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He relayed the Hokage's message to Naruto.
"So he didn't want to abandon me, they said that he practically forced me into their arms when they attacked" Naruto said, unsure. "I doubt that, his reason for the mission was also to bring your murderers to justice" Shikamaru told him.
"Tell him he's forgiven then" Naruto said hesitantly. He didn't want to hold a grudge with someone he'd probably never meet.
"So, wanna play a game?" Hinata asked after silence had fallen for a little while.
"Aren't you supposed to be turning me in to the council?" Naruto asked.
"Yup" Kiba answered cheerfully, "let's play truth or dare" he suggested, sitting down on the floor.
"I don't know what that is" Naruto said and everyone looked at him in horror.
"Then we should rectify it" Hinata said in determination and slid around Naruto to an open spot on the ground. 'Perfect cat summoner' Naruto and Okamura thought at the same time, basing their decision on her graceful movement and actions now and in the past.
"It's really simple" Hinata started out explaining the game. The three boys jumped in to add things and they spent the next several hours playing.
In the end Naruto was only wearing boxers and glaring at them all. "Why am I the only one almost naked?" he demanded.
"Because you were the only one that went along with those types of dares" Kiba laughed.
Okamura was laughing as well, "He's got you there pup" she laughed.
"Don't talk to me, you told them to do it" Naruto said.
"I'm just glad you met him, I haven't met with an Inuzaku like this in a while" she said, regaining her breath.
"So you like him?" Naruto asked. Okamura nodded then realized what Naruto wanted.
"Really?" she asked. Naruto smiled and nodded.
"Okay" she said and the summoning scroll appeared as it had before. Naruto took it and handed it to Kiba. "Sign it" he said. Kiba looked at for a second. "Really?" he asked excitedly.
Naruto nodded. "Okay" he wrote his name down quickly in blood and handed it to Okamura, who made it disappear.
"Now you can't try right now because of all the chakra you'll be using since you don't know the right amount, it will draw attention to you and me" Naruto said regretfully.
He made a few hand signs and summoned Nekoru to him. "You'll be a good summoner too, Hinata" Naruto said to the Hyuuga heiress.
"Did you need something Naruto?" Nekoru asked, looking at the other humans in the room. "I found you the perfect summoner" he said.
Nekoru's eyes landed on Hinata. "The Hyuuga" she guessed. "Exactly" Naruto said. "Is she the reason you're almost naked?" Nekoru asked innocently. "What?" Naruto yelped. "No, no, we were playing truth or dare, I got dared to take them off, but I'll just put them on now" he said blushing furiously and collecting his clothes. Hinata had turned bright red at that too.
"Okay, she's not like those Hyuuga things, I'll accept her" Nekoru said, seeing how Hinata didn't get upset and start shouting at her, and gave Hinata the scroll to sign. After she did Nekoru decided to stick around.
"So, now all of you guys can summon" Naruto said cheerfully.
"Aw man, so Shino signed a contract before us" Kiba said in disappointment.
"Cheer up, it was only a few hours before you did" Naruto informed them and Kiba did cheer up slightly at that. "The one you should be jealous of is Shikamaru, he's had his for about three months" Naruto added, Kiba became disappointed again.
"Pup, hide" Okamura suddenly ordered, looking out the window and seeing someone she didn't like.
Naruto and Shikamaru both hid quickly. It wouldn't do to get Shino in trouble for Shikamaru being found at his home they might suspect Naruto was there. Shino's dad answered the door to find two council members standing on his porch.
"What can I do for you?" he asked. "We're looking for the boy that's missing. We know that your son and Shikamaru are friends and were wondering if we could search your home for the boy?" one of them asked.
Shibi shook his head. "I won't have my privacy invaded by you, you'll have to look somewhere else" he said and slammed the door in their faces.
When they were far away Shikamaru came out. "I said it before and I'll say it again. You're dad is cool" Shikamaru told Shino. Everyone else agreed as well.
"That reminds me, I forgot from all the excitement but I'm supposed to contact Itachi" Naruto said and summoned a weasel after moving from his hiding spot.
Iizuna appeared in a puff of smoke. "What?" he asked Naruto rudely. Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm reporting to Itachi, my monthly report, remember" Naruto said and Iizuna nodded, grumbling to himself about annoying children.
"Well, tell him I'm in Konoha and that I'm being looked for by the council. Also, tell him not to worry about me, he shouldn't venture so close to this village" Naruto told Iizuna.
Iizuna had watched him more closely after he'd mentioned Konoha, "My head summoner told me that if you came into contact again with his younger brother that he wanted him to sign the contract" Iizuna said.
Naruto frowned, "I'll do it but it's going to be difficult, Sasuke doesn't like me at all and he wants to kill Itachi. The second I go to meet him the council will know and come after me," Naruto responded.
Iizuna shrugged, "Not my problem" he said and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"You have a summons from Uchiha Itachi?" Shikamaru asked him, having researched the name after Naruto had mentioned him at their hospital meeting in Suna.
Naruto nodded, "Itachi wanted to keep in touch with me" he replied.
"Didn't he kill his entire clan except Sasuke?" Hinata asked in confusion. Her dad had told her all about the Uchiha massacre as part of her history lessons.
Shikamaru nodded, "That's what we were told anyway" he said, watching Naruto now. He knew that there was probably more to the story, Itachi had been Konoha's golden child and was held in a high position in the ninja ranks, even at his young age.
"Right, Itachi did kill his clan, but he was under orders to do so from the Konoha council. I don't know if you guys remember but Itachi told me that about ten years ago in Konoha the council was made up of mostly civilians. Itachi worked for them because his father agreed more with their goals than the Hokage's. However the council decided that the Uchiha clan was becoming too powerful and ordered Itachi to kill them. When he failed to kill Sasuke he was marked as a missing nin on the spot and forced to flee, even though he was under orders" Naurto explained.
"That makes more sense than doing it to test his own strength" Hinata said and everyone nodded.
"So I guess I'm going to be staying here until I can find a way to contact Sasuke without getting caught by the council" Naruto said with a sigh.
"We'll help you out. If we can get Sasuke into the Aburame compound then you can get him to sign the contract and then we'll think of a way to keep him from telling about you" Shino said. Naruto smiled, "Thanks," he said gratefully. Shino smiled back.
Then Shikamaru spoke up, "More important than getting the summoning contract to Sasuke is getting you out of the village. We should plan how to keep you hidden and your exit strategy first" Shikamaru told him.
Naruto nodded, "Okay, but first I wanted to know what Ino and Chouji are like"
Author's Note: This is one of my shorter chapters. I'm still working on changing the storyline a bit and it's been a couple weeks since I updated so I decided to just put this part up
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