"Excellent job everyone. The threat has passed for the time being but Akatsuki is still out there. So don't be complacent… Naruto, your injury…" Tsunade asked concerned where everyone gathered at the end of the mission at sunset.

"It's like a badge of honour." Naruto said happily.

"He's been given emergency first aid." Sakura said, trying to make her voice sound light.

"Go get examined at Konoha Hospital, just to be on the safe side." Tsunade ordered and Sakura planned to have it carried out.

"Don't worry Master, I'll make sure he gets to the hospital. Okay, Naruto." Sakura said as she held him in a headlock and bashed him.

"Now then, both of your teams have earned a break. Go and rest up. Dismissed." Tsunade ordered and everyone but Sonea left as she wanted to discuss what she saw.

"Did you notice?" Tsunade asked Shizune and her, she nodded sadly.

"I did, Naruto-kun's injury, correct?" Shizune said.

"I wonder what did that…" Tsunade said and Sonea had a good idea but waited for her turn to talk. "What's going on with that Akatsuki corpse Kakashi's group brought back?" Tsunade asked.

"Right. We're already conducting an autopsy on it but…" Shizune said with slight concern

"Then tell the person in charge of it to make investigating that effect their top priority." Tsunade ordered and Shizune rushed out to complete the order. "Now, what is it you want to speak with me about Sonea?" She asked her. Sonea took on an emotionless face, as her feelings were still very confused.

"Naruto must not use Wind release; Rasen-shuriken anymore." She warned and Tsunade got a slight angry scowl.

"What?!" She demanded and Sonea carried on explaining

"My rippling sharingan was able to watch the full extent of damage to both Naruto and Kakuzu. It attacked Kakuzu on a cellular level, severing every chakra passage in the cells more than ten times each, meaning it attacked quadrillions of times… You and I both know that a jutsu of such an amazing level carries spectacular risks, explaining Naruto's unusual injury to his right arm and not even the normal sharingan could follow it as I talked with Kakashi on the way back. Call me when the autopsy is in." Sonea said, leaving the office and a very stunned Tsunade behind.

She spent the rest of the evening on Minato's head and though about what she experienced earlier. Rage can be a dangerous thing when personal feelings are involved and it didn't help that her blood bond with Kakashi made it worse. She felt untouchable and the Jyuubi's power flowed freely and this scared her as she could feel herself loosing the full control she had over such a destructive power. Her thought were interrupted when she was notified that the autopsy was complete and made her way to the hospital where she met up with Kakashi and Yamato who were also summoned.

"The autopsy isn't done yet, but we learned something important about Naruto's new technique from Sonea and studying the corpse… What actually injured him wasn't related to any manner of blunt physical trauma." Tsunade said, watching the corpse of Kakuzu, almost expecting it to jump up alive again.

"Meaning what?" Kakashi asked, with his hands in his pockets.

"Every cell in his body has had its chakra vessel severed… Something like this is completely unprecedented… Who knew it would be so powerful… The body actually looks like it's been poisoned and not physically struck. The attacks were so miniscule they damaged him on the cellular level… I assume he changed the wind-natured chakra into countless microscopic blades through shape manipulation, which then sliced each individual cell." Tsunade concluded.

"That is what it looked like through my rippling sharingan." Sonea confirmed.

" Poison, huh? So it's more appropriate to talk about the attacks precision than the number of times it hit." Kakashi said.

"So what about its user, Naruto?" Yamato asked.

"That's the real issue… Kakashi. Don't let Naruto use his technique Wind release; Rasen-shuriken, ever again… Naruto's right arm suffered the same type of damage. Though not as badly as the corpse of coarse. If he keeps using his new technique, Naruto will loose the ability to manipulate chakra… Damage to the chakra circularity system cannot be repaired by any form of medical ninjutsu, including mine. Make sure Naruto understands that." Tsunade asked them all and they all nodded their understanding and left the autopsy room. Tsunade and Yamato moved off and Sonea tried the same but Kakashi caught her wrist, Kakashi wouldn't admit it but he could see the fear in her eyes and the way her mood drastically changed after saving him. He slid his hand into hers and entwined their fingers together as they began to walk and Kakashi put his other hand into his pocket.

