A/N: I got a review or two telling me to end the story with Naruto ending up having both Hinata and Saira. I'm sorry but I have to end it with Naruto and Saira. But I will have Naruto and Hinata have a sibling relationship.
I've been having writers block for my other stories but ideas for this one keep flowing in, so I keep typing for this one.
I re-read chapter one and said, "What the heck?" I'm going to make the chapter longer, and more reasonable and believable because it contradicts with this chapter. I think this story could've done MUCH better if chapter one wasn't so off.
This is the most IMPORTANT thing for ALL of the people to know, it is a Spoiler if you haven't read Naruto's latest chapter 312 off the internet. I'll tell you all now that in the chapter…it revealed…the REAL two tailed jinchiruki! I've been crying all day because now my story is completely off! Why did Masashi have to reveal, of all the jinchirukis, the two tailed one! However, if people who read thechapter saw the two tailed jinchiruki's headband, she comes from the cloud; like Saira in this fan fiction, which makes me feel better. Problem is, I don't know her real name…and she seems to be…blonde. NOOO! WHAAA!
If it's any consolation, or if anyone still reads this story, I hope you enjoy it.
Ican't really think up good titles for chapters. So this title may not seem thought through.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.
Tables are Turning
Sand village
Garaa was in his office working with papers when Kankuro entered the room.
"God Garaa, they're still making you do paper work? You're only fifteen."
Smiling, Garaa said, "It comes with the job."
Flying through the window, a carrier pigeon held a small note.
After feeding the bird, Gaara observed the message.
"What is it?" asked Kankuro.
The sand cup on Garaa's desk exploded, almost poking Kankuro's eyes out if he hadn't shielded them with his hands.
"Get me the council!" shouted Garaa looking up some files.
Kankuro quickly read the note and then sped out the doorway to fulfill Garaa's request.
"Kuso Naruto! You better stay alive!"
Pulling out a file of missing nins, Garaa stormed out to the council quarters.
A/N: Don't worry everybody, I plan to have more of the Sand village in this chapter, keep reading and be patient.
Cloud village
Naruto and Saira were called into the Raikage's scroll room to have a special talk.
"What do you think the old man wants us for Saira?" asked Naruto with his hands behind his head.
"Dunno, in all my time with him, I never was invited to the scroll room."
"Then maybe we'll finaly be able to do something other than spar."
Saira smirked and asked, "You know Naruto, only a week more till the ramen eat out…do you want to put up stakes?"
To Naruto, Saira would use kun at the end ofhisname randomly.
"Come on Saira, I don't want you to loose something."
"What? Are you scared you'll loose?"
"No, I won't be pushed so easily."
"Are you sure? Nothing you want?"
Naruto smirked, "Well there is something I want…all the money you owe me for the twenty something bowls of ramen I paid for you."
'Got him!' thought Saira.
"Ok Naruto-kun, if you win, I pay you back."
"And what if you win?"
"I'll think of something…" Saira winked at Naruto, making him flinch.
Arriving at the scroll room, Naruto and Saira saw the Raikage in one of three chairs in front of a shelf filled with scrolls, big scrolls."
Sitting down in the chairs, Naruto asked, "Ok…you got our attention…"
The Raikage chuckled, "I'm quite lucky then. Do any of you know which scrolls these are?"
"Not a one." said Saira.
"Well these are ninjutsu and summoning scrolls."
"Will we be able to use them!" asked an anxious Saira.
"Yes. As it seems, you two are already stronger than our village chunins and a couple of our jonins. I can't teach you my jutsus yet but here are some scrolls that'll show you some skills many of our anbu know."
Naruto nodded and asked, "Yeah sure but…one problem. We know plenty of ninjutsu, how can we improve further?"
The Raikage smiled and replied, "You are right. You and Saira are good with ninjutsu as well as a bit of genjutsu. So I will have you two learn better weaponry skills."
"Which ones will we use?
"You can pick if you want." Said the Raikage pointing at a closet.
"Cool!" shouted Saira.
Looking through the small room, Saira could see boxes of kunai, drawers of swords, and rows of shuriken. But something else caught he eye.
"Did you find anything yet?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah!" coming out, Saira was carrying a box, the size of one to carry pencils.
