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Chapter 8

Patrol

"Scan your sectors properly"

Minato said to his rookie team they'd been working together now for about 5 months; His team was very talented, but they lacked team chemistry and basic discipline. If he had to give their team work a grade it be a 83%. They weren't horrible simply because they were so talented they were becoming too confident though. He feared that they maybe a little over confident. But they still had a lot to learn, and without Rin Nohara on his team there is no way they would've made it this far. His two male students were constantly bickering, and at each other's throats for the littlest of things.

They were now tasked with another C rank mission. Minato and the Hokage had drawn tired of his student's complaints about D ranked missions. So, the Hokage has been giving Team 7 more C rank missions, the one they were currently on would be there 3rd. They had completed more missions than any other Genin team, and he was beginning to consider them for the chunin exam if they kept up this pace.

Their mission was a simple enough mission a border patrol around the lands of fire it would take them 2 weeks to complete but it was enough to settle his team. Although it was just broader patrol with the recent activity in the Land Hidden in the Mist he was warned by the Hokage not to be relaxed on their patrol. But so far it was like every other patrol they haven't ran into any trouble so far.

He seen a nice little area to start building their camp for the night, so he stopped his team.

"We will camp here tonight, Kakashi go fetch the fire wood and patrol the perimeter see if you can spot any sign of dangers. Obito there is a river about 15 minutes to our North- West see if you can catch us something to eat and fill our canteens. Rin and I will stay her and make our campsite. Disperse"

He watched as his team scattered off to begin their task. Minato made a shadow clone then instructed him to teleport back to Konoha and tell the hokage the location where they'd be camping and today's report of what they seen while on patrol.

A few hours later Obito arrived with a deer he was carrying on his shoulders and he had 3 fish tied to a rope.

"Great job Obito kun, fish and deer! Your amazing" Rin said Minato watched as she went to help her teammate prepare the food.

Obito was just giving her the biggest grin smiling at her brightly ear to ear. Rin seemed to know what to say to not just Obito but Kakashi to get that reaction out of the youngsters.

Minato sighed as he looked to his final student who was pretending as if he were reading but Minato could tell by the slight twitch of his ears he was straining himself to hear what the other two were saying. Since the very first day the group got together they act like this. Barely communicating Rin was the mediator to every conversation and solved every problem.

She would either start scolding the boys or would take to bashing them on top the head if they didn't act right. Most would have thought that Kakashi would be like his second in command. With the boys astounding academy record and excellent capability as a shinobi at such a young age, but Rin has taken the role not so much with how she handles herself in battle but how she leads them in everyday situations.

"Kakashi! Get your lazy butt up and come help me and Obito skin this deer."

Kakashi sighed "Why does it take three people to skin one deer?"

He complained but Minato watched his student get up from his spot and head obediently over to his teammate.

"Obito kun has never skinned a deer, so we are going to show him how!"

She said excitedly. Rin seemed to always like helping others anyway she could, her and Obito were a lot alike in that regard. Obito would show up late sometimes saying he had to help an old lady across the street or help a little girl who lost her cat. Minato thought the boy was lying to excuse his tardiness. So as a training exercise one day him Kakashi and Rin went to find a tardy Obito. They soon found him helping an older couple paint an entire clan compound for free.

His team was filled with different personalities but like the other jonin sensei had told him. It was an experience that he wouldn't value until he actually did it.

-Flashback-

Minato was sitting with his elder sensei Jiraiya. He had just finished explaining his absence from the village. Why he left so suddenly and without a goodbye

"Well I am proud of you Minato. You have become a fine shinobi also seemed to balance that and your personal life. You've succeeded in getting the girl of your dreams something I still have yet to accomplish."

The older man said looking off in the distance with a sad look. Minato just chuckled at his teachers displays. "It is your fault for never talking to Tsuande-chan."

"Yeah yeah it is too late now."

Minato didn't know what his sensei meant about it being too late. To his knowledge Tsuande had broken up with Dan after his last time cheating.

"What do you mean it's too late? It is never too late."

"No, she is talking to somebody new"

This surprised him he was not aware that Tsuande was in another relationship, she never mentioned anything about it before, but it must have happened when I was gone.

Deciding that it would be best to just change the subject. "Sensei I had come here to not only apologize for my disappearance but ask for your experience."

"Really now? Well ask away?' Jiraiya said

"What made you want to become a sensei? Everyone always said that you never wished to be one."

Jiraiya looked at him looking at him interestingly. He lifted his hand to grab his chin as he closed he is eyes to think before saying

"The reason I became a sensei is in truth because of the Old man hokage." Minato watched as Jiraiya chuckled.

"Sense he became my sensei he always liked to pick fun at me, he did it to all the others but especially me saying we would never become shinobi worth remembering. It may have sound cruel but times where different during the Second Shinobi War. Me nor the others were prepared for the acts of it. So, he worked us hard but before our first C rank mission he told us that he was proud of us. That we would be some of the most powerful ninjas known to the world. He said he knew once he met us that we were destined for greatness." He said pausing to look at Minato

"It is true I never wanted to be a shinobi sensei till I saw you and Kushina fight, I saw your very first spare together."

Minato was shocked he could never forget about the very first day he saw Kushina back at the academy. It was also the very first time they spoke and fought.

"I knew you two were special immediately and I understood what the old man meant."

-End Flashback-

Minato could see why some shinobi become so attached to their teams and want to teach a Genin team year after year. They were team 7 which is known as the most dignified team in Konoha. Since the legendary sannin no Genin team had been permitted the title of team 7. That is until he got his team.

He sighed before deciding to leave the three to clean and cook the food while he went to check their camp perimeter. Him and Rin had set traps all around their location to protect their camp. He just wanted to triple check the area and make sure they were functional.

He finished checking the last trap and started making his way back to camp. He sat next to his team grabbing his bowl of food from Kakashi they all ate in relative peace which caused Minato's mind to wander to his mate and wife of 5 months.

Kushina was in her office reading over the mountains of paper work she was behind on. The embassy was thriving everyday more people came to visit the land of fire from Uzushio and she was responsible for everyone who entered the lands. So. it's important to document everything and keep it organized. She was still leading the civilian floor as well. But today was the last day she would have to deal with it because Yahiko Uzumaki was coming in today.

Speaking of Yahiko, Konan had been very excited when she found out that her mate/husband was going to be assigned the same duty station as her. She had thanked Kushina for weeks for reuniting the two.

"Kushina baby"

Kushina smiled as she heard the voice of her mate Minato Namikaze. They had recently figured out how their telepathic communication worked. They have to say the others name in their mind within the first two words for the connection to be active.