"What's bothering you my love?" Kakashi asked sweetly and carefully as they walked the streets of Konoha. Sonea continued to stare at the ground with a concentrated scowl on her face and brows slightly furrowed, her hand tightened on Kakashi's.

"I'm loosing it… When I saw you on the battlefield earlier, I can't recall actually tackling Kakuzu off of you or even cutting the wires, the Jyuubi was relishing in my rage and not just at Kakuzu but everything I've ever been angry for bubbled up as the power did and my control began to slip… I don't know how Naruto can handle such a feeling but I know I can't…" The last bit came out as a whisper as Sonea forced back her tears and they had stopped in the middle of the road with Sonea holding his hand as tight as she could and her head was down so her hair could hide her eyes and expression in her hair. "I can't handle seeing my loved ones hurt, not when there is something I can do about it before my time I…" Sonea began to cry but Kakashi had wrapped his arms around her and suishinned back to his apartment already as the first tear fell, they both hate it when other people can see how weak they are.

"Let it out love, there is no one here but me." He said, running his hand through her hair and kissing her forehead and she did just that for the night with just Kakashi there to help her this time like she always had for him.

Her eyes fluttered open painfully as the first rays of light came through the blinds. Her face and eyes were sore and her chest hurt but right then, everything felt complete and she hummed in content as a hand kept running through her hair and the steady beating and rise and fall of her pillow beneath her head just made it feel like she never wanted to leave. This is the first time she didn't panic that there was someone around as she already knew it was her Kakashi, taking care of her like she use to do for him. Her one hand was up by his collar bone with something there as well, she looked up and moved her hand to see the pentagram necklace with two wolves around it and smiled as she nuzzled his muscular chest with a smile and he let out a small laugh as he placed his other hand over hers on his neck Things started to get a bit heated from the unintentional touches, he pushed her hair behind her ear and let his finger tips travel down her neck and down her spine as she moved her hand from his neck, over his muscular chest and stomach. Kakashi saw her eyes flash dangerously with lust and within a split second he was hovering over her, between her legs that were hooked around his waist and engaged in a heated kiss, he somehow removed his top when he moved and her hands had access to the perfect pale skin with little scars everywhere. She placed pressure into her fingertips as she ran them over the large diagonal scar left by Zabuza and he moaned into her mouth and pressed closer to her which in turn made her moan, never breaking the kiss. Unfortunately, that's as far as they got as Sonea sensed the presence first and placed a genjutsu over Kakashi's face and he was sitting up with her in his lap and hiding her flushed face into his chest, away from the stunned ANBU kneeling in the room.

"What is it Tenzo?" Kakashi growled out dangerously as he continued to run his hand through her hair.

"Um… Right, Tsunade-sama has requested both of your presences in her office by noon." Yamato choked out from behind his cat mask, obviously feeling very uncomfortable at that moment. At a growl from Kakashi, Yamato suishinned out and Sonea snuggled into his chest as her arms came up around his neck. Kakashi began to rub circles on her lower back with his other hand.

"Are you okay?" He asked her as he nuzzled her cheek She nodded into his cheek shyly, her face still extremely flushed and he laughed. "Why does fate hate us… Why don't you go have a shower and relax a little and I'll make some breakfast… Don't worry, not anything to complicated, you know I can't cook." He said as he stood up with her in bridal style and set her feet on the floor but she didn't let go as she was still embarrassed. He laughed as he unwrapped her arms and pulled her back, still holding her wrists, and smiled at her and kissed her before they both moved off.

"I'm fate's bitch remember." Sonea shouted to him and he laughed harder.

They were both walking around when they heard familiar voices coming from Ichiraku's and made a slight detour to where Naruto was being his loud boisterous self.

"Hey." Kakashi said, sticking his head inside as did Sonea and watched in amusement.

"Huh my butt! And here Sakura-chan was going to feed me." Naruto complained to Sai. Kakashi continued to walk in while Sonea stood by the curtain and watched Team Kakashi antics play out.

"You're suppose to help a friend when they're in trouble. That's what a true friend is, it said that in a book." Sai explained.

"Now look here. Read the situation before you read that damn book. Read the situation!" Naruto explained not so calmly.

"How can I read something I can't see?" Sai asked, he did have a slight point.