"What's in it?"
Opening the box, there was a pile of senbon, with a hole in each needle.
"What are the holes for?" asked Saira.
The Raikage said, "When we start training I'll tell you. Naruto, you go."
Naruto already was familiar with senbon from his fight at the Wave country and didn't feel like he would want to use them. Also he thought that kunai and shuriken were basic weapons in a ninja's arsenal, so he observed the swords.
"Hey kit! Look at that one!"
Coming out with the sword, Naruto took it out and observed it.
"The shape is weird."
The sword Naruto had picked was a double-edged sword…very dangerous.
"What's this thing?"
Pressing a camouflaged button on the handle, Naruto had split the sword in two.
"Did I break it?"
"No no…"
The Raikage put the shafts of the two swords together and they snapped back in place.
"Oh, it looks like I can double wield with this sword!"
"It's called Midnight's Gale."
"Woah, figures."
The blade seemed to emit small breezes.was black with a blue stripe down the middle where it can split into two. And the handle was grey with horizontal stripes.
"We're going to have fun with this one!" said Kyuubi anxiously.
Naruto placed the blade in its shaft, put on a belt, and strapped the blade to it.
The Raikagesmiledand said, "Last thing is each of you get to pick one summoning scroll. Find the one which suits-!"
Before he could finish, Saira was taking scrolls off the shelf, studying them, and then throwing them behind her back, making a pile of ones she like.
"Be careful with those..." said the Raikage nervously.
Naruto stepped up to observe some scrolls and Saira threwone behind her head and it connected with Naruto's forehead.
Naruto fell back and the Raikage said, "I suggest you wait your turn…"
Rememberingthat was already under a summoning contract and thought, 'I'm going to have to use my other hand.'
Suddenly, Saira poked in between the two and shouted, "Found it! It's a falcon!"
Naruto felt his ears burst and silently said, "Tha-that's great S-Saira."
The Raikage opened the scroll and Saira wrote her name in blood on the scroll, on which seven people have signed also in the past.
"Nice choice. The falcons are reliable and easy to tame, specialize in speed…obviously."
"Awesome! So what do I do!"
"Well Saira, first you bring blood to the thumb on which you signed the contract with. Then you must do the hand seals of Inu, Ryu, and Tori. Last of all, shout summoning no jutsu while pressing your hand down and you're do-!"
Saira had already started to try out her summon.
Shouting summoning no jutsu, Saira's hands became shrouded in smoke.
Coming out was a small bird the size of a pigeon.
"What happened!" asked Saira moping.
Naruto laughed, having experienced it before and said, "Don't worry Saira, you just summoned a baby bird. That's all."
Saira picked up the bird and held it close to her.
"He's cute! Too bad he can't fight…"
Suddenly, the bird flew on Saira's head and shouted, "I'm going to get strong! Like my mom and dad!"
Saira put down the bird, patted its head, and said, "When you can fight! I'll be sure to summon you! What's your name?"
"My name's Toringo! And we bird spirits grow fast! By next year I'll be big!"
Saira started patting and scratching the bird.
"Hey! Cut that out!" the bird resisted, making Saira giggle.
"I'm Saira! See you later!" Dismissing the bird, Saira stood up and asked, "Alright Naruto, your turn to pick."
"Already did! This one seems strong! Tigers!" Naruto showed the scroll to the Raikage.
Opening the scroll, Naruto's jaw dropped when he saw that only two people has signed it before.
"What's up with this old man? Is there another one of these scrolls that others use?"
"No Naruto…Only one person has used that summoning before."
"What about the second one!"
"The second couldn't handle the summoning."
"What!"
"Are you sure this is your choice Naruto?"
After thinking a long time, Nruto frowned and said, "I'll give it a try."
Quickly, the Raikage said, "Ok, but we do this outside."
Konoha
Sakura entered Hinata's apartment nervously and stood up, waiting for a chance to leave.
Hinata came back from the kitchen and said, "Please sit down Sakura."
Before Hinata took a seat next to Sakura, she saw a photo on the wall, smiled and quickly reflected on that day.
Flashback (DUH!)
A/N: Plz, before you read what's next, read the first paragraph of my A/N at the beginning of this chapter.
