Apologize

A.N - Hey peeps! Thanks for your reviews, and patience! And, sorry about getting the Amaterasu thing wrong. I'll try remembering that (I got it off some site I found off Google). Damn I hate when sites lie too me! I never actually watched the episode with the Toad Mouth thing...or stomach...Anyway. Here's part 9! You know, I might do a time skip after this part...because, I never actually planned having this? I was just going to time skip after Naruto said his speech...but, now that I haven't, I have lots of ideas. So, maybe I won't skip it for a few more parts...we'll see.

And now, I have Kaoru in an Akatsuki cloak on deviant ART!! Check it out! And comment if you have an account (and check out the others. There's a link on the page).

I do have special things planned for this story. Nearly everything is happening for a reason. And I already know how I want this to end. And there is going to be a sequel, since how I end this might leave you wondering what will happen to the others...okay then. That's all i'm giving out.

And, I do plan to have comediac moments! Just...you have to wait a bit...there's one I might do in this one.

PLEASE NOTE!! THIS WILL NEVER BE A LEEHINA STORY!! NEVER EVER!! NARUHINA ALL THE WAY!!! There will be other pairings, but, NaruHina is the main one and will forever be the main one!! Always remember that!! (Never fear freshman007! Lee and Hinata will always be friends in this story, never anything more!)...But do note! With them hanging around each other more, there will be more moments.

Also...i'm REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES!!! I don't actually look at the keyboard sometimes when i'm writing since...well, I've worked with it for a while now, so yeah. And also...I write this on Wordpad, so there IS no spell check...but since it seems no-one likes these, I will write it on wordpad first, then run it through spell check on Word...I hope that helps!

Also, from reviews, and constructive criticism, I have noticed some things about my story I do need to change to make it more...realistic I guess! So, I will mess around with it a little bit, but it won't change the story that much...like, 'Dahila', you said that Naruto was more impulsive, right?...So, I do realize that he does need to be...more like himself...so! I will work on that.

...I think you all know what i'm going to say...RunDiamondRun...does not own Naruto...and what a joyous thing that is. If I did, the characters would look iffy, and no way in hell could I think up of everything Masashi has...although, if I owned it now, and could draw like Kishimoto, I would make some dramatic plot changes...but that would ruin Naruto, and I don't even want to own it.

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(Before you read, please read the A.N. I put them there so you people will be in the know about this, so please read them before and after. Thankyou!)

Naruto's and Kaoru's POV

They were both on their knees in front of each other, getting ready to practice the summoning technique.

"..Naruto-chan..."

"Hai."

"..Before...we do this...maybe...you might want to stop?"

Naruto stared guessingly at Kaoru.

"What do you mean?...We haven't even started yet..."

"..N-no...I mean...maybe...stop right here...we don't go further...we stop all together and you go back to Konoha..."

Naruto stared a little shocked now at Kaoru.

"But why?"

"...I mean...because!...You would have a much better life if you stayed in Konoha...and...the road you're about to take is a very dangerous one..."

"...Kaoru...I've made my decision, and i'm not turning back..."

Naruto stared away from Kaoru for a second.

"I never go back on my word...that is my way of the ninja..."

Flashback

"Konohagakure...you shall go down in numbers...you shall go down in terror...anything you hold and call precious to you will go down in flames that this village will be set upon."

End Flashback

Kaoru felt hesitant towards her nephew. She felt as though he might just be throwing his life away just to get revenge...

But this was his choice, and if she did not like it, too bad. She had even encouraged him, so she should at least help.

"Very well...well! I want to start teaching you summoning. I know you already know a far bit, but this might help you a little more. First off, show me what you can do. Fox Summoning."

Naruto blinked, dumbfounded, thinking there would be more to his training. But he nodded, and did what he was supposed to do.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"

Naruto summoned his fox, but it was once again, still very small.

"...I'll be reading Icha Icha if you need me..."

"WHAT?!?!?"

"Joke! I joke."

