**AN: Ok, ok, ok I've got it all figured out. I'm switching Temari and Mei out with one another. Sorry, and it does hurt me a little to do so, but I have a remedy. Mei gets together with Nagato! It's brilliant! Brilliant I say, just brilliant!**
**Any objections to this let me know, cuz my back up is Mei to go with Yahiko. Hmm, which of those two couples would work better? Ah well, that's up to you. Let's get started with chapter 11!**
**Review number 300 goes to Gold Testament! The Judge of Rokubi is the 600****th**** reviewer!**
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**Disclaimer: Mmm, what'cha say? Why'd ya have to go and tell me that way? Tellin me that I don't own Naruto, you really expected me to just let it go? Now I know I overreacted, but you gotta know I'm sorry for that brace on your head.**
**Chapter 11: A Near International Incident and the Akatsuki Become Known**
Omoi grunted as he dodged the scalpel thrown at him. Omoi was patrolling the stairway and elevator that led to the floor Naruto and Gaara were recovering on. Samui was down the hall, getting two cups of coffee for both of them when it happened. He narrowed his eye at the so called 'doctor' that had come to 'checkup' on Naruto and Gaara, and kept refusing him passage without documentation from Tsunade or Shizune. The doctor kept proclaiming that it wasn't needed before getting fed up with his actions and attacking him with a scalpel. Omoi kept his blade sheathed so as not to cause property damage. Bringing his right arm up in defense, he blocked an incoming haymaker made by the silver haired doctor that was revealed to be a familiar Konoha chunin.
The chunin in question went by the name Mizuki, according to the information Homozu had given to him. As expected, the chunin was very low in skill, much below Omoi's own skill level. He deflected a left kick aimed at his ribs and countered with a roundhouse to the stomach. Omoi followed with a combination similar to the Homozu Combo #1 **(AN: The one used against Lee)**. He had sent the chunin flying with the thrust kick he threw in to replace the jumping heel kick, as that was usually used by someone shorter than himself. Mizuki coughed upon impact with the ground and Omoi sneered at him.
"How did _you_ make chunin?" asked the white haired Kumo genin, "I'm a genin and I'm kicking your ass!"
"Sh-shut up!" Mizuki cried at him, "And get out of my way! The demons have to die! The council decreed it!"
Omoi's eyes narrowed, "So, they openly declare war? As much as I hope that was true, I believe you are too far deranged to realize the effects your actions will have. Tell me...do you really think that I would be here alone?"
Mizuki's eyes widened as he felt a shock run up and down his spine. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he slumped to the ground, unconscious. Samui dusted her hands off and sighed as she looked at Omoi.
"This is the seventh attempt made in the past two days," she said. Omoi nodded and he approached the unconscious chunin, kneeling to disarm him. Mizuki suddenly shot up and stabbed Omoi in the stomach with a hidden kunai. He jumped to his feet and ran up the stairs, intent on killing the Kyuubi Child.
Samui had dropped to Omoi's side and began mediocre field medical jutsu on his wound. Omoi shoved her away and leaned back, looking her in the eyes, "He...He can't reach taichou or Gaara-san. I'm fine, go!"
Samui nodded as she ran after the chunin that was threatening her friend's life and had attacked her teammate. He stopped and turned around to throw a smoke bomb at her. Samui cursed as she covered her mouth and nose to defend against the poison filled gas.
Mizuki continued up the stairs and ran towards the room that contained the demon. He slowed his step and leveled his breathing as he neared the door. He paused when he heard a name exclaimed by the Demon.
"Itachi-nii-san!"
Mizuki paled. If it was the Itachi he was thinking of...no, impossible. The Hokage would have sent ANBU to arrest him if it was the Uchiha traitor. Mizuki smirked as he opened the door and charged towards the bed, his kunai brought back to be thrown at the demon. He smiled maniacally as he saw everyone's eyes on him, the Demon looking at him with confusion.
"The Nine-Tailed Fox dies today!" screamed the manic chunin as he prepared to throw the kunai. He suddenly found himself against the wall and his eyes being examined by three tomoed red eyes. Mizuki felt his breath hitch as he looked into the eyes of the very person he didn't want to see.