Naruto and Hinata were at a restaurant and have just finished eating, still at the table though.
"Naruto-kun…thanks for the dinner!" said Hinata.
Naruto seemed happy but Hinata could tell he was having conflicts on the inside.
"Is anything wrong?"
"I'm fine…listen Hinata…"
"Yes Naruto-kun?"
"Hinata…chan…I want to say thanks for always believing in me."
"Oh well-"
"Wait Hinata."
"It's that…you were the first to actually notice me, to accept me, to acknowledge me…and for that, I can't do anything to show how thankful I am but…"
"But what Naruto-kun?"
"Sakura…I can't forget her…"
"Naruto-kun…it's alright."
Hinata was on the verge of tears but at that moment, Naruto hugged Hinata and said, "Hinata-chan, I want you to know that you'll never be second best. I can never put you on a scale and judge you. After all this I love you as the sister I never had, and I hope you can consider me your brother…I'm sorry."
Hinata, despite knowing she can't be with Naruto, she knew he considered her great. She knew he acknowledged her and cared for her. That was enough for her."
"Naruto-kun…I consider you a sibling as well. Don't be sorry! I understand."
Naruto smiled and said, "Thank you Hinata-chan."
On the way back to Hinata's house, Naruto could see a man who takes photos, and paid him to take one of he and Hinata.
When the two reached Hinata's place, Naruto said slyly, "You know…I'm sure Kiba would like to date you…"
Hinata grinned and said, "I'll give him a shot."
"Good night Hinata-chan."
"Good night Naruto-kun."
The two hugged one more time and parted
End Flashback
The picture showed Naruto and Hinata together smiling under a tree which had birds in it.
Returning back to reality, Hinata said, "Sakura, please, tell me why Naruto left Konoha."
"Hinata, I don't want to say…"
"Please Sakura…you are the only one I know who could understand."
"Hinata…as you know, the village hates Naruto. They treated him like dirt, and all he tried to do was help others."
"I wonder how he got Sasuke to return after he left…" said Hinata.
Hopping to loose the subject on Naruto's leaving, Sakura said, "Yes, Orochimaru, according to Sasuke, was weak for using most of his energy to prepare for entering Sasuke."
"Yes Sakura, but Naruto-kun endured the villagers for all his life. I'm not saying that he didn't want to stay because of them but I believe there was something more. Naruto always had something to love about this place."
Sakura was in a tight spot. Slowly the truth was coming out.
"Hinata, may we talk another time?"
"Please Sakura, I need to know."
She can't hold it in, Sakura had to tell her, she had the right to know.
"Hinata, the day Naruto returned, from the Sasuke retrieval mission. Do you remember?"
"Of course."
"I-was mad that we couldn't bring Sasuke back. On the mission... Naruto injured Sasuke and yet-he still got away."
"Did Naruto leave to find Sasuke?"
"No Hinata. You know that Naruto would've come back with Sasuke if he left for that reason."
"Then why?"
"It's my fault."
Hinata stood confused, dumbfounded.
"I'm sorry Sakura…I didn't catch that."
"Hinata…Naruto tried to help, he got me a gift. I was naïve, and thought Naruto was the same stupid kid he used to be, and I destroyed his present. I knocked him down."
Hinata didn't take time to register what Sakura said, using her gentle fist attack style, Hinata slapped Sakura across the cheek and shouted, "Naruto was never stupid you bitch!"
Sakura spat out blood and touched her cheek, healing it in the process.
"You're the stupid one Sakura! You went with the flow of girls who drooled over the traitor Sasuke! Through which you never cared to see how great other people were! Naruto loved you and in return you hurt him!"
Sakura took another hit from Hinata. She deserved it. For all Sakura knew, she was probably going to slap herself later.
"You never treat someone like that! You were Naruto's special person he'd do anything for and you crushed him!"
Spitting out more blood, Sakura healed her wound and Hinata shoved a napkin into her.
"Go now. The meeting starts in forty five minutes."
Sakura left and ran up to her apartment crying.
When inside her home, Sakura cried under her pillow until she was to dry to let out tears.
The clock showed there was only five more minutes until the meeting will begin.
Looking in the mirror, she thought, 'I don't deserve to cry…and there's nothing else to say…Hinata said it all…'
Taking the stress of her face with medical ninjutsu, Sakura looked regular again and left her apartment.