"Minato my mate I can hear you, are you okay?"

"Yes Kushina, I just wanted to let you know that we are about 80-90 miles east of Konoha patrolling haven't ran into anything important, but I will keep you updated baby"

"Please Minato, stay safe my mate"

"I will talk to you before bed" then the connection was gone, and she felt the emptiness of her mind.

There was a knock on her office door that brought her out her thoughts. Her and Minato had learned a lot about their seal and their connection seemed to get stronger by the day she could feel it through their seal.

"I am sorry Lady Kushina but has my mate arrived yet?"

Konan said Kushina sighed this was the 10th time today Konan has come in asking about her mate. Konan is the third most powerful female in their clan. A highly feared and respected shinobi, but the seal just makes you feel a longing for your mate that so intense no one can resist for long.

"I understand your worry and excitement Konan, but he is not here yet. If you would like you can wait here with me until his arrival."

Konan nodded her head bowing in appreciation. She made her way to sit at her cousins' desk.

"Do you need help with your paperwork?"

Konan asked her she nodded her head smiling in appreciation. "That would be nice, please help me"

The two went through sorting the files talking about their lives and what it was like since they left each other In the academy. An hour passed when a knock on her office door passed through the room. They both paused and Kushina saw Konan body tense as she stared at the door.

"Come in"

The door opened to reveal two samurai and a man with bright orange hair, his eyes one brown the other containing a Mishogan. Yahiko is the third strongest male Uzumaki. Having been born to the lowest ranking Uzumaki family he by the age of 7 became powerful training with her brother and father. Now he was feared amongst many lands. His Mishogan is from his distant An'nai blood but only formed in one eye and since its formation has never dispelled.

"I am sorry for my tardiness Lady Uzumaki"

Yahiko said bowing respectfully. "Awh stop all the formalities Yahiko san. It has been years since we have seen each other but I am the same person I swear."

His before stone expression softened revealing a smiling man. "Aha good cause I was thinking this assignment would suck if you became bossy."

Kushina smiled as she watched the two mates make eye contact. She could feel the passion and heat in the room as their staring contest heated up before Konan raced to him embracing him in a tight hug.

She could feel their love for each other from her position in the room.

"I missed you my mate" Konan said to Yahiko giving him a kiss on the lips she watched the man smile brightly wrapping Konan in his arms. He pulled her in a deep embrace which made Kushina smile brighter.

This was the power couple of her generation in Uzushio. They were one of the youngest couples ever formed by her clan and had their seal marks longer than most others. Both Yahiko and Konan were arraigned to get married to bear a strong offspring as a deal between Konan's higher-ranking family and Yahiko lower ranking one. Since before they mated though they showed signs of compatibility and now their connection and curse marks are the strongest in the clan, but Kushina had a feeling soon there would be changes to the power scale.

Still holding his mate Yahiko turned to her saying "My tardiness isn't without cause Kushina. Before I left I was told by your father Lord Uzukage that the waters between Uzushio and Kirigakure have held multiple skirmishes between our two countries navies. As a result. Your father wishes for you to put a stop to future violence."

Kushina nodded taking in the information the land Hidden in the Mist and Uzushio haven't had many altercations in the last few years. But with the instability in the 'Blood Mist Village' who knows what this can escalate too.

"Thank you for the information. I will handle this situation immediately. Now that Yahiko is here Konan why don't you two take a tour of the embassy and tomorrow Yahiko we can further discuss your role here."

Kushina said getting up and leading the couple out to tour the embassy.

They took the next hour talking about the embassy and each building as well as important details he needed to know about running the civilian relations and other duties. Their tour ended up at the housing units for each head which was on the top floor of the main building.

Kushina was still in the process of moving her things from the Senju compound to her embassy home. Only because she was taking her time she nor the two Senju females she stayed with were excited about her leaving. Even though she was only a few blocks down the road. Minato was helping her with her move. Well as much work as they could before they ended up in her bedroom. It was a slow-going process no one was rushing. Although, she was trying to get it done by the end of the week though, so she could spend more of her nights with her mate.

Konan had moved all Yahiko things into her assigned condo each condo was huge easily enough room for a large amount of people per condo. Since Yahiko and Konan were both heads they technique had two condos on the top floor.

Kushina decided it was unnecessary for them to stay in both homes. So Kushina was going to have to figure out what to do with the free-living quarters but it wasn't an emergency and could be dealt with later.

Kushina was happy for her cousin and Yahiko they were the ideal couple. Kushina is struggling without being with her mate, but unless you knew Konan you'd never notice. Kushina thought Konan was amazing though because despite missing Yahiko she handled her job at the embassy very professionally. Kushina had only been without Minato for a week and couldn't bare the hours between each mental checkup.

Kushina sighed letting her thoughts drift from the couple to what Yahiko had informed her about the Hidden Mist village. Thinking that it'd be best to get more information directly from her father she pulled out a letter deciding this was her first official duty as ambassador of Uzushio. She needed to make sure that whatever caused the border dispute between their navies was ended hastily.

"Dear Mizukage,

Speaking on behalf of the Land of Uzushiogakure, Village Hidden by Whirlpooling Tides, the Uzukage whom is also the Daimyo of the lands. I am Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze wife to Minato Namikaze, and daughter to the Uzukage, heir to the Matriarch of the Uzumaki clan, and The Ambassador of Uzushiogakure. I wish to speak to you about the recent disputes of the waters between or lands. As you know, we have been under a ceasefire ever since the 2nd shinobi war. I think it might be best for both parties to stop further conflict. Uzushiogakure is a very forgiving country, we control majority of the waters across the globe and offer safe travel and trade across the seas. Attacks such as yours provide a threat to others and must be ceased immediately, otherwise aggressive actions will be taken. I look forward to working with you to ensure peace between our two great villages.

Best Regards,

The Lands of Uzushiogakure

Village Hidden by Whirling Tides

Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze"

Kushina reread the letter before she sealed her letter away in a scroll. She wondered if the Hokage would back Uzushio if things were to get out of hand with Kirigakure. She decided that she would go ask and talk with the Hokage during lunch.

She grabs her long white coat Minato had just gotten her from her chair and put it on. She grabbed her tea a stack of folders and was headed out the door and down the building. When she exited the main building, she started her way down the bridge. She looked down at the man-made whirlpools making her mind drift to Uzushio and the real pools.

She missed her village and was looking forward to her first trip back home as an ambassador. Sighing she turned the corner walking towards the hokage tower she saw Tsume walking towards her with a bright smile plastered upon her face.