"Hm, seems like one finally made it through," the blue skinned man next to the blue haired woman said. Said shark-like man smiled, revealing shark-like teeth and continued, "I say you let me chop him up, Itachi. After all, this village already knows you. I think I should leave my mark, too."
A cup hit the blue skinned man in the head and he turned to glare at the blonde in the bed, "You little brat!"
"Don't antagonize him, oututo," Itachi said in a near emotionless voice, not removing his eyes from Mizuki's, "Kisame may have sworn to protect you as the last of the Uzumaki, but he won't resist the urge to smack you around in your chakra depleted state."
Mizuki's eyes widened as he heard what the Uchiha murderer called the demon child. He croaked out, "Traitorous...bastard..."
Itachi's hand tightened around Mizuki's throat and he muttered, "**Suimun (Sleep).**"
Mizuki's eyelids became heavy as he watched the tomoes in Itachi's eyes start to spin slowly. Once he had passed out, Itachi dropped the chunin and deactivated his Sharingan. He walked back into the room only to be surrounded by several ANBU.
"Uchiha Itachi!" the purple haired cat masked ANBU said, "For crimes against your village, we sentence you to death!"
"Crimes against my village?" Itachi replied, confused. He turned to Konan and continued, "Konan-sama, which village do I belong to that requires Konoha ANBU to end my life?"
"Don't try and use the Ame for a defense!" an ANBU wearing a bear mask said, "They may have come to our aid, but for a murderer of your own clan, you will pay."
"Nii-san, you killed your clan?" Naruto asked, feigning innocence. All the ANBU turned to the kid as if he were an idiot, which most of them believed he was.
"Uchiha Itachi is wanted as an S-rank nukenin with a kill on sight order for the near extermination of his clan," the bear masked ANBU said. Itachi blinked.
"I never did such a thing," he said, "I belong to the Uchiha family of Ame. 6 years ago, I migrated to Amegakure under orders of the Hokage. You can ask him yourself seeing as he is standing right behind me along with my Amekage and Jiraiya-sama."
The ANBU all turned to see the Sandaime smiling slightly into the room. They all held their ground until the Sandaime gave them a signal to stand down. His eyes fell down on the unconscious Mizuki and frowned.
"ANBU, please take Mizuki-san to Ibiki and Anko for questioning," He said, "And refrain from attacking Ame's Uchiha please. I wouldn't like to see a former Konoha ANBU captain die in such a way."
The ANBU all hesitated before bowing and carrying out his orders. Two blank masked ANBU grabbed Mizuki and vanished. The bear and cat ANBU both bowed and then vanished as the Hokage approached Itachi. He placed both hands on the shoulders of the oldest heir to the Uchiha clan and smiled.
"It is good to have you here, Itachi-kun," Sarutobi said. Itachi allowed a small smile to appear on his face and replied, "Thank you, Sarutobi-jiji. I've missed you."
"I've missed you as well, Itachi. You were one of Minato's choices for a successor should the time had ever arrived, and when I came back into office, I nearly offered you the position after your fifth mission," Sarutobi said, patting Itachi on the shoulder. Itachi bowed his thanks before turning to Yahiko. Kisame appeared on his right and they both bowed before him.
"What is thy bidding, Amekage-sama?" Kisame asked, his shoulders shaking in repressed laughter. Yahiko sighed, knowing that somehow Kisame planned this out to make him look like a power hungry overlord. He waved his hand, allowing the two to stand.
"That wasn't necessary Kisame," said the Shodai Amekage, "I would have gladly ordered you to go get me a cup of coffee without your insistence."
Naruto laughed whilst Kisame's face fell and he slowly left the room to retrieve a cup of coffee. Itachi shook his head before a book was placed in his hands. His eyes teared up and he bowed before Jiraiya proclaiming, "THANK YOU, MOST EXQUISIVE JIRAIYA-SAMA!"
Yahiko and Naruto both sweat-dropped while Jiraiya smirked proudly at his number one informant/fan. Itachi ghosted his hands over the yellow book before opening it and giggling in a perverted manner. Konan cleared her throat, causing all the men present to look at her slightly annoyed face.