That little orange book had caused Naruto so much displeasure over the years. It was so freakin' annoying. None the less, he tried the jutsu again. It turned out how it did before.

"...Hmmmm...ah! I see your problem. Naruto-chan...try biting your second finger."

Naruto stared at Kaoru, before biting down on his finger, drawing more blood.

"Now...try it again."

Naruto nodded, before concentrating, and trying the summoning again.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!"

It was this time, the fox was now bigger, and not the puny thing it once was.

"It got bigger...good..."

Kaoru said to herself.

"Is the reason for me biting my finger?"

Kaoru nodded to Naruto's question.

"Un. When you bit down on your thumb, you opened another 'hole' so to speak, which would allow you to release more Chakra, which would be used for the summoning. Now, it's relatively hard to actually release the majority of your Chakra through your thumb, which I recently found out. So, I thought that if maybe you opened up another 'hole', that you might be able to get a bigger summoning...I think the more fingers you bite, the more Chakra you release, thus, the bigger the summoning...though I think that after time, if you get really good at it, you might just be able to do it with your thumb again."

Naruto nodded. It had made sense. A lot of things Kaoru seemed to make sense. Naruto began practicing the jutsu a little more...

In Konoha

Sakura, most likely Konoha's only pink haired kunoichi, walked down the main road in Konoha. She had been kept in the hospital for a few days, although she could have been out of there without even staying there. The reason being, was because where Hinata had it her, was around to some of her vital organs, which were in tied with her chakra circulatory system, so if she used her chakra to heal herself, it would of put more strain on her. So, that lead to her long stay at the hospital.

Sakura walked down in a huff, annoyed as hell. Why had that Hyuuga hit her anyway? It's not like she'd done anything to her. Hell, if anything, she had done something to her!

"If I see her, it will be all too soon..."

Sakura had held respect for the shy girl, up until now. Now, her mind was set on something which Sasuke's had been set on a while. Revenge. Why not try it? It seemed to get you really motivated! Now, to think of how Sakura could actually get revenge on Hinata...

"...Oooohhh, how should I do it?...I know! I'll turn her into a flea!...A harmless little flea..then, I'll put that flea in a box, then I'll put that box inside of another box, then I'll mail that box to myself! And when it arrives, HEHEHE! I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant brilliant brilliant I say! Brilliant I say!...Oh wait...how will I turn her into a flea...hmmmmm...noooo...oh! I know! I'll grow a Venus fly trap! Then, I'll enter it in the Gardening Competition, and then win the first place trophy! Then, I'll smash her with that trophy! Yes yes! Perfect!...Oh wait no...that competition is like, a few months from now...hmmmmm...oh I know! I'll kidnap her! Then, I'll send her on a slow moving boat to Kiri! Bwa! Then, I'll make her stay at a fancy resort, and go suveniour shopping! Hahaha! It's wonderful!...oh wait...no...where would I ship her off anyway?...Hmmmm...revenge is much harder to think up of than I thought..."

Sakura held a hand to her chin, as she began thinking. Then, it came to her! She snapped her fingers when she realized what she had thought of.

"Excellent! This is perfect!"

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"I AM HYUUGA NEJI, GOD OF FATE, AND THE FUTURE OVERLORD OF THE HYUUGA!! BOW DOWN TO ME AND SUCCUMB TO DESTINY!!! HOROSCOPES ARE REAL!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!!"

Sakura ran madly throughout the towns as Hyuuga Neji, getting thousands of stares from everyone she passed. This had been her plan. Henge into Neji, embarrass him, find him, and then turn into Hinata, thinking he's not there. Hinata would get blame, and it wouldn't seem if Sakura had done anything.

She knew her conscience wouldn't bug her later, since it was partly that which thought up of it. She was having so much fun, she didn't even notice that she ran past Neji, who was with TenTen. It was partially because they both had different outfits. (I won't describe their outfits yet)

Both of them stared at the imposer, and TenTen raised an eyebrow.