"Aaahhh, you're such a pain in the ass!" Naruto yelled out.

"Looks like you have a problem." Kakashi said to them.

"Naruto can't use his right hand so he was getting a bit worked up over who would feed him." Sakura explained. Kakashi took the bowl of ramen and chop sticks and moved in between Sakura and Naruto to try to feed him and Sonea moved out of the shop to get some air from laughing so hard.

"Come to think of it, it's unusual for us to finish a big mission and you not to be bedridden in the hospital isn't it, Kaka-sensei?" Sakura asked and Sonea laughed harder, battling to breath from outside. Kakashi hung his head.

"That's how you think of me? Right now I'm really… shocked. Well, I didn't have to use mangekyo sharingan this time. There's no doubt that I would have had to use it again if you hadn't shown up when you did. I would have ended up in bed just like you thought." Kakashi let out a little sheepish laugh before the conversation turned towards Naruto's new technique but they had nothing to worry about, Naruto already knew he couldn't use it and so Kakashi got tricked into paying for their lunch. Konohamaru arrived outside with a shadow clone and created a new perverted technique when his female teammate, Moegi, hit him hard for it and Jiraiya came around the corner. Jiraiya and Kakashi shared a look and Kakashi's looked a bit strained before he carried on walking towards the Hokage's office and Sonea ran after him.

"Was that a bit of jealousy I saw there?" Sonea mocked but Kakashi just continued to look forward with his hands clenched in fists in his pockets. "Come on, you can't have all of the blondes in the village wrapped around your fingers all the time…" Sonea joked and Kakashi sighed.

"I guess you're right. I need to remember that he is Jiraiya's godson and I only just started taking interest in his training, it will take some time before he trusts me completely again but I'll wait." He said with a lighter mood.

Sonea stood on the roof of the Hokage's tower as Kakashi had been called in first for a separate mission. Jiraiya was taking Naruto for some training again and she was busy planning having Seth follow him this time. She sensed Kakashi's presence behind her and he came over to her and placed his hands on her hips.

"I've got a mission with team Kurenai to one of Orochimaru's hideouts, it shouldn't take more than a few days and I promise to be careful after the last time you scolded me for going up against him." Kakashi said softly to her. She nodded and kissed him through the mask and smiled at him.

"Be careful." She said. Kakashi let her go and hopped up on the railing before turning back to her with an eye smile.

"Always am." He said and jumped away to prepare. Tsunade came up to stand next to her and looked out over the village with her.

"I'll be sending you on a mission with five circle members of your choice. It's an S-rank mission and infiltration into Amegakure to confirm their position and with your abilities to shift, you are the best next to Jiraiya… I suppose you are keeping an eye on them right now?" Tsunade said with a smirk and Sonea nodded.

"Yeah, I sent Seth to watch them this time… When do you want me to leave?" Sonea asked.

"As soon as possible… There have been rumours of Akatsuki being there but nothing has been confirmed which is why I'm sending you." Tsunade concluded and Sonea left to find her circle and leave for the mission as soon as possible.

That afternoon she stood at the gates in full ANBU gear without her mask with Storm, Star, Fall, Sage and Fire ready to go. Once everything was confirmed and they were out of sight, they shifted to their wolf forms and headed for Amegakure. The trip and infiltration into the country was a success but infiltration into the village was near impossible as they ended up engaging in battle soon after they got there.

They managed to flee but with severe injuries to everyone on the team as they made their way painfully back to Konoha a day later. Sonea reported to Tsunade as she was least beat up and hurt.

"What happened to you, where is your team?" Tsunade asked, a bit panicked as she stood up to help her to the couch.

"We got caught entering Amegakure and were forced into battle. My team are heading towards the hospital right now and I came to report." Sonea said with winces on every third word as Tsunade began checking her. "Amegakure is extremely locked down from the outside world and it appears that there has been a civil war in the past due to the confusion of two leaders; Hanzo and someone who calls themselves God. There were no signs of Akatsuki but with that amount of devotion and secrecy, I wouldn't be surprised if they are the ones running that country, it's in between four of the five great nations, perfect place if you ask me… That is all I have to report Tsunade-sama." Sonea finished, out of breath from pain and talking.

"Alright, just rest for now and I'll have you transferred to the hospital soon and I'll take care of you personally." Tsunade said as Shizune began rushing around to have everything done quickly.