Since Kushina and Minato had become one union and started their sexual relationship. Tsume had been acting more invasive of her personal life. If that was even possible.

"Kushina Uzumaki! I know you see me!"

Kushina realized that she was behaving rudely to her former teammate by not responding to her greeting,

"I'm Sorry, Tsume chan I am so busy with the embassy, and Minato that my mind has been traveling a lot." She paused thinking

"And my name is actually Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze now"

At the mention of her mate Tsume smiled slyly at Kushina. She didn't like the smile it was a little too friendly for her liking.

"I bet Minato has been keeping you very busy as of late. Minato fucking your brains out?" Tsume said sexually.

Kushina felt herself blushing and knew she probably looked as red as a tomato. She was still new to the world of sex, so she was still shy about talking openly about it.

"Me and MY mates sex life is none of your business."

Tsume just laughed at her, slapping her on the back roughly. Gosh why is she so manly?

"Lighten up sister. It was a rhetoric question. I already know that Minato fucks you good." Kushina gave her a surprised expression. Tsume pointed to her noise while saying "I can smell it"

"Kushina you can hide a lot of things. But you can't hide a smell from an Inuzuka. But, I can also smell that someone hasn't been laid in" She pauses to take a whiff of Kushina "a week or so?"

Kushina blush deepened indicating that she had been right. Tsume laughed even harder now.

"Gosh Kushina a week without sex and you already having dick withdraws."

"ENOUGH Tsume!" Kushina said shaking her head angerly she can't afford this right now she needed to get to the Hokages office to discuss important issues. She began to walk past her teammate.

"Wait Kushina"

Tsume said calling after her. Kushina turned face still red from the embarrassment, but she held a firm façade as she looked at her teammate.

"I am sorry Kushina, it has. Just been months since we last spent time together. We don't have girls' night anymore. I just miss you"

Tsume said looking away awkwardly. Kushina knew that her tomboyish teammate meant what she said. Simply because Tsume is a tough kunoichi, as tough as they come. She doesn't dwell too deep into her feelings most of the time, so the confession meant that it was really bothering her that they haven't been able to spend time together.

This made Kushina feel bad. It's true ever since her engagement to Minato and the opening of the Embassy she hasn't been scheduling the weekly get together with all her friends. It's been almost 3 months since she last had a conversation this long with her teammate. Kushina was starting to feel very guilty about the situation.

Quickly running through the rest of her schedule for the day she decided that after her meeting with the hokage she would return to the office finish up a pile of paperwork and call it a day.

"I'm sorry Tsume chan. You are right I haven't been taking care of my responsibilities as a friend and teammate. How about tonight we have a girl's night at my place in the embassy?"

This made Tsume ears perk up and a bright smile graced her friends lovely face.

"I get to see your new crib!? That's a deal I will bring the SAKE!"

Tsume said running off in the direction of Konoha liquor store. Kushina just smiled at her friend's actions. As Kushina made her way to the Hokage Tower she smiled to herself.

I can't believe It's been so long since my last girls night.

Kushina was getting excited at the thought of all her friends getting together again. She was mentally going through all the things she would need to pick up from the store. Deciding it be best to use shadow clones she created clones to go tell her friends about tonight's plans.

She hoped that they were all available for the girls' night. She reached the hokages office catching herself from just walking in like she uses to do, a bad habit she picked up from her mate. She turned to the hokages assistants desk.

"Is the hokage taking visitors at this time?"

The assistant looked shocked to see the woman following procedure. "Umm, let me check" she said before glancing to a schedule on her desk.

"Yes, at this time the Lord Hokage is taking visits."

"Thank you" Kushina said smiling before giving the lady a slight bow. She walked into the Hokages office to see it hadn't changed since she last was in it. The brief thought of her mate behind the desk instead of the current hokage entered her thoughts leaving a smile on her lips at the image of a beaming Minato smiling brightly at her from behind the desk.

"Well Kushina, I can say I'm glad to see you too."

The hokage said to her looking at her with a look of amusement at her smiling face. Kushina shook her head quickly cursing Minato for always finding a way into her mind and causing a distraction.

"My apologies lord hokage I've been very unfocused as of late."

The hokage shook his head gesturing for her to take a seat in front of his desk.

"No need for apologies Lady Kushina, please sit, tell me what brings the Ambassador of Uzushiogakure into my office." He said while giving her a comforting smile.

Kushina took a moment to gather her thoughts as she moved to sit down.

"It has recently come to my attention that the waters between Uzushio and Kirigakure have been the battle ground for recent… disputes."

Kushina eyed the hokage for any signs she could but wasn't getting anything from the seasoned hokage, so she continued

"These disputes have troubled my father, and he has tasked me with the responsibility for putting an end to the conflict."

The hokage nodded taking a puff out of his pipe before saying

"A major responsibility you have Lady Kushina, and how do you plan on stopping further 'conflict'"

"I have written a letter to the Mizukage in hopes to put a stop to the border wars."

The hokage just nodded stroking his beard as he thought, "And what would be the reason you are here telling me?"

"I was wondering worst case scenario, would Konoha back us if war broke out between Uzushio and Kiri?"

There was a pause in the room, Kushina could tell that the hokage was thinking deeply about the situation. The way he looked off in the distance as he inhaled smoke from his pipe. His eyes turned to her a steely expression plastered to his face.

"Although I cannot make those decisions solely on my own, I myself do not back Konoha supporting ninja for a war between your village and Kirigakure."

Kushina was surprised she had mentally prepared herself for just in case the hokage said no to her request, but she hadn't expected him to outright deny her request, but before she could say anything the hokage spoke

"But we would help with any medical, finical, or other needs that do not directly involve altercations between Konoha and Kiri."

Kushina was frustrated, Uzushio didn't need medical help, and definitely didn't need any finical assistance. She was hoping that the hokage would back her to threaten the Mizukage with not one but two hidden villages coming after him if he didn't stop his attacks. Now though she would have to hope that her threating letter will be enough to stop the Mizukage.

"Thank you Hokage sama, Uzushio would love any assistance you could offer us. Although for now we do not need such aid it is good to know that our ally wouldn't completely abandon us."

She was trying to pick at the hokage to get more assistance for Uzushio. The more experienced politician could see through her trick so the hokage was not falling for the bait.

"Of course, we wouldn't, you said that you had a letter to deliver to the Mizukage. Would you like me to task a team to deliver that message for you?"

Kushina immediately shook her head "No that won't be necessary Uzushio will handle the delivery but thank you for the thought."