"Ok, who the hell was that? Either, someone was imposing as you, or, you're not the real Neji."

"Of course i'm the real Neji. I would never embarrass myself like that. And I do not even think that."

"True..."

Neji and TenTen stared at the phoney run past, Neji feeling a little angry. He hadn't done anything, and here someone was running around as him saying ridiculous things. He hoped that the people of this town weren't as dumb as they looked, and realised that this was a transformation jutsu, and not really him.

Sakura had run around, and she didn't know for how long, but, it made her feel somewhat empowered at that moment, and she could do anything. She had sort of gone a little...crazy, and now thought to turn into Hinata this time, still wearing the spandex, but it was now pink. Now, she would go around screaming things which would prove not to be Hinata.

"HYUUGA HINATA IS MY NAME!!! RAPING OLD PEOPLE IS MY GAME!!! I'VE DONE IT WITH OROCHIMARU I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES!!!!!!"

People stared shocked, as Sakura ran through the streets once again. She had run all around, and she had eventually run into the park. It was there her ramblings were cut short, as she slammed into someone. She fell onto the concrete with a hard thud, rubbing her backside, getting ready to yell at this person.

"HEY! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUMPING INTO ME LIKE THAT?!?!? WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING NEXT TIME!!!!"

Sakura yelled.

"Hinata-chan?"

The person questioned. Sakura squinted, the voice sounding familiar. Then, she got a closer look at this person, and saw...it was Lee! And, his outfit changed! What the heck? When had this happened?!

"LEE!! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!?!...YOU...YOU...YOU GOT YOUR OUTFIT CHANGED!!!!"

Lee stared dumbfounded at Hinata. Hinata already knew this. Hinata had bought the clothes with him. Why was she so surprised?

"...You're not Hinata, are you?"

It hadn't taken Lee long too figure out this was not Hinata. There were 3 obvious things which stuck out.

One.

Hinata would never yell. At Lee, or anyone...unless of course you take that one time with Sakura.

Two.

Hinata was wearing pink spandex. Hinata wouldn't wear pink spandex...

And Three.

This person did not know of Lee's outfit change. He had realised these things quickly, but he was supposed to. He was a Jounin now, so he had to know these things. He stared hardly at the imposer of Hinata.

"Who are you really?"

Sakura cowered back a little bit, Lee's gaze intimidating her somewhat. This was all a big shock to her, so she couldn't have prepared herself for it. Sakura jumped to her feet, putting a hand behind her head, laughing some sort of retarded laugh.

"HA HA HA!! Very funny Lee! 'Who are you really?', ha! Yeah right! It's me! Hinata!"

A sweatdrop formed on the back of Lee's head, at this person's retarded laugh. But he remained his stern gaze to this person.

"I'm not an idiot. And you're not Hinata. Who are you?"

Sakura began getting a little scared. She was going to get busted, and Lee was looking very serious right now. This was a rather big change to Sakura. What had happened when she was in the hospital? She thought not to think about it right now, as she made for her escape.

"...Uhhhhh...ehhh...look! It's uh...that person!"

Lee didn't look away, as Sakura ran off to make her escape. Lee didn't say anything, as he raised an eyebrow. Did that person really think he'd fall for that? Honestly...

Naruto and Kaoru's Point Of View

Naruto wasn't impressed, as all he had been getting where tiny foxes. Kaoru looked uncertainly at her nephew's work.

"...Naruto-chan. Let me help...if you want to get bigger kitsune's, try forcing more chakra out of your palm. We don't want huge kitsune's, but, they do need to be a bit bigger than that."

Naruto nodded. He started trying the jutsu once again, straining his hand to force more chakra out of it.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

He let out a slight grunt, as the summoning jutsu took place. He gritted his teeth a bit, but his effort proved to work, as the fox was noticeably bigger than the last. Naruto couldn't help but smile. It had gotten much bigger, and in record timing too.