"If that's everything, sensei," she said, "How is Gaara-kun?"
Jiraiya smiled, "Kid's gonna be just fine. His seal was sloppy as hell, just like the Kazekage said, but right now, he's sleeping like a rock."
Naruto yawned, "Whatever, I'm just glad we're out of the hospital."
Yahiko, Jiraiya, and Sarutobi all looked at Konan confused. She mouthed, "Genjutsu" and they all nodded in understanding. Everyone close to Naruto now knew of his nosocomephobia and how serious it was. Hell, Yahiko even had Jiraiya secretly working on a seal that would suppress the phobia, not that Konan approved. Or knew about it for that manner.
Itachi then spoke up, "...right...Anyway, Kisame and I have finished our reports and are awaiting our next mission."
Yahiko nodded, "Seeing as we're all healed up now, I believe it's time we go home."
Naruto's head cocked, "What do you mean? We're not at home?"
Konan cursed Yahiko under her breath before pressing a pressure point on Naruto's shoulder. She then rounded on her husband, "You just had to go and blow it, didn't you Hiko-kun?"
"How was I supposed to know you made him think we were back in Ame?" Yahiko defended. Jiraiya, Itachi, and Sarutobi all took a step back from the arguing couple. Jiraiya slowly pulled a notebook out and whispered, "This is great...I can see it now, Icha Icha Make Up! The story of a quarreling couple that often get into situations beyond their control, it will be my next big seller!"
Unfortunately, the Toad Sanin had spoken the last bit a wee bit too loudly. Yahiko and Konan turned their enraged gazes on the white haired pervert, causing him to gulp loudly before fleeing and pleading for mercy. Yahiko chased his sensei, swinging his blade wildly, trying to land a hit, while Konan chased after him with an origami scythe, and constantly missing him by an inch. Sarutobi turned to Itachi, who merely shrugged and opened his book and began reading like this was an everyday occurrence.
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Kisame groaned as the energetic blonde kept bombarding him and his partner with questions regarding their mission to Kusa. He wondered how Itachi put up with it and then remembered that Itachi was used to being an older brother before he was framed. They were already a few days out on their way to Ame, being the escorts for Teams Arashi, Suna and Samui. Yahiko and Konan had separated from the group, saying they had to go to the daimyo's mansion for an important meeting; Nagato went along as a bodyguard as did Jiraiya. Kisame knew this was just revenge on his Amekage's part for being overly formal. Currently, the group was resting at a pocky shop (per Itachi's request) and the girls had gone to the onsen nearby for a refreshing soak. Earning a tick on his head, Kisame turned to the blonde and pulled the wrapped Samehada off his back exclaiming, "Brat, if you don't shut up, I'm chopping something off!"
Naruto wisely became quiet and backed away from the annoyed swordsman. He turned to Ryu and muttered, "Someone had a bad dish of sushi this morning."
The silver haired genin snickered and replied, "More like he hasn't gotten laid in a while."
"That's it! I don't care if you're Hidan's nephew, you're losing a leg!" Kisame shouted as he began chasing the assassin in training down the road. Gaara, who was not used to such behavior, looked lost while his brother broke out in a fit of laughing along with Naruto. Homozu sighed and turned to follow the Akatsuki member who was threatening his teammate, planning on making sure Ryu didn't die. Omoi snickered as he and Itachi resumed their game of go.
Gaara then turned to Naruto and asked, "Is this a normal thing to happen? I thought threatening with deadly intentions was a bad thing."
Naruto smiled and offered Gaara another stick of pocky, which he accepted, before replying, "It is bad, when you're perfectly capable of being a better person. Unfortunately for Kisame-sempai, he's too far gone to actually be subtle."
Gaara mulled this over while he chewed his pocky. Kankuro turned to Naruto and said, "So it's mostly for kicks, right?"
Naruto smiled, "Pretty much."
Kankuro laughed again as Ryu ran past with a shouting Kisame following and a distraught Homozu following him. Kankuro wasn't sure about going with the Ame and Kumo shinobi at first, but now that he's seen what they were like, he decided that they were a good bunch and Gaara seemed to lose the wall that had been constructed around his emotions for the past seven years. The war painted Suna genin kept a smirk on his face as he witnessed the blonde haired living energy named Naruto talk with Gaara about things concerning their biju. It saddened Kankuro that he couldn't be closer to his brother in the way Naruto was, but he didn't think about it often, as it reminded him of the way his brother used to be.