Kushina glanced at the clock on the wall two and a half hours had passed since she reached the hokages tower. If she was going to finish the stack of paperwork on her desk and still have enough time to grocery shop and cook for tonight. She must wrap up this meeting soon.

She politely excused herself saying she had other matters to attended to before walking out the office. She made her way out the hokage tower and back to the Embassy. She made two shadow clones to go to the stores she needed while she worked on the pile of papers on her desk. It was another 2 hours before she had finished all her paperwork.

She sighed stretching out her aching body. No one had told her that working behind a desk would leave her so exhausted. She got up and made her way to her condo on the top floor of the embassy. When she reached her door, she reached in her robe to grab her keys as she unlocked the door she heard a familiar voice.

"Kushina chan"

Kushina glanced to her left to see Aki Uzumaki smiling at her, Aki looked like her stomach was about to explode she was due to have her first child Karin any day now.

"Aki, hey how are you feeling?"

Aki sighed before unconsciously rubbing her belly. "Tired my ankles hurt, I am hungry and bored."

Due to Aki severe pregnancy she had demanded that her head doctor not do any physical labor. So, she had been resigned to desk work much like Kushina, and just like her Aki hated being held to desk work.

"Well, girls night isn't supposed to start till 8pm but since your here would you like to accompany me while I get ready? I can warm up some food for you while we wait."

Aki nodded excitedly in agreement before Kushina unlocked the door and they entered her assigned condo. Kushina being the head of the embassy had the largest living space. She headed to the kitchen to start preparing Aki's pre-dinner snack. She had some left-over ramen from ichraku's. She heard an inhale of breath before her cousin hummed in delight.

"What is that your making Kushina? That is the loveliest smelling ramen ever!" Aki was now standing next to her sniffing over the pot of ramen.

Kushina laughed at her friend's antics. "This is miso ramen from Ichraku's ramen stand. It is here in Konoha and is actually a great restaurant. I would argue they have ramen better than what we have back in Uzushio."

Aki's face looked surprised, but she didn't say anything. They talked until the food was ready and Kushina made her friend a bowl handing it to her.

"Thank you!" She said quickly before diving into her food, although she ate it more lady like then Kushina would have.

"No problem, you enjoy that I am going to go take a quick shower."

Kushina went back into her bedroom and began grabbing comfortable clothing for tonight's get together. Normally on girl's nights they would meet at the designated house, drink some sake then head to the local clubs and bars in Konoha, but she had decided that tonight the party was going to be at her house.

Kushina grabbed her clothes and hopped in the shower, as she cleaned herself she felt the connection open.

"Kushina baby"

"Yes, Minato?"

"We finished camp for the night and were about to settle in. How has your day been?"

Kushina giggled. They had pretty much talked every 3-4 hours even if it was just a quick check in, so Minato knew exactly how her day was going and she was sure that he could feel her contentment through their seal. But she decided to enlighten him a little bit.

"My day has been busy, I receive news from my father about some naval battles with Kirigakure."

"Really? The Hidden Mist village has been very… unstable as of late."

"They have, I know you heard of their Genin graduation exam?"

"Yes, I have heard the rumors. Do not worry too much about that though sweetheart."

Kushina sighed. "I wish I didn't have to think about them poor children, but since I am being appointed as the Ambassador of Uzushio I have the responsibility of making sure that no further conflict arises."

"Your father believes in you and so do I baby, I am sure that you will come up with something."

"Enough about work, tonight I'm having a girl's night at the condo!"

She could feel Minato's smile through their bond. "That's great, you work too hard and need a nice distraction who is all going to be come?"

"Just the Usual, Tsume, Mikoto, Tsuande, Mao, also Aki and Konan are coming as well."

"Okay you girls be safe, I'm going to bed, so we can get an early start tomorrow. Ill update you of our location tomorrow."

"Goodnight my mate I love you."

She felt the connection end but decided that she would get Minato later for not saying he loved her back. She hadn't even noticed that the shower had ran cold and her fingers were now pruny looking indicating that she had been in the shower longer than she originally intended.

She got out the shower dried herself off and put on some comfortable clothes a tank top and some shorts before grabbing a robe Minato had gotten her. It was made of silk light but surprisingly warm, it also had the Namikaze symbol on the back of it with the Uzumaki swirl on the sleeves of the robe she absolutely loved the robe.

When she re-entered the kitchen, she was greeted by Mao, Tsuande and Aki all sitting around the table apparently the Senju woman had brought some food. And apparently her pregnant cousin was taste testing the local food. When the Senju woman seen her, they gave her a bright smile waving excitedly. Tsuande yells across the room.

"Kushina come try this sake! It was made with honey and is de-lici-ous . Kushina smiled back walking over.

"It appears you have already had your fair share of the sake"

The group of girls sat around the table conversating and drinking lightly. After about 30 minutes Tsume Mikoto and Konan arrived joining them at the table. They then began to eat while the gossiped and discussed a broad range of topics.

"So, Aki chan when are you do?" Tsume asked words a bit slurred due to the amount of alcohol she had drunk. All the woman were tipsy Tsuande, and surprisingly even Konan who is usually well reserved was even showing signs that she had reached her limits. The only sober person was Aki because of her pregnancy.

"I am due within 3 weeks! I'm so excited" She said giggling and unconsciously grabbing at her stomach.

Kushina smiled and noticed that all the women seemed to be thinking along the same lines. I can't wait till that is me

"Who is the baby's father? If you don't mind me asking." Mao said curiously. All the woman but Konan seemed interested obviously they had all thought about this since Aki was not married nor has she spoken about having a significant other. And she has no mating seal on her body at least not a visible one. So, it was a legitimate question.

Aki's posture became more ridged and she held her belly protectively.

"I do not wish to speak about him." She said defensively looking towards Konan.

Kushina looked to Konan who had a sympathy look on her face. When she saw Kushina gaze she mouthed "later" to her cousin. Understanding Kushina just nodded her head slightly. The interaction didn't go unnoticed by the other women, but they decided not to push the issue.

"I'm sorry Aki chan, I didn't know that was a sensitive subject for you." Mao said looking sorry.

At the look the elder woman gave her Aki relaxed and sighed, "No it is my fault. It is a touchy subject for me. I loved him, but he did not love me, yet I let him convince me to get pregnant with his child. Now he wishes to have nothing to do with me nor my baby. I'm glad for Kushina chan for getting me out of Uzushio because everything there seemed to remind me of him."

At her words Mao, Tsume, Tsuande got visibly angry.