"Good Naruto-chan! Just keep doing that...hmmmmm...while you do that, i'm going to read over a few things. I need to read a little more about chakra control for this. It should come easier."

Kaoru got something out of her backpack. Naruto and Kaoru sweatdropped at the book she took out.

"..Ehehe...Jutsu's For Fracking Idiots...I got that as a gift..."

Kaoru stared at the book, before putting it back. She then rummaged through her bag a little more, and then got out another book, titled 'Chakra Control Information For Your Everyday Ninja Knowledge'. She opened it, leaned against a tree, and began reading over the book. Naruto kept on going over his summoning jutsu, over and over again.

By the time Naruto stopped, he was panting rather heavily. Kaoru flipped a page in her book, when Naruto fell to the floor. Kaoru looked up, and saw Naruto.

"Naruto-chan?"

She then crawled over to him, putting a hand on his arm. He was still conscious, just breathing heavily.

"I think...I used up...too much of my chakra..."

Kaoru narrowed her eyebrows, and nodded. She brought her hand to her chin again, and then snapped her fingers.

"Stay still Naruto-chan."

Kaoru moved back a bit, Naruto looking at her. She put both her hands towards the ground, in the position Gaara would do when doing his 'Desert Coffin' jutsu. Then, a calm blue light surrounded her palms. She gritted her teeth a little bit, but not so much.

"...Chakra Extraction!"

Then, chakra began surrounding her hands, as she held them up.

"Chakra Deposition!"

Then she put her hands on Naruto, and Naruto could feel his chakra starting to come back to him. Once Naruto's chakra had fully regained, he sat up, looking towards Kaoru.

"What was that?"

Naruto asked, desperately wanting to know what that jutsu was. He began feeling a little bit like his old self. Kaoru smiled, holding up a finger.

"That, Naruto-chan, was a chakra jutsu. The first chakra jutsu in particular, allows me to extract chakra from the nearest source, and things around me. The second jutsu allows me to deposit chakra, whether it is my own, or someone or something else's, into someone, or something. Even plants and animals have chakra, but, it's very limited."

Naruto stared in wonder at Kaoru. To think...this person was going to teach him more about this. Naruto desperately wanted to learn alot more about chakra control. He had a technique addition he desperately wanted to work on, but he couldn't do that without more knowledge on chakra.

Kaoru stared at her nephew, and his summonings had gotten a little better. But there was definite room for improvement. But, he had been working hard.

So, she decided that they should maybe move onwards closer to the town. And she had a little surprise for Naruto. They had entered into the town which Kaoru's apartment was situated. The town was bigger than Nadaoka, but much smaller than Konoha.

"Welcome to Suginami Naruto-chan."

Naruto had heard of this place. He had once been taught in the academy the towns which resided around Konoha, and in the Fire Country...he hadn't listened to Iruka during that, so he barely remembered anything about any of the towns...except for Nadaoka, and even his knowledge on that town was limited.

Kaoru took off the cloak jacket, and it revealed a tight black tank top.

"Now Naruto-chan. We're going to go shopping. I've been wearing this outfit for too long, and from observations, you're also due for an outfit change aswell."

Naruto sighed, nodding.

"Finally."

"Shut up!"

Naruto followed Kaoru to wherever she was taking him. Most probably to a clothing store. He was right, when they did enter a clothing store. Naruto wasn't quite sure what to do, looking around at all the different styles of clothes. Kaoru put a hand on her chin, walking off in a direction, which was off in the woman's department of clothing. Naruto figured to go the other way.

He looked uneasily at the range of clothing. He couldn't really see anything he liked. He began browsing through a few more clothes. He knew he wasn't leaving without a new outfit, so he may aswell go looking.

In Konoha

"But we need to do SOMETHING!!"

Lee shouted to the Hokage, banging his fist on her desk. He was very mad right now. He had realised that just sitting here wasn't very constructive, and they needed to do more. He and Hinata couldn't just sit around anymore. They needed to act.

