Hey everyone, how's it goin?

I've got another chapter for you. Sorry if the title seems a bit week, I couldn't come up with a better one.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy

"How did they get through the village's defences undetected?"

"I am not sure Lord Hokage, and although that is a major concern, I am a little more worried about why they wanted Kushina," said Kaiyumi, both her and Itama were with the Hokage in his office. Since it was a sensitive topic of conversation the Hokage had activated seals that prevented any noise from leaving the room so as to stop any uninvited listeners.

"You don't think they knew about...it, do you?" asked Kaiyumi worriedly. The Hokage shook his head.

"That is unlikely," he replied. "Very few people were aware of the Nine-Tails presence inside Kushina besides you, a number of Anbu and councillors as well as myself. The more likely reason is because of her unnaturally powerful chakra."

"But even so, how did they find out about Kushina even being here, let alone her strong chakra?"

"That I am unsure of."

"Well, shouldn't Tsunade have been with her?"

"Tsunade had sent Kushina home while she attended to some...issues," Solemn looks appeared on Kaiyumi and Itama's faces. They were very aware of what Tsunade had been through lately.

"I will send out a field team from T&I to see if we can find out anything about our visitors and their intentions," added Itama, breaking the silence. The Hokage nodded.

"Very well, inform me if they find anything," he said.

"Yes Lord Hokage." Itama and Kaiyumi gave slight bow, then left the office. Hiruzen released the seals before giving a heavy sigh.

'What could the Cloud be after?' he thought.

In training ground three there was a puff of smoke. It dissipated to reveal Kawarama with Kawauso on his shoulders.

"Man, otter sage training sure is tough," he said. He had continued his training at the waterfall for some time now. Usoken had also explained to him what otter sage Jutsu was. In the waters that flowed from the waterfall and into Suihimitsu lake contained a special type of chakra. Otter sage Jutsu training teaches one how to harness that chakra and be able to store it for future battles. In this way it was superior to toad sage Jutsu. However toad sage Jutsu was superior in that natural energy could be taken from anywhere, otter sage Jutsu could only take natural energy from the waters of Suihimitsu lake. Toad Sage Mode also lasted marginally longer than Otter Sage Mode.

Kawauso gave a small squeak, which drew Kawarama's attention.

"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry too. I suppose we could go find something to eat," he said. Kawauso gave an excited chirp before the two headed off into the village.

Whilst wandering the streets, looking for a suitable place for a meal, the pair came across another duo out and about.

"Oh, hey Shikaku, hey Inoichi, where's Choza?" Kawarama asked. Shikaku simply sighed.

"He's back at his family compound training, Inoichi is out to get a book," he replied. Kawarama raised an eyebrow.

"And...you...are going with him?" the idea of the Nara doing anything other than cloud watching seemed almost unheard of.

"He practically dragged me out," Shikaku replied grumpily. Inoichi sighed.

"Oh come on Shikaku, what's wrong with doing something other than cloud watching?" Shikaku and Kawarama both looked at Inoichi like he was insane.

"I know, I know. It was a stupid question," he said.

"Hey, do you guys mind if I join you? I've been thinking about reading a book myself actually," Kawarama asked. A smile appeared Inoichi's face.

"Sure, we'd be happy for you to tag along," he said.

"It would be too troublesome to try an stop you, Not much point in it either," Shikaku said half-heartedly. Kawarama just looked confusedly at Shikaku for a moment.

"ooook." Kawauso suddenly burst out with a bunch of annoyed squeaks and chirps.

"Ok, ok, jeez, look I know you're hungry, but let's have a look in the bookshop and then we can go get something to eat, ok?" Kawauso seemed to think it over before settling down. Kawarama sighed, he then noticed the peculiar looks Inoichi and Shikaku were giving him.

"Can you...understand him, Kawarama?" Inoichi asked.

"Well yeah, why? Can't you?" the pair shook their heads.

"Huh, who knew?" Kawarama said, simply.

"Well anyway, let's head to the bookshop," Inoichi said. The trio then headed to a bookshop guided by Inoichi.