"Men aren't shit. Don't worry Aki I to have had my fair share of 'bad men'" the eldest Senju said

All the ladies but Kushina, Mikoto and Konan nodded in agreement. Tsuande chuckled before speaking

"I recently fell in love with a man, and you know what he told me? That he thought we were just having 'fling'. He been fucking me for the past few months raw no protective seals no condoms nothing. Then get thi-s. I asked him if we can make things official and he said 'NO', like he didn't even think about it just straight up told me he didn't want a marriage."

Tsuande words were slurred and slow due to her drunken state. Which probably was the reason she was disclosing such personal information with everyone. But the rest of the woman other than Aki were also having their thoughts impaired by alcohol.

Kushina felt bad knowing that Tsuande was referring to her brother. She had warned the woman about his player ways but still her friend did not listen. After Kon left Tsuande had gone into a state of depression it was almost as bad as when she was sad about Dan cheating on her.

At hearing this all the woman sighed sadly, Tsume began laughing but not in a way that was funny, but almost cynical. She took a big swig from the sake bottle not even bothering with the cup.

"Gosh tell me why that sounds just like the man I was messing with. I knew the week he was leaving town, so I planned our whole last week together. But the bastard left a whole week in advance and didn't even tell me! And I hate to say it, but I liked him no I fell in love with him! ME of all people catching feelings. Now all I have left of him is this fucking letter, I still haven't written him back, yet I don't even know what to say I'm so hurt."

Tsume said pulling out a folded piece of paper from her bra and placing it on the table. She took another swig from the sake bottle before handing the bottle to Tsuande who happily accepted it taking a big gulp of the liquid.

Curiosity got the best of Kushina, she slowly reached for the letter allowing Tsume the chance to stop her if she wished to keep whatever the contents of the letter secret.

But she didn't stop her, so she grabbed the letter opened it, and started to read the letter slowly. As she was reading she was sipping on her glass of sake when realization hit her like a ton of bricks and she began choking on her drink.

Instinctively Tsuande reached over and started patting her roughly on the back trying her best to help clear her friends' lungs.

"Gosh Kushina you okay?" the blonde woman asked

"She probably just surprised that's all" Tsume said knowingly

"Damn, what's in the letter, let me read it." Tsuande said reaching for the letter that was in her hand. Kushina instantly pulled it out her reached holding it tight to her chest.

"I don't think that Tsume would want us all in her private life like this. I should have never read the letter myself" Kushina said trying her best to convince the Senju woman of a different course of action.

Before Tsuande could reply Tsume spoke up. "No, it's okay Kushina really, I mean it's my personal life and I trust all of you to not go telling my business. I'm sure you had nothing to do with your brother being an asshole."

Kushina tensed visibly, but she wasn't the only one who tensed up Mao Senju was as ridged as a log. Staring at her daughter who had an unreadable expression on her face.

"What you say?" Tsuande said her voice coming out low almost like a hiss. Tsume looked at the woman confused not reading the obvious tension building in the room probably due to the alcohol in her system.

"Oh, I said it's not Kushina fault that her brothers an ass. He up and left me here without so much as a good bye." Tsume said with a growl like a dog.

Tsuande was obviously tense now her eyes staring at Tsume with a blank expression her hands were shaking on the table and held in a tight fist. Tsume seemed to just now catch on to her body language and was looking to the other woman confused.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Kushina was watching Tsuande carefully, Mikoto was looking just as confused as Tsume she too was wondering why the youngest Senju was acting so strange suddenly, Mao had stood up from her seat but hadn't moved an inch as if scared that sudden movement would make her daughter react.

Aki was looking back and forth between Tsume, Kushina, Mao, and Tsuande until her eyes suddenly lit up and her mouth dropped agape.

"You were having sex with Kon Uzumaki?" Tsuande said voice so low it was like a whisper.

"Yesss" Tsume said eyeing her warily, she thought it was obvious when she mentioned Kushina brother beginning a dick.

"I was having sex with him." Tsuande said eyes looking up from where they fell to the table to look to the Inuzuka woman. Tsume was obviously caught off guard by the revelation. Mikoto seemed to finally understand the situation and was looking at the two awkwardly.

A silence had filled the whole condo no one said or did anything. Tsume and Tsuande where in a staring contest both woman holding unreadable gazes. Leaving the rest of the women anxious and on their toes.

"I also have a letter he wrote me soon after he left." Tsuande said pulling out the letter from her pocket. She looked at it as if debating what to do before sliding it across the table to Tsume. Kushina was watching the whole interaction holding her breathe. The air was so tense she had no idea how this situation would end, and she was thinking of having her brother castrated for putting her friends in such an awkward and potentially dangerous situation.

Tsume looked at the letter before slowly reaching towards it to read it. Her fingers slowly opened it, Kushina could tell her brother had written a lot to Tsuande. A whole extra page for the Senju woman in fact. Tsume letter was not long only a half a page. But Tsunade's had front and back writing on it on two separate papers.

Kushina watched as Tsume's eyes danced across the sheets of paper. By the time Tsume had gotten to the second page she had tears running down her face. Kushina felt embarrassed in that moment to call Kon her brother. She had warned Tsuande that her brother was a player, but she never expected him to pull a stunt like this. It broke Kushina's heart to see Tsume this way. The proud Inuzuka clan head was normally very strong and independent, just like Tsuande she had many men bowing at her feet both shinobi and civilian alike. She was such a strong woman that Kushina had never even seen her frown let alone cry. Knowing that her brother was the cause of her friend's immense sadness caused her to feel anger towards him that she never felt before.

Tsume read the entire letter before placing it on the table. She wiped her eyes trying to erase the trail of tears that had just ran down her face. But her face still held a look of immense sadness. Kushina not knowing what to do but wanting to help placed a gentle hand on hers hoping that she could provide a little confront to her friend.

Tsuande reached to Kushina pulling the Tsume's letter from her hand before reading it.

"He lied to you Tsume." Tsuande said after reading the letter. Tsuande face was still unreadable as she looked to the other woman who had slept with the man she loved.

At this Tsume face twisted in anger "Obviously he has lied to me about a lot of things Tsuande!"

Tsuande seemed to get agitated at the woman raising her voice at her "He did not leave early he was with me the whole week."

This seemed to hurt Tsume worse, which cause both Mao and Kushina to give a glare at Tsuande. Both women where already hurt but Tsuande could at least watch how she says things.

"Ah great, you want to rub it in! Alright congrats he obviously liked you more. Is that what your trying to get at, you happy I said it he liked you more! He wrote you a long ass heartfelt love letter, while all I got was a shitty apologies and false promises. Congratulations Tsuande want a cookie?" She said spitting the words out harshly.