Sand VillageThe council of the sand were shuffling papers around when Kankuro ran in and handed a folder to the leader of the council.
Right when he finished reading, Gaara entered with three sand ninjas, one of which was Temari.
"Kazekage-sama, is the Naruto spoken of here the jinchiruki of the Leaf village."
"Yes, he's been missing for around a month now. He also killed Orochimaru, the S class missing nin."
Everyone in the room started talking and one asked, "Do you know what this means?"
Gaara for once was clueless and shook his head.
The leader stood up and said, "Kazekage-sama, the Akasuki who attacked you a year ago, they can overthrow the village now. We and the Leaf are in danger."
"Why's that now?" asked Gaara nervously.
"If you know, one of the reasons the Akasuki haven't over thrown the Leaf is because they hold a jinchiruki, but now they don't anymore."
"Then why don't they attack our village!"
"Because we are allies with the leaf."
"So…what does this have to do with Orochimaru?"
"The Akasuki have been struggling with Orochimaru for room to attack villages. Because Orochimaru was alive, he would interfere with their plans."
"Do you know where any jinchiruki remain?"
"Kazekage-sama…" said a council member in charge of connections with other villages.
"Yes what is it?"
"As it seems, the Akasuki have destroyed the small village of the shore earlier this year, shortly after your rescue. Then they also attacked the village of the forest."
"What does this have to do with anything?" asked Kankuro.
"There are two things:
One: If the Akasuki learn of Naruto's absence, they may attack the village."
"What's the other?"
"If the Akasuki wanted to overthrow the village, they would need a strong weapon, which brings us to the second theory:
Two: The Akasuki have taken your Ichibi shukaku demon Gaara, so chances are, that they attacked the other villages to obtain more jinchiruki. We believe they're missing three of the jinchiruki. One of which is Naruto's biju."
Gaara sat down and said, "Then first priority, alert the Leaf. Second, I want the missing in action book updated to have Naruto Uzumaki in it from the leaf. And third, we need to do research on where thethree other jinchiruki may be, so we can protect them. As well of course Naruto is one of them."
All the council nodded in agreement and already started working on their assigned plan.
"This may stir up a war." Said Gaara.
"Brother, do you think we should visit the Leaf."
Gaara closed his eyes and said, "Temari, you and Kankuro will be able to go to the Leaf but I must stay here and protect the village if attacked.
"But do you really think they'd attack us?"
Gaara cuckled, "I'm not taking any chances."
"How long do you think it would take them to gather up another biju?" asked Kankuro.
"I would estimatearound a year.It takes many months to capture just one biju."
"Do you think they'd get Naruto?" asked Temari worriedly.
"If Naruto stays a missing ninja, yes…I hope otherwise."
"When do we head to the Leaf?"
"You'll be picked up by Konoha ninjas and be escorted to the Leaf. I'm going to my office to send a messenger bird."
Earlier in Konoha
Sakura made it right on time to Tsunade's room and before she could enter, Tsunade said, "Whatever's said in this room stays in the room or you might be killed. Understand?"
Sakura nodded and entered the room.
The whole gang was inside murmuring and when Sakura entered, they silenced.
"Alright everybody, this meeting must be held secret because I'm doing this against the council's permission. As you all know, it's the Hokage who assigns missions."
Everyone nodded in approval.
"Well I plan to pair each of you up with one person and each will be sent to an ally country of the Leaf. The council plans to put Naruto in the bingo book but we can go to our allies and have them put Naruto under missing in action. Then there will be a greater chance of Naruto's survival."
"What are the pairings?" asked Ino.
"Ok, first of all…Sasuke and Tenten, you two are headed to the wave village. Neji and Ino, you two are headed to the star village. Choji and Shino you two are headed to the waterfall village. Kiba, Hinata, you go to the rain village. Sakura and Lee, you go to the Snow village. The snow, despite having no ninja, could be a good place for refuge if we go under enemy attack. Last of all, Mace and Shikamaru, you two must head to the sand and pick up a couple of sand nin as well as speak to the Kazekage."
"Is that all?" asked Shino.
"No…wait a moment. He'll arrive."