As Kawarama browsed the shelves an image flashed through his mind. He saw a man's face, one of the cloud Shinobi from before, and there was a look of horror on it. His eyes practically bulged out of his head, his mouth was agape. Kawarama then looked down. His ninjato was piercing the man's chest. He immediately stepped back and let go of the ninjato, but it was stuck to his hand, so he pulled the weapon from the man's torso and let him drop to the floor. Kawarama's eyes then fell to his hands; they were covered with blood.

"Hey Kawarama are you ok?" He was brought out of his rather horrifying day dream by Inoichi's concerned voice. He turned to his fellow Genin.

"Oh, yeah I'm fine, I just thought I saw what might be a really good book,"

"Oh really, which one?" Inoichi asked. Kawarama almost panicked, he immediately picked up the first book that caught his eye and showed it to Inoichi.

"This one," he said with a hesitant smile. Kawauso sighed, however an otter would sigh, and leapt onto Kawarama's shoulder.

"The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi? Interesting choice," Inoichi said.

"Yeah well, I've been told that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover,"

'Why the hell am I defending this book, I didn't even know it existed until now' Kawarama thought.

"Ok then. Anyway, I've got my book, Shikaku hasn't picked one out because picking one out is and I quote 'too troublesome',"

"You expected differently?" Kawarama cocked an eyebrow.

"Touche," Inoichi said. They then went and bought they're books.

As the trio exited the shop Kawarama noticed Kushina further down the street.

"Hey, Kushina!" he called. However, Kushina did not seem to hear him. Kawarama sighed, then he turned to Shikaku and Inoichi saying:

"I'll see you guys later"

"Sure, see you around," Inoichi replied. Kawarama then ran after Kushina. As he followed Kushina she turned a corner into an alleyway. When he reached the alley he found she had disappeared. A smirk then appeared on his face.

"This will be a perfect opportunity to see how effective my sensory training has been,"he said. At that moment Kawauso appeared in front of Kawarama's face. The look Kawarama received was all he needed to tell him what Kawauso was thinking He then put his hand into a half-tiger seal and focused his chakra. He then began to sense all the chakra signatures within a limited area.

'So my range is only fifty metres...Not quite where I want it to be. I suppose I'll just have to train more.' Kawarama managed to spot Kushina's chakra signature not too far away. She seemed to be heading to the village's park.

When he finally saw Kushina she was heading towards a set of swings in the park. One of the swings was already taken up by none other than Minato. This stopped Kawarama in his tracks. He watched Kushina sit down on one of the other swings and then start talking to Minato, a great big smile spreading across her face. This was certainly...unexpected. It didn't seem that long ago that she first complained about him, and it wasn't like it had been the last time, by far. So Kawarama decided to find out exactly what was going on.

"So Kushina, it's the first time you've been late to our little get together, even by a little bit. Is there something wrong?" Minato asked.

"No not really, I just had to give Kawarama the slip."

"Wait, why did you have to give him the slip? Surely he could have joined us?" Kushina looked a little embarrassed.

"Um well...y'see it's not that simple, it-"

"Well it doesn't really matter, he should be along soon anyway," Minato interjected. Kushina leapt of the swing.

"What? How? I definitely lost him," She exclaimed. Minato chuckled.

"You mean he didn't tell you about his sensory abilities?"

"Sensory...what-now?" she asked dumbly.

"That's exactly what I said when I found out," the pairs attention was drawn to Kawarama, who was leaning on a nearby fence. A smirk on his face.

"Oh hey Kawarama heheheh...how long have you been there?" muttered Kushina

"Long enough," he replied as he sauntered over to them.

"You know, considering what you've said about Minato in the past, this new development is certainly, interesting," Kawarama continued.

"Kawarama, I swear if you don't shut up right now I'm going to make a new forest clearing using your head as a sledge hammer" Kushina said through gritted teeth, her fists clenched. Kawarama did seemed to take no notice of her comment. He didn't even stop to think how it would even be possible.

"What do you mean Kawarama?" Minato asked.

"Well ya' see, she always used to say things like 'Minato's a jerk', 'I hate him so much' and so on," Minato's gaze fell to the floor and Kawarama felt a massive wave of killing intent flow his way. Sensing the same thing Kawauso leapt onto Minato's shoulders, knowing he'd be safe there.