"Kankuro," the monotone voice of his little brother snapped the puppet master from his thoughts as he turned to the red-head, "Uzumaki and I were going to go to the hot springs, would you like to join us?"
Naruto deflated, "Gaara, call me Naruto..."
Gaara allowed a small smile on his face, "As you wish...Uzumaki."
Kankuro laughed as Naruto face faulted to the ground.
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Naruto sighed as he slipped into the warm water, "This is niiice..."
Kankuro smirked, "Got that right."
"It does feel...relaxing," Gaara said, shutting his eyes, "Moth-I mean, Shukaku agrees with me."
The other two teens nodded and relaxed in the water before they heard a female voice say, "So he really is _that_ buff?"
Gaara blinked, "That sounded like Nee-chan..."
"Yeah," another feminine voice sighed out. A purr-like sound emitted from the other side of the onsen. Naruto blinked.
"That was Yugi-chan," Naruto muttered. A giggle emerged from the other side.
"Geez, the way you two are talking, you'd make it seem like you're both chasing him," the giggling voice said. A growl emitted from the formerly purring Yugito. Naruto gulped.
"And that would be Karui getting Yugi-chan riled up," Naruto said with a hint of worry in his voice.
"So what if we are?" Temari asked, causing the growl emitting from Yugito to become louder, "Hear me out, before you kill me. He's eligible for the CRA, right? Well, I have a feeling my father will want to thank the Amekage for his protection and help...how else will he do so but with a engagement?"
"Over my dead body!" Yugito growled out.
"Dude, there's a catfight going on over there!" Kankuro exclaimed in giddy. Naruto looked at Kankuro with a deadpan face.
"Your sister is one of the fighters you perv..." he said, causing Kankuro to become horrified at the thought of seeing his sister involved in a catfight over a boy.
"Wait, wait, wait," Temari said, causing the boys to become silent once again and listen, "I wasn't finished. I'm willing to share, after all. I mean, if he's as good a kisser as you say he is, and I saw how he looked in the mesh shirt, then I'd be stupid not to take a shot at him, even if I'd have to share."
"What are you saying?" asked Yugito.
"I'm saying," Temari said in a seductive tone, "We should work out our differences right now..."
After that, the boys heard two more gasps and a pair of moans. Their teenage minds, Gaara included due to his insane, yet male, tenant, couldn't handle the thought of two hot females near their age making out or possibly doing more. They did the only thing any sensible man would do in their place.
They passed out after a massive nosebleed attack took place.
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On the other side of the onsen, Yugito moved her arm away from her mouth and stopped making an improvised moan. She and the other girls burst out laughing after their performance. Temari smiled at the slightly older girl.
"You're an evil tease, you know that?" she complimented. Yugito grinned.
"I learned from the best," replied the jinchuriki. In her mind, Nibi purred.
"**Thanks, kitten. ****I'll bet our little tom really enjoyed that performance...maybe we should actually have Temari-chan join us,"** purred the Nekko. Yugito blushed and silently cursed the cat several times.
"I wonder though," Samui spoke up, earning the eyes of her acquaintances/friends, "Would your father actually do that?"
"Himself? No, not without the pushing of Suna's council," Temari replied before, "Besides, as nice a guy as you make him out to be, I'm still afraid of what that kid's capable of."
Karui laughed, "You're _afraid_ of taichou? Geez, that's almost like saying you've got the hots for Ryu!"
Temari blanched and stuck her tongue out in disgust, "Ugh, he's nasty. How does a guy become so perverted?"
"A few years of training with Jiraiya of the Sanin," Samui replied with an eye roll. Yugito growled at the mention of the perverted Sanin, the memory of what he called her and Naruto's relationship fresh in her mind. Karui shook her head.
"He just doesn't get it," she said, "Homo-kun says that no matter how many times he's beaten up for his perverted remarks, Ryu keeps getting back up unscarred. Personally I think it's because he learned an instant revival medical jutsu from the perverted king."
