close it with your blood. This technique is hard to teach, which is why I only taught it one other person but sadly, she does not exist anymore"

Placing the open scroll down on the desk and listening to the murmurs of the Leaf Shinobi's, I smirked as my hands did the series of hand signs as quickly as one would blink and nipped my thumb and smeared it over one seal.

The seal glowed and the crowd stared wide eyed at the light illuminating from the scroll. A beat later, I stuck my whole arm in and the Shinobi's that are closest gasp and started murmuring among them. Slowly I pulled my arm out and with it the sneering head of one Ooruchimaru:

"You fucking bitch! I'll rip you to pieces when I get out of here" He screamed and snarled.

The crowd closest to the front gasped and stepped back in fear.

"You mean IF you get out and I doubt you will cause if you do, I get to bathe in your blood" and before any more words could be said, I pushed his head back in the seal and closed it. Rolling up the scroll and handing it back to Tsunade, I looked to the crowd with a smile.

"Questions, comments, screams?" I sat on the edge and watched the reactions. A shaking hand came up and I gestured for him to speak.

"You caught Ooruchimaru?" I nodded "But how, no one else is able to"

"Well, during the time anyone else tried to get him, he's in his max stage: means that he is at full power. I caught him during his low stage: when he is close to switching and is vulnerable" Another hand.

"What do you mean: switching?"

"You lot do know that he switches bodies every 3years, right?" and I get no answer, except from Tsunade.

"He does it to live longer but the body he inhabits rejects him and so has to replace said body for a new one every 3 years. He is however trying to find a way to keep it permanently" and all this while her head is down.

"Yes and now that I captured him, he has 2 maybe 3 days left before that body spits him out to inhabit another body. BUT while he is contained in my scroll, that process freezes in its place unless he is out of the seal"

"And who are you to be able to capture him so easily?" and everyone looks towards the back where Neji Huuga spoke up. I smirked and stood tall for everyone to see and hear.

"I am KE#O" With silence to go with that statement as I see most of everyone's expression is priceless and that includes the comments after.

"You're real?" I laughed at that and sat back down.

"In the flesh and with contract"

"But I thought you were a myth?" Ino ask. I shake my head and respond.

"Nope, I just know how to be stealthy about my life. And what is your name beautiful?"

"I-Ino" she blushes as she says her name. In a snap, I reappear in front of her and she gives a small shriek but quiets down when I lifted up her hand.

"And such a lovely name to go with a lovely face, Ino" a kiss on her hand and she becomes a puddle of goo when her knees give out. Smirking at this, I walked back to the front with a smug smirk.

"Everyone, now that the demo and introductions are dealt with, you're all dismissed. Thank you" Said with her head still down. The Shinobi's stood for a good minute and began filing out the door after. I smiled at Naruto and Sasuke as they started out but rushed out quickly when their faces turned green. Chuckling, I grabbed a chair nearby and pulled out my flask, pouring a good amount in a tea cup for Tsunade, who grabbed it as soon as I'm done pouring and downed the whole thing. Laughing at this, I poured a little more in her cup and took a sip myself, when a cough could be heard next to me.

The elders stood with Iruka-sensei, a man and woman, and the woman is the one who caught my attention.

"KE#O is it?" I nodded "Well, good work on the demonstration and introduction of you. I don't I've ever seen that much people's faces in the same expression before" and she chuckles. I remember this old lady from when I first took the Genin exams and tried to give me a title I didn't earn. I also remember how she and the old man tried to not pass Naruto because of his linage.

"Thank you ma'am, I try"

"So how long are you planning on staying in our village" the old man asks.

"Well" taking a sip from my flask and putting my feet up on the desk, with much disapproving look from the 3 "I haven't had a vacation in the longest time and so maybe I'll stick around for a couple weeks, checking out the town, meeting the people and just enjoying life as it is" they nodded, accepting the answer

"So are you planning on working with us also" and before I could answer that question, Tsunade sat up straight, all signs of hangover gone and had the most vicious smile on her face.

"Why, yes he is going to be working with us" and with an eyebrow raised in challenge, in which I smiled.

"If I get paid, of course"

"That depends on the Elders here" I looked to the old people and with one last sip of my flask, I stood up and stashed it away.

"If I don't, then I'm gone before you can even shake your heads. If I do, then work will be done before the first team even leaves this village" The elders looked at me in surprise at the change of attitude and then looked at each other as if communicating telepathically. With a nod to each other and a nod to me, they accepted my terms and left without another word. Iruka-sensei, whom has been silent throughout the whole exchange, stuck out his hand in warm greeting.

"Welcome to Konoha and I hope you do well in your first mission here" With that, Iruka left and only Shizune, Tsunade and I were left.

"Well, that was fun. Wanna drink?" I asked Tsunade who smiled and laughed.

Short, I think so But the next chapter is just to die for

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