"Kawarama!" he slowly turned. What greeted him filled him with regret. There was Kushina, clenched fists, gritted teeth, her eyes were white and her hair was waving about in Nine large tail-like clumps.

"Though I suspect her mood may have changed," Kawarama muttered.

"Um Kawarama, is this...normal?" Minato asked, hesitantly.

"Honestly...no"

"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Kushina yelled as she leapt straight at him, a fist pulled back. Kawarama had no time to dodge. The blow hit him square in the chest. Kawarama was sent flying into a nearby tree, went straight through it and made a large dent in the tree behind.

"I think you may have overdone it," said Minato looking at the damage.

As Kushina calmed down, a small scroll rolled to her feet. Curious, she picked up the scroll and unravelled it. On the scroll was a sealing formula.

"Hey Kawarama, is this yours? What exactly is it?" All she got in reply was a twitch from his seemingly unconscious body. Kushina simply shrugged, then put some chakra into the scroll.

'Just like Shiro-sensei taught us,' she thought. Unfortunately she was a little unprepared for what was sealed away. Kushina was knocked to the ground with a very large Jutsu scroll lying on top of her.

"Ow."

"Yeah, that happened to me as well," said Kawarama, who had regained consciousness and was slowly walking over to them. Both he and Minato then lifted the scroll off Kushina. Then Kawauso hopped back onto Kawarama's shoulders. Kawarama frowned at him.

"Good to know you've got my back bud," Kawauso averted his gaze, clearly embarrassed.

"What the hell even is this Kawarama?" said Kushina. Kawarama turned his attention to her.

"It's a scroll containing a number of Jutsu, some of which were developed by my grandfather. My dad gave me it sealed inside a smaller scroll so I can carry it around easily."

"Oh that's so cool, y'know," Kushina said. She then unravelled the scroll and began browsing the Jutsu.

"Yeah, it even inspired me to try and develop my own Jutsu. I've still got a ways to go though."

As Kushina looked through the scroll she noticed that each Jutsu had a brief description as well as sketches of the required hand seals and what the desired outcome should look like. Water Style: Water Wall, Water Style: Water Shockwave and Water Style: Severing Wave were just a few among a very large number of Jutsu. One Jutsu in particular made her stop her browsing.

"So what's with this one?" she asked. Kawarama stood behind her and lent over her shoulder to get a better look.

"I'm not sure, it's in a language I can't understand."

"It says: The Hiraishin, A space/time Ninjustu. It allows the user to instantaneously transport themselves to a previously marked location. At least that's what Kurama translated." Kawarama raised an eyebrow.

"Um...who's Kurama?"

"The Nine-Tails"

"WHAT!? You mean it has a name? And It's actually helping us? ...Ok I need to go lie down and then I need to have a chat with our big, orange friend," Kawarama yelled. Kushina nodded. As they began to walk home a thought crossed Kawarama's mind.

"Y'know, I can't help but feel we're forgetting something," he said. Then he and Kushina turned round. Minato was standing there with an expression that could only be described as confusion beyond confusion.

"Oh crap," the pair sighed.

Far to the south, at the coast, the ground shook as dozens of horses galloped through the woods. At the head of the group rode a man on a black horse. The horse had two exhaust pipe like objects on each side and instead of reins it had handle bars. The rider however did not use these. He leant back in his saddle and kept his arms folded, but managed to ride without any difficulty. There were three katanas strapped to each side of his belt. He also wore a helmet with a golden crescent moon ornament and an eyepatch over his right eye.

He held up one of his hands, signalling the group to halt. In the distance, only a couple of hundred metres or so from the shore could be seen a small island. A smirk appeared on the leader's face.

"The land of waves. Ripe for the taking." He then turned his head towards his men.

"Well boys, what do ya say?" Their answer was a large cheer. The leader's smirk widened.

"Alright, put your game faces on and let's go kick some ass." With another cheer the group continued in the direction of the land of waves.

So yeah...Kawarama's got a new (well known) book, a certain secret is out an it looks like there will be an upcoming mission. Anyone know who this eye patch wearing rider is? If you do then you're awesome. I just wanted to think of someone to be the villain, I thought who better than one of the coolest anime characters I've seen.