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Started may 4 2015, uploaded June 10


"How did you find out where I live?"

Naruto shrugged at Kakashi's question, "I asked." He tried to step into his sensei's house, only for the jonin's hand to stop him.

Kakashi's Sharingan span as he readjusted his hastily pulled on mask. "Asked who?"

After a few moments his hand finally slacked enough for Naruto to enter the scarecrow's apartment. "Who else?" Of course it was the Hokage, who else would've told Naruto?

Kakashi sighed as he watched the blonde walk over to his couch and plonk down, taking great interest in every little thing in his home.

"A sword? I didn't know you practiced Kenjutsu." Kakashi stared at the sword hung on his wall, the White Fang.

He shrugged, "I don't really use it anymore. It has sentimental value though."

"And the dog bowls?"

"I said I was a dog person."

Naruto looked out his window, there was a rather nice view of the village from Kakashi's apartment, the blonde stared for a while before turning back to his teacher, his eyes burning with intensity.

"I want a mission."

"No."

"Yes."

Kakashi sighed again and sat down, "The Hokage gave you two weeks off. It's been a day."

"A day and a half." Naruto looked a bit uncomfortable, "I... I took one day to beat myself up over my stupidity, but work is work. And as much as I want to stay at home and brood all day, I can't afford to go out of business." Of course it took reassuring words from Ashura to get him back on his feet.

"Well the others are still on leave." He really didn't want to go on a mission at the moment.

"They don't have to come." Naruto said with a shrug, "Me and you can easily go on one."

"Or you can go on your own."

He received a blank stare, "And do D-ranks? I'm a ninja, not a chore boy. And the old man thinks I'm traumatized for life." Naruto snorted. "Yeah right, like I can't handle the pain."

"Naruto your still coping by putting on a mask like that. Like you don't care."

Naruto shook his head, "Actually I really do care." He frowned, "I feel absolutely terrible. But I'm not going to get over it unless I go out and do shit. Good shit, shit that makes you feel good and accomplished."

"And a mission with me will make you feel accomplished?"

A nod. "Once you pick up a B or A rank and we finish it, yes, it will."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes! Thank you!" Naruto rolled his eyes at Kakashi's failed antics, "Do you really think I'll fall for that? Literally nobody falls for that, it's a mere myth."

"I'm still not doing it."

"Yes. You are." The blonde gained a dangerous gleam in his eyes, "Because I know where you live, and I don't care how many dogs you have eating here. You will feel the pranking of the Shinigami himself."


"Hello Hokage-sama!" Kakashi said cheerily with a wave, "Me and-" He gestured to Naruto, "-One of the Oompa Loompas are here for a mission!"

Hiruzen looked at Naruto a bit worried, "Are you sure? Your failed mission was only a couple of days ago."

"He's a tough little munchkin. He's fine. Right Naruto?"

He received a nod, "Yes. Very fine. More then fine, amazingly fine. Fantastically fine." His bland tone at the situation didn't really convey his apparent enthusiasm.

"Naruto-" Hiruzan started somewhat stern, "-I've been Hokage for a long time, and I know-"

"-And you know that I need to do a fucking mission!" The anger in his tone wasn't directed to the Hokage, or to Kakashi. It was directed to himself, he sighed and looked down. "Look," He started a lot more quietly, "I need this."

The Hokage locked eyes with Kakashi, who stared back and shrugged.

"Fine." the elder said reluctantly, "I actually was just looking over something."

He handed a paper to Kakashi, who started to look over it, Naruto made his way over to his teacher an tugged at his arm, making him lower the mission request to his eye level.

"Help some merchants move from Vegetable to Flower, a C-rank." Naruto nodded, "I guess it'll do."

"Oh it will." Kakashi said as he made his way to the door.

"Hey," Naruto said to him as the exited the Hokage's office, "Where is Flower and Vegetable?"

'They're both small countries, sandwiched by Iwa and Bird.'

"Never mind, I just remembered."


