-AUTHORS NOTE-

I've been talking with some of you guys and hearing your suggestions, I plan on revisiting those suggestions later in the story but until then you'll have to deal with this! So there's a fight scene this time around, I'm still a complete idiot when it comes to action/love writing but I hope you all enjoy it! :)

Sakura awoke to the blond-haired shinobi's obnoxiously loud snores, she decided that she would get up and make him breakfast as a suprise. After last night Sakura felt like a real woman. He was her first and she loved him because of it.

Naruto woke up about 20 minutes after Sakura. "That sure was one good dream." Naruto thought to himself, smiling. He got dressed in one of the sand village robes before making his way into the kitchen.

Too his suprise Sakura was sitting there making his breakfast for him! Naruto was shocked, did this mean his dream was actually real? Naruto soon realized that this was all plenty real. He went up and hugged Sakura from behind.

"Finally wake up?" Sakura said teasing her blond-haired lover.

"Mmm. I guess it wasn't a dream then." Naruto said planting a small kiss on Sakura's cheek

Sakura just gave him a cheeky grin before putting the toast on a plate and handing it too him

"So what do you think we'll be doing today Sakura?" Naruto asked

"I don't know, Gaara didn't fill anyone in yet. We're meant to be meeting him in about an hour." Sakura responded to him

"I know how we can pass the time.." Naruto gave her a cheeky grin

Sakura blushed when she realized what the blond was implying. "Naruto, I have to get ready and so do you!" she said with a teasing wink

"Right, I left all of my things back at mine and Kakashi's room." Naruto's eyes widened as he soon remembered about a certain silver-haired jounin.

"Oh Kami! I didn't come home last night!" Naruto groaned, he knew he had some explaining to do when he got back.

Sakura's face soon turned into a sad pout as the realization of what the blond said set in.

"Did he not want too stay the night with me?"

Inner Sakura soon began too chant out dirty things inside Sakura's head.

"YOU TWO WENT AT IT LIKE RABBITS LAST NIGHT, THE BEST PART WAS.." Sakura stopped her train of thought before anything else could come into her head.

Naruto placed a finger under Sakura's chin, lifting her head up and it seems her mood went up with her. "I don't regret what we did last night Sakura, you're the only person I could have even shared that moment with." Naruto smiled before putting on his clothes and heading out.

Sakura sat there in a blush. "KAMI, ALL THESE HORMONES ARE CROWDING UP MY SPACE IN HERE! CHA!"

- ALL OF THE 6 TEAM MEMBERS WERE NOW PRESENT IN FRONT OF GAARA -

"Ok." Gaara said making everyones attention turn to him.

"Your mission is as follows, Orochimaru's followers have been on a mission to revive him ever since Saskue deafted him. Kabuto is leading a group through this area to reach the Hidden Mist" Gaara said pointing at the forest infront of them.

"If he's able to reach the Land of Mist we'll have no authority too take him down, your job is too intercept him and bring him back, alive or dead" Gaara said in a more serious and angry tone than usual.

Kakashi made the relevant hand signs before summoning Pakun one of the 9 Legendary Ninja hounds.

"Sup." Pakun said with an even more serious attitude than Gaara.

"Pakun, you've heard of Kabuto correct? He's one of Orochimaru's henchmen."

Pakun nodded. "So I guess you want me too track him, huh?"

Kakashi gave breif nod before Pakun sped off, the others close at hand.

A few hours past after moving through trees like maniacs, they were close to him. They could feel his presence among them.

They looked down too see a man in a black robe with what looked to be a snake mark symbol on the back, they jumped down next to the man, surrounding him and cutting off all escape.

"Oh, so it's the Leaf Village clowns this time eh?" Kabuto laughed to himself.

"We have orders to take you back, Kabuto. Please come quietly." Kakashi ordered, putting down his book.

Kabuto removed the hood of his jacket from his head and what came after was pure shock, Half of Kabuto's face looked like a replica of Orochimaru's.

"Sorry, but you're no match for me Kakashi. Not with Lord Orochimaru's chakra in my body." He laughed manically.

"Hmm.. The only one here who could really stop me is.." Kabuto pointed to the blond-haired genin whose eyes were now completley changed from their regular blue to a deep blood red, his whisker marks were now more apparent on his face. "Naruto Uzumaki." Kabuto stated before every ninja of the 6 fell silenty, except for Naruto.

"I'll kill you, you bastard..WHERE'S SASUKE!" He growled at the man, if he could be called that.

"You know I don't know that..(laughter)...He went rouge years ago".

Naruto grabbed the man in the blink of an eye, putting him up against the tree and growling.

"Kabuto, you are a liar. It's time to take you out for good." Naruto yelled before hitting the man in the face but too Naruto's shock he wasn't there. It was only a robe. Kabuto had appeared behind him, hitting Naruto directly in the back causing him too break through the tree.

Naruto ran back out through the smoke that the tree created launching a rasengan in the direction of Kabuto who just dodged the attack like it was nothing.

"Face it Naruto, you're useless without Sasuke." Kabuto stated.

Naruto became enraged by the comment, he made the handsign before shouting "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" And just like that, 100 Naurto's all formed in a circle around Kabuto, giving Naruto time to escape into a concealed spot and gather up chakra.

After about 10 minutes passed Kabuto had finished dealing with the clones but where was the real one? Kabuto had almost instantly found the chakra signature and launched kunai with an explosive tag at the tree, obliterating whatever was there.

"What a horrible end too a horrible ninja." Kabuto stated before laughing.

"YOU BASTARD!" Sakura shouted.

But before Kabuto could react to Sakura, Naruto had appeared infront of his, his eyes changing from the red too a slimy green, his pupils turning into those of a toads it was.. Sahe Mode.

Naruto hit Kabuto in the jaw sending him barreling backwards through several trees, leaving him in a crater on the ground, before Kabuto could recover too stand up Naruto was already above him, he launched a rasengan down into Kabuto, driving him down into the earth.

"Why Naruto.." Kabuto asked.

"Why do you fight for such insignifigant people?"

"Because there my friends." Naruto stated.

-FLASHBACK - 9 years ago-

"Ew yuck, what a loser. He's the one who has the Nine Tails in him!"

"Lets get out of here.."

Naruto sat there on the ground, beat up and sobbing he felt like his life had no meaning his only purpose was to get beat up everyday.

Until he felt a hand rest on him, it was Saskue Uchiha.

"Get up. It's not gentlemanly too cry." Saskue reached out his hand, smiling at the boy and helping him up.

"Are you OK?" he heard the voice of Shikamaru Nara

"Did they hurt you?" Choji asked

"You're OK now." Sakura said, giving him a hug

- END FLASHBACK -

"They stood by my side when nobody would.. They made me strong." Naruto said, a tear dropping from his eye.

"They made who I am today, and I will protect them with my life. Even those who aren't on the right path.."

"That's why I won't ever give up. EVER!" Naruto shouted before pummeling Kabuto with 2 more rasengans.

Naruto was exhausted, he new that Sage Mode had worn off whatever chakra he had left, he was shocked to see that no Kabuto was there..he had used a substiution to get away.

"DAMNIT!" he yelled, hitting his head into the tree causing bloody to drip from under his foreheard protector.

Sakura was quick to comfort him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Naruto, it's over. He's probably in the Land of the Mist by now. We can't get him." Kakashi said, pulling the blond away from the tree.

"Come on, lets go home." He said as Naruto passed out into Kakashi forcing him too piggyback Naruto back to the Sand.

- AUTHORS NOTE -

Hope you all enjoyed this extra long chapter. If you did make sure too review! Love you all!