"Don't bang on my desk!"

"I'll do what I want to get my point across! Look, we now we've had to keep this under raps, but, we need to do something!"

Hinata nodded, stepping forward a bit.

"I-I agree with Lee-san. He's right. I would like to start looking for Naruto-kun too...we should start now before he gets too far away!"

(Thankyou 'Raezek' for your review, or this wouldn't be happening) Hinata had noted that, the longer that wait, the further Naruto would go, which means it would be harder for them to find him. And, if they wait even too long, he might even leave the Fire Country all together. And then it would be next to impossible to find him. The Sasuke retrieval mission proved that. They had found him, and Naruto had apparently been stabbed in the back. That was not when they brought him back. No...that took much longer.

The Fifth Hokage did not like this situation either. She had talked it over with Shizune, who had told her, right now to do nothing. She layed down the possibility of him just running off for a bit and not telling anyone. He might come back, so they should just wait. If it was too long, they would send a few out to search for him.

"Look...I don't like this as much as you do...but we should just wait for Naruto to come back..."

Lee slammed down his fist.

"No! We can't! Sitting back and doing nothing won't help! Naruto-kun and Sakura waited, and look at where Sasuke ended up! We can't let Naruto-kun end up like that too!"

"And what makes you think Naruto would even go to Orochimaru?! He's dead anyway!!"

"I don't mean Orochimaru...I mean just anyone like him! He might end up in a psycho's organization! Look, there's a reason he left, and, something like this could be going on in his mind!"

"No! Naruto wouldn't betray the Leaf Village! Naruto wants to become the very thing which protects it! What makes you think he'd do something like that?!"

Lee removed his fist from the lady who just spoke.

"Hokage-sama...I have watched Naruto-kun...I've been with him a fair bit...and...his treatment has been very poor...by the villagers...by some of his friends...some of his teamates..."

The Hokage stared away from Lee, not wanting to hear what he was saying.

"Maybe...maybe he thinks that he's never going to become Hokage from what villagers think...maybe..."

Lee held a now soft gaze to the woman, who now looked to him.

"But it's not up to the villagers who becomes Hokage!"

Lee shook his head.

"You know very well that it is partially their choice..."

Tsunade didn't want to think that Naruto had gone off to go to organization of criminals and psycho's. She didn't want Naruto to do that...of all people...

"...Very well then...go look for Naruto..."

She said quietly, her hands to her mouth.

"But! You must take along with you another team member and a sensei. You're not permitted to go without that."

Lee and Hinata nodded, Lee smiling.

"Thankyou Hokage-sama."

Lee said, bowing. Hinata nodded, bowing as well.

"T-thankyou."

Both ninja's departed from the office. Lee stared down, before staring at Hinata.

"So Hinata-chan. Who should be on the team?"

Hinata looked up to Lee, before she began thinking.

"...Well...we're not putting Sakura on the team...or Sasuke..."

Hinata said, looking straight ahead. She would just fight with Sakura, and Sasuke wasn't even allowed to leave, so what was the point of even bothering? She didn't even want to be near him.

"...Maybe Neji-kun?"

Lee said. It might be good if an ANBU were on their team. Hinata didn't know.

"I don't know Lee-san...maybe...but, we already have one Doujutsu user...but he is highly skilled...w-well, I think he might be a good choice."

Lee nodded, before holding up a finger.

"Yes, but we must consider other choices."

He brought his hand to his chin in a thinking manner.

"He should be good a fighting, and should now how to think...although...considering the situation...he should be on fairly good terms with Naruto-kun...there wasn't any big fights with anyone before he left?"

Hinata shook her head, before looking down, fumbling with her fingers, thinking of who might be willing to come with them.

"...Um...m-maybe Kiba-kun? He was fairly close with Naruto-kun, and he might be useful...h-he is really good at fighting, and sensing."

Kiba was another good option. But Lee still had to consider his options. Then, he snapped his fingers.