The journey would normally take a week or so walking, then the however long time it took to escort the peddlers. Luckily there was no Sakura to hold them down, even Sasuke probably didn't have the stamina to run the entire time like they were.

Naruto wasn't really looking to impress at all with his stamina, he just wanted to complete the mission to gain some sort of solace to counteract the grief of the failed mission.

"Why are we stopping?"

Kakashi ignored him for a moment and looked intently at the ruins infront of him, "This is Kannabi bridge."

Naruto took a step forward and examined the completely destroyed bridge, "Quite the sight." Such a huge bridge being destroyed. "I want to say that it's a relic from the war..." He trailed off, waiting for Kakashi to answer.

"It is." Kakashi rose his headband, "I consider it my first failed mission."

"By any chance-" Naruto started, putting pieces together, "-was there an Uchiha with you for that mission?"

"I told you about him. My best friend, or rather former best friend, he's been dead for years."

Naruto stared a the ruins, "Failed?" Was the mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge or protect it?

Kakashi sighed, "I was around your age, a Jonin already." Naruto nodded impressed, "My sensei was sent to reinforce a platoon that was being battered by Iwa. He was one of those people who can fight an army by himself. I was sent along with my genin team to destroy the bridge, my first real mission as the strongest in the group, sensei was always their to fix my mistakes whenever I led as a chunin..."

"You made a bad call."

Kakashi shook his head, "'Bad' is an understatement. Rin, the medic and glue to the group, was captured. In my juvenile arrogance and naivety I told the other member of my group to leave her, the mission came first."

"The girl you loved." Naruto guessed.

"I didn't love her then, she was just a teammate and medic, nothing really more." His fists clenched, "My Uchiha teammate punched me and told me the creed that I live by now, and left to rescue her." He chuckled dryly, "That idiot attacked a higher officer, that was just his style."

"Did they both die without you?"

"I came back. I realized how wrong I was, we fought a small group of Iwa Jonin. They had more power and experience, but me and Obito had teamwork, his Sharingan and my skills made us fight like one. We beat all of them and untied Rin."

"There's a 'but' though."

"The mistake we made was all down to age, we weren't old enough to really know 'always double tap'. One of the Iwa nin was alive, and collapsed the entire cave we where in. I had lost my eye a few minutes prior and couldn't see. Obito pushed me out of the way of a falling boulder."

Naruto grimaced, "And was promptly crushed."

"Only one side of him remained, he looked at us and smiled. Told me to take his Sharingan, the conveniently fine Sharingan not even damaged. Rin was a medic so we did that. The Jonin didn't stand a chance against the newly made 'Sharingan Kakashi.'"

"He died rescuing his team. That's-" He pondered on whether or not he should say it, "-That's not very Uchiha."

Luckily Kakashi laughed a little, "He was a complete idiot. But apparently he held more wisdom then I thought." Kakashi turned to look at Naruto, his Sharingan spinning, "You complete missions and you fail missions, but don't let it ruin you. I've failed a lot but I'll keep going forward." So this was a lesson, to help him after Wave...

Naruto looked up at the clouds, "Kakashi?"

"Yes?"

"Why do you wear a mask? Between just me and you."

"There has been a lot of reasons." He felt his mask, "Once upon a time it was to keep people from recognizing me, since I looked so much like my father. Then it was to hide my looks as a teenager, I look good." He chuckled amused, "Now it's to piss people off because they want to know what my face looks like."

"You're lame."

Kakashi snorted as he jumped away, leaving Naruto in the dust.


"Should we check that out?"

Kakashi stared at the smoke plume coming from the Land of Vegetables, "I'd rather not."

Naruto was in deep thought, "I think we should, it could play a part in the mission."

His sensei, however, started in another direction, "We're going away from Vegetable, I don't like it but it isn't our mission to go there. It's to go away from there, that may be the reason these peddlers are leaving."

Naruto stared at it and shrugged, following his teacher.