The atmosphere in the room was getting more hostile by the minute. She was racking her brain trying to think of ways to change the mood.

"I think we should play some games" Konan who had been quiet during the whole conversation suggested hesitantly. Aki, Mikoto immediately nodded their heads in agreement but her words and their actions seemed to be ignored by the Senju woman and Tsume.

They were just staring at each other sizing each other up. Kushina had never seen Tsuande body language so hostile and rough. Mao had moved a few steps closer to her daughter still not moving too fast as if not to startle either woman.

"I think I had too much 'fun' tonight. I will be headed home." Tsume said an obvious sadness on her face. Kushina felt so bad and was getting frustrated because she didn't know what to do.

They all watched as the Inuzuka clan head gathered her things and began walking towards the door. Kushina got up following her saying she would walk her out.

Both woman exited the building and were walking in awkward silence towards the exit of the embassy. Kushina was racking her brain trying to come up with something to say to her friend. Not knowing what to say she just went with what was on her heart.

"I am sorry Tsume. I really am if I would have known he was seeing you too maybe I could have- "

Tsume cut her off looking at her with a hurt expression forcing a smile up on her face.

"It is okay Kushina. I do not blame you it is not your fault. I just wish I seen it coming you know? I'm just more disappointed with myself that I was unable to control my feelings. It was my fault, me and Kon had agreed to a 'fling' at first, I just wanted the sex. But I fell in love with him, I can't blame anyone but myself."

Tsume sighed heavily and Kushina heart pang seeing the looks of hurt on the strong kunoichi.

"I told myself I wouldn't fall for him, but I did. He's the first male I met who could dominate me, he's an alpha amongst alpha males. I smelt it on him the first time I saw him. It's hard for me you know? Being a woman and a female head of a pack of shinobi that share more qualities with animals then humans. He fit right in with the clan and even my dog Kurama liked him and he likes no one."

Kushina just listened as her friend ranted on about her feelings. The more she talked about her hurt the more she began to despise her brothers' actions. They reached the exit to the embassy and the two-woman turned to each other. Kushina offered another apology and a hug which Tsume surprisingly accepted. Just goes to show how hurt she was.

Kushina could have sworn she heard a small whimper from the woman but the embrace was soon over and Tsume left her. Heading back towards the Inuzuka compound which was on the other side of Konoha.

Kushina sighed heavily before walking back towards her home. She was thinking about the events and decided that she would write to her brother letting him know exactly how she felt about his mistreatment of her friends.

While she was walking back she was surprised to see Mao and Tsuande heading her direction. They met in the middle of the bridge Tsunade's face was still unreadable and Mao kept looking to her as if she would explode anytime.

"I think it is best that I take Tsuande home. She's had too much to drink and was being snappy to Mikoto and Aki who do not deserve that treatment. Tsuande just huffed rolling her eyes like a child and looking away from them.

Kushina was embarrassed at the way her friends were acting and knowing that someone she loved dearly was the cause of this problem made her even more frustrated.

"I'm so sorry Mao, Tsuande."

Mao quickly shook her head, "You have nothing to apologize for it is me and my daughter who should be apologizing to you for ruining girls' night. Please let me know about the next one, hopefully things will go a lot… better"

Mao said bowing her head slightly before nudging her daughter roughly to get the younger lady to say something.

Tsuande just looked at her mother than to Kushina. When their eyes met Kushina say the amount of hurt that lied in them. Tsuande mumbled a barely auditable apologize before walking off leaving Kushina and her mother standing in the middle of the bridge.

Mao sighed heavily, "I knew something like this would happen when I saw her getting so attached to him." She looked as though she was disappointed in herself for her daughters hurt.

"I- I am really sorry Mao chan. If I had known Kon would do something like this I-."

Kushina was cut off by Mao shaking her head waving her off. "I do not blame you nor your brother for his actions. They were not in a relationship I raised Tsuande to be a strong independent woman, but she is still a woman. She has a big heart even as tough as she acts, she fell in love with him faster than even when she started falling for Dan. I'm just afraid what she might do now because she didn't allow her heart to fully heal after Dan."

Kushina nodded understanding the elder woman's assessment.

"I hope she takes this as a learning experience. Now she will understand why I remained single after her father's passing. It may be a different situation but matters with the heart take time. I just hope she can find an outlet for her pain."

Mao offers Kushina a small smile before walking off toward the exit of the embassy. Tonight, had not went anything as she had planned. Sighing she made her way back to her home. When she arrived Konan and Mikoto had started putting away some of the food while Aki was cleaning off the table.

When they saw her enter they all gave her sympatric looks. She must have had a worried look on her face unknowingly.

"How is Tsume and Tsuande chan?" Mikoto asked her from the kitchen. Kushina began joining the women in cleaning the condo.

"I think they are both very hurt. Hopefully with time they will be okay though. I have never been so embarrassed of my brother in my life."

"Kon has always been a womanizer Kushina chan, it just sad that he misses out on good women sometimes." Aki said which received a nod of approval from Konan as well.

"Although he is my cousin we all know his reputation around Uzushio."

Kushina sighed her brother was a known player having bedded his fair share of woman in Uzushio. This was the first though she seen the direct effect of her brother's actions to those women though.

The women clean the apartment in a comfortable silence just enjoying each other's presence. When they finished the all gathered around her living room sitting down. Kushina had brought out a card game they now were all playing relaxing.

"It's a lot quieter without Tsume and Tsuande." Mikoto said as she drew a card from her hand and placed it on the pile.

The Uzumaki women nodded their heads in agreement. Tsuande and Tsume brought the energy and life to the party, both woman loved being the center of attention, so they naturally were louder than the rest of them.

"That's true but we would never manage to get Tsuande to sit down long enough for us to finish a game." Kushina said chuckling lightly. She was hoping that both her friends were doing better. It had been about an hour and a half since they left.

"Kushina chan I have a question for you. Please do not take offense" Mikoto asked looking at her a bit submissively as if she feared what she was about to ask.

"What is it Mikoto chan?"

"Do you think you can come by a the Uchiha compound and speak to Fugaku?"

Kushina stiffened, she wasn't expecting that at all. She hadn't spoken to Fugaku since his and Minato confrontation at Ichraku's. She wasn't avoiding him, she just had been busy and hadn't seen the Uchiha clan head around town.

"I mean I can. But can I ask why?"