"What about Shikamaru-san? He was on rather good terms with Naruto-kun, and he's a strategist, so, he would be rather good...I do know he's lazy and complains alot, but, when he does something, I know he does it properly."

Hinata nodded. These choices were all very good. Now she began thinking about the sensei. Hmmmmm...who should come along? All of this was rather mind-boggling. They both left the building, before walking down a street to go and get something to eat.

"...Hey Hinata-chan?"

"U-un?"

"...I saw someone imposing as you earlier. I didn't know who it was, but, whoever they were, they were doing a bad job at it...they were loud and kind of hyper...made you wear spandex...and they had a really retarded laugh..."

Hinata stared to Lee, a little frown forming. She looked back ahead of her. She began thinking of who it might be. Who held a grudge against her? Who was loud and kind of hyper?...She closed her eyes, as a certain bubblegum bubblehead kunoichi came to mind.

In Sugimaru

Naruto had entered Kaoru's apartment now. It was fairly dirty, and looked uninhabited for a while now. The smell of dust bunnies lingered in the air.

"I must say kit. I'm impressed with what you chose."

Naruto had chosen to wear now, black pants, that were slightly baggy, which had two stripes on either side which were fairly thin, one being red, and the other orange. He had kept his jacket very similar to the original, and it was black aswell. They also had two stripes going down his arms, one being red, and the other orange. His zori were also black as well.

Kaoru's outfit looked similar to Temari's, although not quite. The top which was black, was in a somewhat tank top style, which had fishnet going over her shoulders. She had a grey sash which tied around her waist. The top went over the pants somewhat, which were also black. Her zori remained red.

Kaoru put a hand behind her head, laughing nervously.

"Hehehe...I didn't think it would be this dirty...ehehehe..."

Naruto sweatdropped. He didn't feel like cleaning right now. He felt more like sitting down and eating some ramen.

"Uuuummmmm...I'll get your bedroom ready...and mine...and...then I'll clean the house...ehhh..."

Kaoru then looked around for something. She then went over to a rather large bookcase.

"How many books do you have?!"

Naruto asked a little surprised. There were so many! Naruto's jaw dropped.

"Oh um...alot! They're about things I've studied over the years...I have one on Chakra control somewhere...and while i'm getting things ready, you might want to read it?...Well, you can pick one of these books to read I guess. It doesn't really matter which one."

Naruto stopped staring, and nodded.

"Oh...by the way Naruto-chan."

"Yeah?"

"...You know you don't have to act cool, calm and collected in front of me. I understand that you want to prove your former comrades that you can, but for now...act like you used to. I've been around 'cool calm and collected' for I don't know how long, and it would be nice for a change. Seriously...the Akatsuki can be so boring when the only person you have to talk to is Itachi-kun...and since most of the time there's only boys around, I can't really talk about what they want to talk about...so, please. Act like you wish to act."

Naruto stared for a second, blinking. He guessed that his aunt was right. Why don't we save it for later? Naruto grinned, nodding.

"Right!"

Kaoru smiled.

"That's the Naruto-chan I know. Now...i'm going to clean up this place...and then maybe do some shopping...I don't know how old that food is...and judging on the hygiene of this place...it must be old..."

Naruto made an 'Eeeewwww' face. Then, a light bulb went off in his head. If he went out to do the shopping now, then, he could get as much ramen as he wanted! What a great plan! Naruto started chuckling. He was happy he could act like his old self again for a while. It was much more fun than being an Emo...or, for better phrasing, an Uchiha Clone! They don't have emotions.

"Hey Kaoru! I can do the shopping! Just need some money and directions!"

Kaoru looked to Naruto, before nodding.

"Alright then."

She handed him some money, and gave him directions. Naruto nodded, before running out of the apartment. Kaoru put her hands on her hips, before sighing.

"This is going to take a while..."

She then sighed, leaning downwards, her hands flopped down. Anime tears started leaking out of her eyes.

"TT.TT This is not what I wanted to be doing today...cleaning up a dirty apartment...god damn it..."