As they merely walked down a road they spotted a caravan, and by the way the leaders of the caravan looked at them they must have been the peddlers who hired them.

"Hello!" A man walked out towards them, "Are you the ninja we sent for?"

"Are you Kikunojo?" At his nod Kakashi gave a friendly wave, "Well I'm Kakashi, and this is my student Naruto." He gestured to the blonde. Who gave a smile to them.

Kikunojo gestured to his group, "I'm the leader of this caravan, here's my best friend and right hand man Yurinojo." Another man gave them a wave.

"So," Kakashi started as he got into step with them, "What's the lay down?"

Kikunojo shrugged, "We just want to get to Flower, Vegetable hasn't been very stable lately."

"Who would try to cause discord in Vegetable? The place's leadership was pretty spot on last I checked, which wasn't that long ago, a few years." Naruto wanted to tell Kakashi that a few years was not really considered short. But he figured it was an adult thing.

"Some bandit troubles, not good for merchants."

"So why not Iwa?" Naruto questioned. "They're a lot closer."

"I'm sure Iwa doesn't want it to get out but..." Kikunojo's voice started to get quieter, "They're loosing their strength. I heard the Tsuchikage is even resorting to hiring mercenary groups to do missions since his ninja can't even do them."

Naruto looked mildly surprised, "Well then... wow." Iwa was known for strength. Them and Kumo were always known as the strongest, Konoha being the most successful due to tactics and will. The Will of Fire.

Kakashi was glancing at him, god knows why.

'He wants you to gather information on your own. He started and wants you to continue, try to find out what exactly is happening because they are hiding things.'

"Well I'm glad you chose us," Naruto said with a smile.

The sickly cousin, Shun, glared at him with bright purple eyes, "Then you better be good. I'm not dying because of a stupid kid."

Kid? Shun was no more than a few years older then him. Naruto wanted to call him out, but chose not to, "Why would their be any death? This is just simple C-rank to the rather peaceful Flower."

'Good.'

Shun very admirable kept perfect composure, but let a small, absolutely tiny, fraction of emotion show on his face, just enough for Naruto's trained eyes to pick up on.

"Sooo!" Kikunojo tried to change the subject, "You've seen the news?"

"The news?"

Kikunojo held up a new paper, "O.N.E just released an article about Wave, front page. They have a new government now."

Naruto pursed his lips at the mention, "What?"

Kikunojo held up the paper, "A group of Konoha ninja, led by the famous 'Sharingan Kakashi', went into Wave a little while ago." He looked up from his reading to look at Kakashi, who waved. "They battled the mercenary army of Gato, which included the 'Demon of the Hidden Mist' Zabuza and, as reports say, his apprentice, a ice user from the extinct Yuki Clan. They defeated Zabuza and his apprentice before going after Gato's army, taking out all of them and the kingpin himself. Amazingly with only three civilian causalities."

Naruto frowned. Three dead people was not 'amazing'.

"I don't like O.N.E news." He said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I mean it's a cool thing, a global newspaper for all of the countries, but really? One Nation: Elemental... O.N.E? It sounds wrong for the acronym to have one of its words making it up. You get what I mean?"

"I guess."

"And any young ninja who gets on it is immediately put in the Bingo Books, I'm lucky I wasn't mentioned, I'd be a C-rank in the books in a day."


"So Naruto," Kakashi said to him as they stood away from the rest of the group, the peddlers packing up for the night, "What do you think of this mission?"

Naruto pursed his lips, "I hate it when people lie to me. This is the second time, and the first time did not go well." Trained Ninjas. He could easily sense the larger reserves and the faster flow of chakra in Kikunojo and Yurinojo, a sure sign of shinobi.

"They don't have any ill intent from what I could see. They stayed slack around us."

Naruto eyed the group blandly, "They want our help for something. I assume it involved Shun in someway."

"You noticed?"

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Of course. Shun is way to feminine looking and has way to big of a chest to be a boy. Also I can smell the woman on her." He paused, "That sounded weird, I didn't mean it like that."