Mikoto nervously placed with her cards, "Well he has been acting really distant lately. He barely speaks to me. I was hoping that maybe you could speak to him and make him feel better. I'm sorry to bother you with it. I know you have your own husband to worry about, but he just doesn't respond to me the way he does to you."

Mikoto said cheeks reddening as she looked away. Kushina could see that her friend was embarrassed. And she could understand why it must be uncomfortable knowing that your husband prefers the presence of another woman than you. She was glad that Mikoto has always been more reserved and wasn't like Tsume or Tsuande or maybe instead of the Senju and Inuzuka having issues it would have been her and Mikoto.

"Umm, I mean i-I can swing by later this week if that's okay."

Mikoto face brightened up and she gave her a sincere smile. "Thank you Kushina chan, I am sure your visit will lift his spirts."

Kushina just nodded her head and sighed Well I must tell Minato I am going to see Fugaku first.

Mikoto stood up bowing her head to the Uzumaki women. "Thank you so much Kushina for inviting me, and it was a pleasure meeting you Konan chan, Aki chan. Please do invite me to the next girls night I had a wonderful time."

Kushina smiled "Here let me walk you out." Kushina offered but Mikoto shook her head.

"No, it is fine, I will be okay enjoy the rest of your night." She offered them a small smile before leaving out the condo leaving the Uzumaki women alone.

"Well tonight has been very interesting." Konan said, and Aki nodded in agreement.

"There seems to be a lot of drama around Konoha Kushina, I don't see how you have handled this for so long. I was so uncomfortable with the whole Tsuande Tsume situation. It is so like Kon to do something like that." Aki said sighing before plopping down on the couch.

Kushina just sighed again, now she despised her brother. "I am going to give him a piece of my mind just you wait."

Konan giggled "Well since everyone else is gone I suppose I should head home too. I told Yahiko I wasn't going to be gone to long and its already 2 am. Knowing him he is waiting up for me."

Konan said getting up and grabbing her things. Kushina had almost forgotten about Yahiko arrival. He had just gotten back today, well technically yesterday but Konan still came to the girl's night instead of spending quality time with her mate. She sure that Konan has probably been thinking about him all night.

"Oh of course go be with Yahiko. Also, if he is awake tell him in the morning to come by my office for we can go over his duties. I'm sorry for keeping you away from him for so long."

Konan just shook her head "No don't worry about it I enjoyed myself and hope that we can do this again soon."

She gave both her cousins a hug before heading out the door and to her home which was just two doors down the hall. That left Aki and Kushina in her condo Kushina made her way to the kitchen she had gotten hungry so was fixing her a small plate of left overs.

"Do you want something more to eat Aki? Or are you going to leave as well?"

Aki got up and waddled her way to the Kitchen sitting at the table. "I'll take something to eat, honestly I am not trying to go home just yet, the condo is lovely but it's a little too big for me I don't want to be alone in their that's why I can't wait for my little Karin chan to come out already." She said in her baby voice that made Kushina smile.

"Aww I understand Aki, if you like you can sleep with me or in the guest bedroom you know I don't mind."

"Really? Thank you Kushina let me go grab a change of clothes I'll be right back."

She said before wobbling out and to her home to get her clothes. By the time she came back her food was ready, and she was wearing her pajamas and had a bag which Kushina assumed had either clothes or hygiene for when she woke up. Kushina had waited for her cousin to come back to eat so they could enjoy their meal together. Aki smiled gratefully before sitting down and diving into her food and Kushina joined her.

"How have you been liking it at the hospital and in Konoha so far?'

Kushina asked her in between her bites.

"I enjoy working at the hospital I can't thank you enough for giving me that position Kushina. As far as Konoha goes I haven't been outside the embassy to much but the civilians at the hospital are very friendly to me and I enjoy working and getting to know them."

Kushina nodded "Hey Aki, would you tell me about the father of your child?" Kushina watched Aki's movements slow before she glanced up at her deciding what she wanted to do. She swallowed her food before speaking.

"He is no one really, a successful merchant who moved to Uzushio and was trying to expand his business. He's tall and very handsome. He was very kind to me, always polite and a gentleman. He told me that once his business was settled he'd talk to your father about marrying me. You know I like my ninja work, but I like my medical practice more. I don't have to be a shinobi to be a doctor. I could do it as a civilian. He said he was going to see if Lord Uzumaki would let me resign then he'd marry me, and I could go with him back to his home village and work in the hospital there. But it was all lies he just told me things I wanted to hear, when he found out I was pregnant he started avoiding me and acting strange then he just disappeared, and I haven't heard from him since."

Kushina feet her anger rising. "Did you tell father? We can find him, punish him or even fine him put him on child support."

Aki immediately shook her head "No I haven't told Lord Uzumaki, and please you don't either, it's bad enough I got impregnated by a civilian without being mated or engaged to him. I just don't want to deal with any of that extra bullshit"

Aki said visibly frustrated. Kushina understood. Although for other clans they may not care about their women getting pregnant. To Uzumaki mating and marriage was a big deal. It was not common for civilian men or woman to be mates of a Uzumaki. And almost never did female Uzumaki's get pregnant before an engagement or mating was established. Aki was the first Uzumaki she knew that was pregnant without being mated or engaged. Obviously, her father already knew Aki was pregnant but apparently didn't know by who and what the circumstances were. Her being in Konoha was probably for the best her clan may not have accepted Aki and her child if they knew the details of her pregnancy.

Kushina got up from her seat and hugged Aki who had begun crying. "I am an embarrassment to the Uzumaki clan."

She said sobbing softly into her chest. "Hush hush Aki, don't you say that you are not an embarrassment. Don't worry I will handle anything political that may arise with your child she will be just as much an Uzumaki as you and I."

Aki was still crying but seemed to trust in what she was saying. After a few minutes she stopped but said she was exhausted from crying and was headed to bed, Kushina told her where her room and her guest room was allowing her the choice on where she wanted to sleep. Aki got up and disappeared down the hall. Leaving Kushina to clean their dishes. After she finished washing all the dishes and putting away the food she headed to her room. She smiled to herself when she heard the light snoring of her cousin in her bed.

Kushina just slid in next to her before turning her back and drifting off to sleep.

-Minato Camp 4 am –

Minato was sleeping when he felt his skin burn jolting him awake from his sleep, as soon as his eyes flashed open and he sat up he sensed unfamiliar chakra near him he was always prepared though he wore his ninja gear always and trained his students to do the same while away from the safety of the village. Thinking ahead he decided to send a shadow clone out to access the situation while he moved his team to a better position.