Kaoru then took in a deep breath of air, before getting to work. She vacuumed, wiped, scrubbed, deep cleaned, washed, and did numerous things until the apartment seemed almost brand new. Almost...well, it satisfied Kaoru. Kaoru had taken around four hours, and Naruto still hadn't returned. Kaoru looked around.

"Where could he be?"

She thought. Then, as if on cue, Naruto walked in the door. Kaoru stared at him shocked. He looked very tired, and he had a fox carrying a rather large load of bags, a toad on the other side.

"This was NOT easy...I didn't know how much we'd need, so I just grabbed things...then this lady wanted the last packet of instant sauce, and I had to race for that. Then the guy at the cash register couldn't scan something, and eventually they had to close that down when the mechanic got electrocuted...then I had to re-scan everything...then this lady started chasing me after her 3 year old daughter accidentally walked into the fox I summoned and started crying saying the fox nearly tried to eat her...I swear that the purse she had held bricks..."

The animals then walked/jumped off to wherever the bags contents needed to go. Kaoru then took Naruto's bags, as he fell to the floor. He seemed to of just collapsed. Not fainted, but tired. Kaoru then let him lay there, and would come back for him. She went off to the kitchen. She had turned on the power supply a while ago, so everything would work. Luckily, her electric bill had been paid, and since she didn't use any electricity for a while, she wouldn't have to pay anything for a while. The water and heater were also both still working.

Kaoru also had an alias, which was how she earned money outside of Akatsuki. Sure, bounty's were a good way to earn money, but, Kakuzu always got them first. And Kaoru would have barely gotten anything if she went along with him anyway, so there was no point. Kaoru posed as whatever rank was required, whose name was constantly changing. She used the Henge Jutsu, so she looked nothing like herself. She was surprised that no-one had figured it out, although since she'd never been registered in any of the towns under whatever named she used, and since they were constantly changing, and so was her look, they wouldn't remember her, so it was perfect, suiting her needs. Besides...with Kakuzu being the only one who had money, she needed to find someway to get money. Although, since his death, she and two other members had been trying to find out where Kakuzu kept his stash of money. They didn't know how many times they'd gone through that room, but it had to be there somewhere. It would of been better if Itachi helped, but no. He didn't.

Kaoru started emptying the contents, and found one bag were just instant ramen. She sweatdropped, and sighed. This was her nephew, so she had to get used to this stuff. She put it in a separate cupboard which she labelled 'Ramen Cupboard'. And with all the ramen he ate, she'd need more money. But, it would be nice to have Naruto living with her again.

When everything was packed away, Kaoru showed Naruto to his room. Naruto looked at his new room. It was a little different from his old one. There was 3 steps which went into his room. When he went in, there was a drawer, which could be used for multiple things, which was pushed up against the wall, which left him enough space to walk in comfortably. At the entrance to the left was a wardrobe. Clothes and other things going in there. Then there was a bed which was underneath a window, parallel to the drawer. It had that empty feeling, but it was fairly small, so it was somewhat cozy.

Naruto then unpacked all he'd bought and brought with him.

"Hmmmmm...I need a poster or something in here..."

Naruto said out loud. This needed more things in it.

"UUUUWWWWWAAAAA!!!!"

Naruto heard Kaoru scream, so he instantly ran out of the room. It came from the kitchen, so that's where Naruto head. When he got there, his aunt was covered in ash, a rather big charcoal mess which had exploded was on the stove.

"...I tried cooking that instant ramen..."

Naruto stared at her, before cracking up laughing. He rolled on the floor, and found that quite hilarious. Instant Ramen was one of the easiest things to cook, and she had stuffed it up. That was hilarious!

"AHA! AHAHAHAHA! Oh that's AHAHA hilarious! You couldn't even cook instant ramen!!! Bwahaha!"

Kaoru smiled. It was much to better to have a laugh rather than a ugh.