"Are you sure?" Naruto could see the smirk through his mask, "She looks maybe a few years older then you at most, she could still be a minor."

Naruto palmed his face, "No. Just no. And I'm pretty sure she's sixteen, that would be pedophilia."

"I'd say fifteen."

"Please shut the fuck up."

"Woah!" Kakashi said with his hand up defensively, "Excuse me Mr. Virgin! Excuse me for trying to help you out a little! What is wrong with you today? All serious and all."

Naruto shrugged, "I don't want to put up the 'no negative emotion at all' act infront of you, you already know how I am." The only physical person he was really comfortable with was the Hokage, but Kakashi was real to him, something pretty much everyone isn't, so he would be real also.

"Doesn't mean you have to be so snappy."

"Sorry." The sarcasm was dripping from his words.

"That's better!" With a smile the scarecrow sat down, "I have the late shift, so nighty night!"


"Oh. Oh..."

"That's not very good."

For once Naruto completely agreed with Kakashi's sarcastic and annoying attitude. Probably because his sensei was the only one who could really form words at the current situation.

He barely knew Kikunojo, but he still felt remorse at his dead body.

'We were training in your mind. Didn't even sense him.'

Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat, "Ok guys, I think we need to be honest here."

Yurinojo glanced at him, "What?"

"What he's trying to say-" Kakashi's tone started to become more and more serious, "-is that you can't trick us. What's happening?"

Yurinojo gulped, "It's... It's... we're ninja."

"And?"

Shun took his hat off, "And I'm a princess." Her long brown hair flew elegantly down her back, "Of Vegetable, which a group of ninja took over." She looked a bit shocked at how nobody was surprised

"We already know you're a boy, you don't even try to mask your voice."

"Oh."

"Two for two." Kakashi said with false happiness, "Ain't we so lucky Naruto?"

Shun looked at him, "Excuse me?"

Naruto looked blank, keeping his raging emotions in check, "He means it's the second time we've been lied to about a mission."

Yurinojo gulped, "Please. Princess Haruna is the last hope for our country, we cannot let her die."

"We won't." The words came out of his mouth before he could control it. Naruto couldn't help but feel dread at what could happen, that he would fail his promise again just like Wave.

"Tell me." The ever calm voice of Kakashi. "Who exactly are chasing you guys?"

"They are called the Criminal Brothers."

"Original," Naruto muttered quietly. His already present dislike of the mission getting larger and larger. Another land in danger from some madman, and the people decided to hire ninja under false pretenses...

This was TOO much like Wave. But instead of the grizzled drunk Tazuna they had snotty princess Haruna.

"Kakashi?"

The scarecrow finally let his leader side out. All amusement was gone from his face, "I say..." He looked at Naruto. "We do it." Honestly the kid needed it.

"Oh thank you!" Yurinojo looked very relieved.

Haruna wrapped her hair back into her hat, "I say we split up into two groups. The actual peddlers in a leading caravan and us in a back caravan."

'You get that?'

Naruto did not like the idea, "No. You want a decoy caravan. So that the Criminal Brothers attack the front group instead."

A shrug, "Necessary sacrifices."

"Unneeded sacrifices," He argued back, he turned to Kakashi, "Can I give an idea?"

"Call yourself team leader if you want."

Naruto nodded, "We go as a group. They found out about Kikonojo then they'll know about Yurinojo. They don't even want the front caravan."

Haruna glared at him, "So they'll be safe away from us." She honestly didn't believe they knew her identity though.

"You know they won't princess." Yurinojo looked grim, "They'll toy with the peddlers. Kill them for fun."

Haruna looked away, "A good distraction..."

"Maybe we should let them kill you." Naruto shrugged at the looks he received, "Lets face it. She'll be a bad leader."