His eyes searched the night forest trying his best to spot the invaders but he realized it was no full moon so there was minimal visibility. Calculating the pros and cons he calmly spoke out loud speaking in the direction of the shinobi he could sense them in.

"I'm pretty sure you are not in Konoha on a friendly outing but if that was the case you would know better than to try to sneak up on shinobi while their sleeping."

He said the words loud enough for his team to hear it. Soon they were out of their tents and standing by his side in a defensive formation. The enemy shinobi did not respond, and Minato knew the odds of them doing it was slim, but he wanted to know if the shinobi were dumb enough to come in to view knowing they were caught.

The fact that they remained hidden proved they knew they had the advantage with the darkness of the night, and the cover of the trees and bushes. He knew Obito didn't have his sharingan activated yet so there was no way they could use his families dojutsu to see in the dark. Deciding it best to just cast flames he ran through a series of hand signs before yelling.

Yin Style: Prism Light

A large prism of light beamed from his hand surrounding him and the nearby area with light making it easier for him to see the area around him. He looked in the surrounding bushes trying to spot any sign of the shinobi that interrupted their sleep.

He seen a shiver of a mask in a tree directly to his right. Throwing a kunai in the direction he watched it fly and right before it hit the target, the man jumps out the way landing a few feet from them. He heard the thud of his kunai impacting where the ninja once was indicating that in fact he did miss.

The shinobi turned to face him and his students. Obito being the loud mouth in the group shouted to the man.

"Hey why are you here! We demand to know what you're doing on our lands."

Suddenly 2 more masked shinobi appeared by the first one. Now that they were in view Minato could see that by the designs of their mask that they were Kirigakure ANBU ninja. Which meant whatever their business was Kirigakure sent their best ninja to make sure it was done quietly even more reason for why he needed to figure out why they were here.

They stood off both teams facing each other. The ANBU acted first throwing kunai at Minato and his team. They ducked and dodged the flying projectiles. Before he saw Kakashi go through fire jutsu signs and blow out a ball of fire towards the enemy shinobi.

Knowing the fire wouldn't be large enough to take out the enemy Minato decided to use a wind style jutsu to strengthen the flame. With their combined attack they managed to burn one of the ANBU while he was attempting to evade their attack.

"Think smarter Kakashi. You are strong, but these aren't just regular shinobi these shinobi are ANBU from Kirigakure. We all need to work together to take them down."

He said glancing at Rin and a harder sterner look at Obito. Out of all his Genin the Uchiha would be the most likely to try to go against his orders and try and be a hero during this situation. They had fought a few enemy shinobi but nun close to the caliber of ninja a ANBU is.

"Aha I know who you are Yellow flash of Konoha."

He stiffened, as he got older and went on more missions he realized that being known was not a good thing. Because in the life of a shinobi secrecy surprise and subtly is key. When people know you're a shinobi it makes you a target.

Minato said nothing just analyzing his opponent. A different one spoke then the first saying.

"Since we know now who you are, we know that it is not a genjutsu that is making us sense your somewhere else but that you and your students are now where your kunai landed."

Minato sighed that blew that plan. He had thought that if he sent out a clone to confront the enemy he could then teleport to his students wake them and attack the enemy from behind turning their surprise attack against them. He was sure the plan would have worked on a Chunin or maybe an unexpecting Jonin ninja but the ANBU were the best a country had to offer so they were experienced ninja as well,

With the cover blown Minato and his students attacked at the same time as the clone of himself and his team. Both the ANBU did their best to block and defend the attackers on both sides. Minato and the clone of himself were attacking one ANBU, while he had a clone with each student helping them fight they're own ANBU member.

He was fighting for 10 minutes trying his best to move his opponent, so their back was to Rin's enemy. He was trying to line them up, so he can attack with a rasengan hopefully hitting at least one of the two ninjas.

He lined up a kunai shot using the attack to move his enemy one more time before both him and his clone charged the shinobi with a rasengan in hand. As expected the ANBU member saved himself relying on instinct to dodge his attack.

Which lead both him and his clone to smash their rasengan into the back of Rin's opponent. He lied on the ground back bloody and caved in from his attack. The two remaining ANBU quickly regrouped together seeing as they were already out numbered 3 to 1 their best bet was to work together to survive.

Minato was proud of their team they were not currently at war. So, none of his Genin had experience fighting a caliber of opponent they were facing now. "Well congratulations team 7 it seems we are now in progress of completing our first A rank mission."

He heard a "Cool" from Rin and Obito whereas Kakashi just replied with a nod. Minato was sure that they would be able to handle the last two long as nothing drastic occurred. So, he decided to warn the shinobi one last time.

"Do not be like your friend. If you surrender now I will put in a good word with the Hokage."

He knew with the caliber shinobi they were faced with the odds of them willingly surrendering were slim, but it was always best to try to avoid a fight when possible. As expected the shinobi didn't reply with words but replied with a combined water and lighting ninjutsu.

The attack was so massive that Minato clones had to toss his students out of the blast radius. Sacrificing themselves to save the students from harm. They repositioned themselves to the trees on each side of their enemy trapping them between all three of them.

Hoping to at least catch one again he ran through some hand signs before yelling

Earth Style: Stone Coffin

A dome wall appeared over the ANBU reacting quickly he ran to the Jutsu and placed a sealing tags on it. The tags would from a barrier locking the ANBU under the Jutsu as well as maintaining the chakra needed to hold the jutsu for up to a week.

This gave plenty enough time for a frog messenger to get to the hokage, so he could figure out what to do and inform Minato and his team.

"New Mission as of now, until we know what the hokage want us to do with these two we stay here and guard this dome they are trapped in. We don't know why they are in our lands and won't be able to find out without help from the Interrogation Unit back in Konoha."

His team nodded their head in understanding indicating that they were aware what the new plan was. He used a summoning jutsu to call upon a frog messenger before quickly writing a note to the hokage of the current situation.

When the frog leapt off to deliver the messenger Minato spoke again.

"We from now on are on max security. Treat everything we do now as if we were on enemy territory keep a low profile. Until we receive further orders from the Hokage. You all rest I will be on first watch for 3 hours then, Obito, Rin, Kakashi"

His team nodded and headed for their tents. He sighed sitting down a few feet away from the dome. He hoped that this was going to be the most stressful part of this now A rank mission. Something in his gut told him that it was going to get worse. ANBU go missing their hokage is going to wonder and send more to investigate. So, he knew the longer they were here the more dangerous their mission would get. He sighed.

This very well might start a war.

A/N Hey so sorry for the late update but here it is. The reviews and follows show me people like the story so please let me know what you think until next time.