Suddenly appearing in a puff of smoke, a man with spiky white hair, and an unusual headband, said, "I'm here."
"So Jiraiya, what's going on? Has the contract been acting up lately?"
"No, Naruto's smarter than I thought. He knows I can figure out where he is if he summons a frog."
"Who is this?" asked Neji.
"Oh I'm sorry. This here is Naruto's old sensei, a sanin."
Everyone gaped in amazement wondering how Naruto could've obtained a sanin for a sensei.
"Hello everyone, I'm Jiraiya."
Sakura was already familiar with him but the others were still observing.
Jiraiya shrugged and said, "All you kids, I got something for all of you."
Jiraiya took out the contract for summoning and did a jutsu to create small pocket orbs.
"Each of you take one."
"What are these things for? They're no weapon!" said Tenten.
"They're more like device to track Naruto."
The orbs shined blue and then Neji said, "It's locking on to Naruto's blood signature. You used the Naruto's blood used for the contract you're holding."
Jiraiya nodded and said, "Exactly. You see, when that orb shines blue, you aren't even close to Naruto. When it shines red, Naruto is nearby." Jiraiya then chuckled, "And if it's yellow, you'd be stupid not to see him."
Everyone strapped the orb to their belts and then Tsunade said, "That's all there is to talk about. You are all dismissed."
Outside, Mace left into an alley and summoned a messenger bird.
Taking off the orb from his belt, Mace smirked and tied it to the bird.
After attaching a note to the birds foot that he wrote a while ago, Mace said to himself, "The Akasuki could use this to find the boy..."
Cloud Village
The Raikage found a "safe place" to test Naruto's new summoning animal.
They reached their training grounds and Naruto signed the scroll.
"Careful Naruto, this summoning is dangerous, the first person who tried to summoned the tigers were accepted but when the second one tried to pass the test, we had to re-build the scroll room."
"How was the first guy like?" asked Naruto.
"He was stubborn. No one really knows how he got the good side of the Tigers."
"As I said old man, I'll do my best."
Doing the hand seals of Nezumi, O-hitsuji, Ousu-buta, and Tora, Naruto shouted, "Summoning no Jutsu!" (Rat, Ram, Boar, and Tiger)
Before the smoke could clear, Naruto heard an ear shattering roar.
After clasping his ears together, Naruto was tackled by a red blur and hit a tree behind him.
"What the hell!" shouted Naruto spitting out some blood.
Walking up to him, an average sized, red Tiger with silver stripes growled and asked, "Are you the one who summoned me?"
"Yeah, who are you?" asked Naruto brushing of some dust from his clothing.
"My name's Ligar."
The Raikage stepped up to Naruto but was stopped when Naruto said, "Whatever happens, don't help me."
Nodding, the Raikage took Saira a couple of meters away, a distance enough for Naruto to be comfortable."
"Alright, I'll summon you some other time." said Naruto taking a deep breath.
Before he could finish, Ligar pounced on Naruto and opened his mouth as though about to bite him and said, "I'm not going anywhere, until you can prove that you're good enough to summon me!"
Naruto threw Ligar off of him and asked, "What do I need to do?"
"You need to defeat ME!"
Far away, Saira asked, "What's going on?"
"Naruto is being tested."
"But why? I didn't have to go through any test!"
"Naruto's summoning is different than yours Saira. Some summoning spirits have standards, and others don't."
Ligar lunged at Naruto and stretched his claw out.
Striking Naruto in the arm, Ligar knocked him away.
Healing the wound with kyuubi's chakra, Naruto stood back up and charged a rasengan.
Ligar pounced on Naruto again and whispered, "No help from the fox."
"Oh shit."
Well now… took me long enough. If I haven't said this yet, I will say it now: I am having writers block for my other two fanfictions.
Hope this was good. I will now be working on fixing chapter one. To have it make more sense.
Last of all, I hope everyone is satisfied with me having Sakura get hurt. Sorry if people were expecting Naruto to end up with both Hinata and Saira. Sorry, it can't be so…not in this fanfic…
Chapter ten is done! Whoo! Spoiler: I'm still mad though about chapter 312 of the real Naruto series. But I'm ok with it because I don't own Naruto and also the real Naruto manga is going to get more interesting.