Kakashi playfully (but actually firmly) patted Naruto on the shoulder, "Hey hey! We are hired to protect little Haruna-chan! Not kill her or intentionally or let her be killed." His intentional lack of 'sama' when addressing royalty showed the amount of respect he had for her.

Haruna huffed and turned away, her head held high.


'Contact.'

Naruto tensed.

'Three.'

"Hey Kakashi," Naruto started. "How many parties have you been to?"

Kakashi got the meaning, "Oh quite a few actually."

"How fun is a party when only three people come?"

An amused chuckle, "It depends who they are."

Naruto lunged in the air to intercept a foe, his arm blocking a blunt weapon. He fired a blast of wind to send the man flying back into the forest.

"Naruto!" Kakashi called, "You go fight that guy! We're having some fun over here!"

Naruto nodded and jumped into the forest.


Ruiga, the youngest of the Criminal Brothers ducked underneath a kick, jumping back and assessing his opponent.

"Hm." He sounded annoyed, "They put me against a child?"

"Hm. They put me with the definition of ugly." Naruto mimicked, not being completely off. The man had shoulder length purple hair with amber eyes and teal facial hair. With teal tattoos on both of his cheeks. His slightly droopy face solidified the 'ugly as hell' look.

"That's a twelve year old comeback!"

"I am twelve idiot."

Ruiga brought up both of his tonfa, blunt sticks held horizontally from a hilt that traveled infront of his arms, up in the air, "I'm gonna enjoy killing you."

Naruto snorted and rushed forward. Jumping in the air and flipping into an axe kick. Ruiga blocked with his right tonfa and swung with his left, but Naruto jumped off his weapon behind him, swinging around and smashing him with a viscous roundhouse kick.

Ruiga used the momentum to jump away, landing and wincing, before going through hand seals, "Water-Heavens Convergence!" He smirked as... bubbles? As bubbles rose from the surface into the air.

'The grass is wilting and the air's thinner, he's drawing moisture from the surroundings and air.'

Naruto felt his instincts flare as a blade of water cut through the air towards him, he jumped in the air to dodge and fired his chakra arm, swatting another blade away. He went through seals.

"Great Breakthrough!" He blew a giant gust of wind at the center of the clearing, making the bubbles fly into the vegetation surrounding them and into the sharp branches of the trees.

Naruto landed in a crouch, before launching off his feet and shooting his chakra arm forward, Ruiga jumped to the side of the approaching limb and brought his tonfa forward.

Naruto let out a sound of pain as he was smacked in the face and back with Ruiga's tonfa.

'He's bigger and has more reach! Hit and run or range!'

Naruto rushed in again, this time firing a blast of wind at Ruiga, who jumped in the air to avoid.

Not a good idea to get into the air to dodge air.

Naruto grabbed him with his chakra arm and flailed him around, before smashing him in the ground repeatedly. After a few seconds he threw him in the trees like he was throwing a fastball.

'He is leaving, but another is coming.'

Naruto's eyes narrowed, "Come and get it asshole."


Kakashi jumped to the side, dodging a flurry of ice discs, before using his kunai to block a swing from a sword.

Renga, the leader of the Criminal Brothers, wasn't that tough alone. But him and his brother Jiga worked well together.

He felt a pull on his kunai, and let go of it and used the Substitution to teleport away before the weapon stabbed him. The magnetic abilities of Jiga was annoying, turning his own weapons against him.

"Jiga! Renga!" The other one rushed into the clearing, "The kid's power is perfect against mine! Switch!" Kakashi smirked at the brother's apparent deafeat against his student.

"Stay with Jiga! This'll take a minute!"

Kakashi jumped towards Renga, not wanting the strongest to fight Nruto, but before he could he felt a pull on his headband that slammed him into the ground.

He felt his rage rise at the Jiga's laugh, Kakashi threw his headband and utility pouch on the ground. Barebones it was.

Naruto could handle it.


"What! Haruna!?"

Haruna looked at him, trying to stay composed, "They knocked out Yurinojo when he was fighting with your teacher, I ran."