Kisame and Itachi's Point Of View

Kisame and Itachi had now since retreated from Nadaoka. They planned to now head to a town which was nearby which was called Yokogun. They'd been there a few times, so at least one person would know them. The town was fairly large. They walked along the road, neither one of them exchanging words.

"Man...I hate long missions with this killjoy..."

Kisame thought miserably. He didn't mind short missions, and sometimes liked Itachi's solitude attitude (lol!). But on long missions like this, he really wished Itachi would lighten up a little bit. And that day Tobi decided to turn down on the happiness, Kisame had felt his word crumbling. There was only one happy member in the Akatsuki left, and two of them turned down the happiness already.

"Grrrr...that's it! Next time someone has a birthday, EVERYBODY IS GETTING DRUNK!!!"

Kisame got flames in his eyes, his fist clenched. He'd had enough of all these Uchiha Clones, and wanted one night of fun. He'd been banned from going to clubs and parties, so his life had been lacking fun. One night was all he needed. Then, his sanity would return.

It's not that Kisame hated his partner. He didn't hate almost anyone from the Akatsuki. It was just that he wished they'd lighten up every now and then. It was just something that had been through his mind for a while. But, he went on like the thought never came to mind.

"Hmmmmm...but who's birthday is closest?"

Kisame thought. He began thinking about it. What was the date today?...2nd of March...then it came to him! His birthday wasn't that long away!...Oh wait...they'd forbid Kisame to host his own birthday...damn...hmmmmmm...who was after him?...

"Hmmmm...I'll have to go by star signs...Aquarius. There's travel in your future when your tongue freezes to the back of a speeding bus. Fill that void in your pathetic life by playing Whack-A-Mole seventeen hours a day...hmmm...who was Aquarius again?...no-one...hmmmmm...Pisces. Try to avoid any Virgo's or Leo's...with the Ebola Virus. You are the true lord of the dance, no matter what those idiots at work say...hmmmm...that's me!...But I can't do me...hmmm...Aries. The look on your face will be priceless when you find that forty pound watermelon in your colon. Trade toothbrushes with an albino dwarf, then give a hickey to Meryl Streep...hmmmmm...that was...Zetsu right?...no...he was Sagittarius...hmmmm...Taurus. You will never find true happiness. What you gonna do cry about it? The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep...that was...Kakuzu, right?...But no...he's dead...hmmmm...then it's...Gemini...Gemini...Gemini...hmmmmm...I wonder...does Itachi have explosive flatulence?"

That was the only way Kisame could remember horoscopes, but then he began planning Itachi's birthday and how it would unfold, 3 months from now.

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A.N - Uh hey! Yeah, I know that part with Sakura wasn't really serious, and, I had infact planned that for later on in the story with a different character (meaning I wasn't going to have Sakura run around like that)...but, why not use it for Sakura's revenge? Besides! It tied in so nicely (this whole episode seemed to lack seriousness...)

Please, if you have ideas, please feel free to leave them in reviews. I love reviews, especially nice long ones, and when people leave ideas ('Raezek' gave me an idea! Thankyou! And thanks for your help 'Dahlia'!). They are, my motivation, and it brings a smile to my face when I see my reviews have gone up.

PLEASE REVIEW!!!

Leave ideas if you have any. I might use them, might not. But if I do, I promise to give you credit. And constructive criticism!

BY THE WAY!!! If you know where I can download Naruto Episodes that will import into Windows Movie Maker, can you tell me where I can find them? Please leave answer in a review, since I can't receive private messages anymore...because my email has been deleted, so yeah. And...can they be for free please? And don't say youtube. You wanna know why? Because, even though they download fully, you can't use the entire episode in movie maker...so yeah. NO YOUTUBE!!! And I don't know how to work veoh...if veoh, can you tell me how I get them into Movie Maker, because I have no idea.

The birthday of Kakuzu and Zetsu is uncertain. I do not know it.

THIS EPISODE WAS RAN THROUGH SPELLCHECK!!!