"Any word from Kakashi?" Sonea asked, hopeful. Tsunade smiled.

"They've only been gone for twelve hours so no, nothing yet but don't worry, the brat can take care of himself." Tsunade assured her and she fell asleep soon afterwards.

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The heart monitor was beeping like crazy as Sonea sat up in a cold sweat and breathed heavily from her dream and pain. Tsunade burst through the doors within seconds, checking her over quickly before laying her back down gently.

"What happened?" Tsunade asked her as she still had widened eyes.

"I don't know, it almost feels like…. No, it can't be the… Sanbi?" Sonea said confused, it was calling for her again for some reason.

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked with slight confusion

"The bijuu call out when they are in distress and I tend to hear them but this one felt more like a nightmare but real at the same time. I'm just very confused." Sonea said as she rubbed at her bandaged head tiredly and closed her eyes.

"What happened in the dream? Maybe I can send out a team to search the place if it wasn't a normal dream." Tsunade suggested, they had to get the Sanbi before Akatsuki or anyone else found it.

"It was a huge open lake and misty as it's the Sanbi's technique and a kid standing at the shore that looked so much like Yagura, the previous jinchuuriki for it that it was uncanny but he somehow had this ability to manipulate it and the Sanbi called out… Um, the lake, it was surrounded by forest, like the trees here in Konoha so it could be close and had a rocky shore to it. I'm sorry, that's all I can remember." Sonea said, slightly panicked and edgy. Tsunade injected something into her drip and turned it up.

"Rest, we'll talk about this later." Tsunade said as Sonea drifted to sleep again.

Sonea was watching the village bustle by as she stared out of her hospital room window with her chin in her hands. Children were playing ninja games and vendors were shouting out their prices and families walked down the streets and in the parks when a brown blur caught her attention, she concentrated and noticed the blue jacket with the heno-heno-moheji on it and saw it was Pakkun. She was out of the hospital like a flash and caught up to the pug that slowed down when he noticed Sonea's condition.

"Long time no see Pakkun." Sonea greeted the pug with a smile that he returned.

"Yes, good to see you to, Kakashi is fine by the way." He said back to her with a doggy grin and Sonea giggled and picked him up to walk into Tsunade's office. Tsunade looked up as did Shizune when they saw Sonea and Pakkun.

"Special delivery." Sonea said and set Pakkun down while she moved to the couch after a bit of strain to catch up to Pakkun. He explained the whole story and handed her a pink crystal.

"New enemies?" Tsunade asked the pug, studying the crystallized bug.

"Looks like it. They appear to be a threat. A group of people were completely annihilated." Pakkun informed her.

"So that's why you are showing me this." Tsunade said, twirled the crystal between her fingers.

"Something's inside the crystal." Shizune pointed out.

"It's one of Shino's kikaichuu that was killed by the enemy's jutsu. Kakashi requests a top priority analysis." Pakkun relayed.

"Shizune, take this to the analysis team. It's urgent!" Tsunade ordered and Shizune rushed out with the crystal. Tsunade turned to Sonea and began looking over her injuries.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Still a bit sore but if you need me I'll be ready to go at your request." Sonea said determinedly.

"Alright then, I need you to go and get prepared and find Yamato, I'll be sending out Team Kakashi to back him up." Tsunade ordered and Sonea got up and went to prepare. She decided to put on her long sleeved top that still went around her neck and stopped at her ribs and her tight ANBU pants with her knee high shinobi sandals with a heel and last but not least her dragon skin half skirt and went to find Yamato. She got pay back from he burst in Kakashi's room as she caught him flirting with a girl until she looked closer and began dragging him off to Tsunade.

"You know that that was actually a guy right?" Sonea smirked when she saw realisation dawn on Yamato's face and him run for the nearest trashcan to throw up in.

A/N: Yeah, a bit of humour thrown in at the end. I'm sorry i haven't updated in a while, it seems to keep slipping my mind. Don't worry, i will not abandon this story to my loyal viewers out there but i would be nice to hear from you about how you're enjoying the story or not enjoying it with constructive criticism, flame me and i'll ignore it, i really don't care. R&R please? Then i know at least someone is reading this out there.