Naruto felt the energy approaching, "You should have stayed with Kakashi! He's better than me!"

"Don't mock me!"

"I'm not!"

A pulse of chakra.

"Fuck!" Naruto swore and tackled the princess, dragging her to the ground right before a hoard of projectiles hit them.

Naruto looked at them, discs, cold discs that was melting in the sun. Another Ice Release user...

"So that's the princess?" A dark voice chuckled, "Good... two easy targets."

Naruto growled and created two clones, "Barrier! Haruna stay with them." It was experimental, but he needed a bit of luck in this situation.

The clones dragged Ashura's chakra out of him, ready to rise a giant dome of his chakra at any moment.

Someone bursted out the trees, Naruto rushed towards him they collided fists, both flipping in other directions. Naruto pushed off the ground immediately after he landed, "Great Breakthrough!"

The man, Renga from Yurinojo's info, rose a transparent shield to protect him, ice no doubt.

If it wasn't for his fox enhanced eyes it would've been impossible to see, if it was night he would be dead against that power, the reflections from the sun the only thing letting him see the clear ice.

Renga laughed, "I'm gonna burn you like an ant! Ice Disc!"

Naruto looked up, large discs of ice formed in the sky, getting smaller and smaller and concentrating the suns ray...

A giant magnifying glass. Holy crap.

'We have to keep moving. We got a time limit now."

He was already sweating, crap.

'Keep your jacket on. The bright orange reflects the light better than your black shirt underneath. It also protects your skin better.'

Naruto rushed towards Renga, drawing a kunai.

Their weapons collided, Naruto used all the chakra he had to reinforce his limbs, Renga was strong.

He suddenly loosened his grip and cut all of his strength, his kunai went flying from his hand as he ducked. Renga, who was still pushing, fell forward. Naruto drove his fist into Renga's stomach before uppercutting him in the chin and sending him flying into the air.

Naruto yelled as beam of light slammed into him, he felt his jacket being burned away as he jumped away and rose his chakra arm to block the ray.

In a split second he ducked to avoid being beheaded. Spinning around kicking Renga's knees, making him fall. Naruto cocked his arm back and drove it towards his downed foe full force, but Renga rolled out of the way last second, leaving only the ground to be shattered.

Renga smirked at Naruto's smoking back, "It burns doesn't it? At least you're lasting longer than that other prick yesterday. He kept babbling about protecting the princess with his life, such an idiot. She isn't worth it."

"That's disrespectful to the dead!"

"That idiots dead! He doesn't have the capacity to care about anything now! I mean why would he give his own life for someone else!? He said it was 'his duty'..."

"He was a man. Protecting what he cared about."

Renga laughed, "Really!? He cared about that bitch princess!? All I care about is money! Not even my brothers!" Renga looked at him, amusement fading, "Boy. I'll give you one chance for impressing me. Leave. Go back to Konoha and live your life, Vegetable has nothing to do with you!"

"That's the smart thing to do if I valued my life." Naruto didn't even notice Haruna's concerned look. "But..." A fire burned in his eyes as he rose his fist, "I never give up, that's my ninja way!"

"You're a fucking fool!"

A smirk, "No. You are."

Renga's eyes widened as he felt something behind him, Naruto rushed at him from behind, his clone that was talking disappearing. Naruto punched him in the face with all the power he could muster. As Renga flew back Naruto grabbed him by the foot, spinning him and slamming him into the ground. Before sending him in the air with a powerful kick.

"You're scum! Not even caring about your own brothers! I'm gonna stop you! For Kikunojo and Vegetable!"

Haruna watched wide eyes as Naruto jumped into the air, his fist glowing white with Ashura's charka.


"NOO!"

Kakashi chuckled darkly as he withdrew his arm from Jiga's corpse, lighting fading from it.

"Finally!" He said a bit maniacally, "That asshole was really annoying me with his magnet powers!" He turned to the terrified Ruiga, "Now... your turn."

Ruiga screamed as his death rushed at him.


"Good job!" Kakashi said with a thumbs up. His Sharingan eye was closed as his headband laid around his neck, "You got the leader!"

Naruto smirked at the sight of Renga tied up, "Yup, he didn't see it coming. Though..." He gave Kakashi a bland look, "I actually kept him alive."

Kakashi chuckled, "Oops. Ah well, he'll pay for his brothers crimes also."

Naruto nodded. That was fine.

"Well... I go speak to Yurinojo." Kakashi walked off.

"Naruto." Naruto turned at Haruna's voice.

"Yo."

She looked down, "I'm sorry for being so difficult."

A laugh, "Is that heroes worship I hear?"

"No." She sighed, "I just... I just realized how much Kikunojo meant to me. How much he's willing to give me."

"You mean how much he gave you, he gave everything."

"Yeah... I realized what a good leader needs to think about. They need to be willing to give everything for their people, and they need to realize why they are giving everything for them."

Naruto looked at her intensely, "A good leader is one who has power, and uses it to help people who doesn't have power."

"My people live such simple lives, simple farmers who are happy not making much. They just want to be with their families, that's what makes them happy, and I want my people to be happy."

"A good quality of a leader. Almost required."

She looked up, her eyes filled with determination, "I'm gonna make my father's legacy stay true, I want the people who look up to me to be happy. I don't want harm to befoul my country like it has with my fathers death."

"Good."

She looked at him for a moment, before looking away, "I... thank you."

He gave her smile, "I have the power, the power to help. So I will help whenever I can."


"You think we'll make O.N.E?" Naruto asked idly as they approached the gates of Vegetable, "I mean we did stop a hostile takeover of good ol' Vegetable."

Kakashi hummed thoughtfully, "Maybe I will... since I did everything."

"Really!?" Naruto yelled, "Because your not the one who defeated Renga! I was!"

Haruna rolled her eyes, "He's messing with you. And I think maybe third or fourth page, it all depends on what else happens in the world this week."

"I'd be mentioned, right?"

She giggled, "Of course."

They stopped at the gates, only the four of them since the real peddlers actually went to Flower. Yurinojo went to the gates to talk to the guards and Kakashi went around to the back of their small carriage to get Renga, the prisoner.

Kakashi carried him in, "You stay here Naruto, we're already a few days late since we took the merchants to Flower and walked all the way over here. The Hokage will be pissed." Naruto gave him a mock salute as he entered the village.

"So." Haruna looked at him, "It's goodbye."

"I guess it is, for now." Naruto gave her a smile, "I'd like to visit and actually go inside of your village."

She blushed at his smile, "Yeah..." She looked into his eyes, "Hey Naruto..."

Naruto stared, "Are you alright?" She looked flustered.

'Idiot. Holy shit I need to tell you some things.'

'What!?'

As he yelled at Ashura Haruna leaned forwards and kissed him, Naruto froze for the few seconds it lasted before Haruna pulled back and ran away giggling.

"Uhh..." He couldn't form words.

A hand ruffled his hair, "Yes! Good job!"

Naruto turned around in shock, "Holy sh-" He took a deep breath, "You scared me Kakashi!"

Kakashi patted him on the back, "She's fifteen! I asked!"

"What! You saw!?"

He laughed, "I saw you get it dirty with the princess!"

"Dirty!? We kissed! Well she kissed me!"

"Still a kiss! You know we can stay a few days... she can repay you for your deeds!"

"Oh shut up!"

"So... thinking of becoming an ambassador to Vegetable."

"No."

"Really? Don't want to see Haruna again?"

He blushed, "It's hero worship," He said quietly.

"And a bit of lust if I say so myself."

"Please! You don't know lust! You probably have sex in that mask!"

"Only a few times..."

Naruto grimaced, "I shouldn't of asked that."


No, Haruna isn't the pairing. It's a one time thing. The actual pairing (which I actually decided on) will come much later, when he's older.