"God if he and Kankuro get close then we'll never be at peace," Temari groaned. She sank further into the water before a thought occurred to her, "Why is it laughable that I'm afraid of Naruto?"
Karui scoffed, "Because one; he just helped your mentally disturbed brother out of his own feeling to do so. Two; he's possibly the nicest guy in the world aside from Amekage-sama or Nagato-sensei. And Three; if he wanted to hurt you, or any of us for that matter, he wouldn't because of the small amount of chivalry he has."
"Not to mention he just gives off a good vibe," Samui added her two cents worth. Yugito nodded her agreement.
Temari leaned her head back and looked up at the sky before turning to Yugito and saying, "So is the sharing option still up for grabs?"
The girls shared a laugh as Yugito sputtered for a response. In her mind, Nibi purred out, **"I still think we should see if she's serious about this. Riding Kyu-kun's jinchuriki will be fun, but like they say, three's a party."**
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Naruto nodded his head to a nonexistent beat as he traveled ahead of the others towards Ame. The gates were open as he approached and he smiled at the two guards that always seemed to be on duty.
"Hey Jon-san, Sesu-san!" Naruto said as he walked up to the gates. The two chunin smiled widely.
"Hello Naruto-sama!" Jon returned his greeting. Jon was a black haired man in his mid-twenties, wearing the standard Ame chunin attire, which consisted of the ANBU like gear with a chunin flak jacket over the vest. He had a scar over his right eye, which was blind due to the attack he had gotten from it.
Sesu smacked Jon over the back of the head, "Baka! You know that Naruto doesn't like honorifics!"
Naruto smiled thankfully at the yellow eyed chunin. Sesu wore a mask over his head, leaving only his eyes visible **(AN: Think ski mask)**. His Ame hetai-ite was attached to the side of his mask, instead of around a headband. After he handed his ID over to Sesu, the mask-wearer eye smiled at the blonde and said, "Amekage-sama is waiting for you and your group at the tower with the Kazekage."
Naruto nodded his thanks as he waited for the rest of his party. After the rest had caught up with him and had past the gate checkpoint, Kisame and Itachi left to go report to the council. This left Naruto to lead the rest of the genin and one Kumo chunin to the Amekage tower. The Sabaku siblings and Yugito were in awe of how friendly the village was to outsiders like them; then again, their villages were friendlier than they seemed to outsiders. And from observation, it seemed as though there was at least twice the amount of active ninja than civilians. All seemed well as Naruto showed them some of his favorite spots to hang out.
It was then that Yugito met her first of many to come adversaries.
"NARUTO-KUN!" shrieked a female voice. Naruto paled as a figure glomped onto his side and hugged him tightly. He tried pushing the assailant off, but it was to no avail.
"Ami...air...please..." Naruto pleaded as he fell to his knees slowly. The long green haired girl released Naruto and he gasped for air. Gaara came to his aid by offering him a hand up, which Naruto gratefully took.
"Naruto-kun," Ami said, "We were all so worried for you! Some thought that Orochimaru-sama had gotten a hold of you when Amekage-sama and Konan-sama returned without you."
"Was anyone worried about me?" Ryu asked. Ami scowled at the silver haired teen.
"No one would care about you if you were the last man alive," sneered Ami. Ryu growled and clenched his fists, but a hand on his shoulder from Omoi. Omoi narrowed his eyes at the green haired girl.
"Don't bother Ryu," he said, "She didn't see how you destroyed that Oto nin in the prelims."
"Or how you summoned Asshu to save taichou," Homozu said. Ami turned on the green eyed genius.
"NARUTO-KUN DOESN'T NEED ANYONE'S HELP!" she shouted at him. Naruto sighed and put a hand on his face, embarrassed of his stalker.
Karui got in Ami's face, "DON'T YELL AT HOMO-KUN, SLUT!"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" Ami returned. Naruto had had enough and stood between the two girls before a fight could ensue.
"Enough!" he said, "Karui, stand down. Although Homozu may be grateful that you came to his aid, this still isn't your village and you could be reprimanded for attacking a civilian."
Karui growled before crossing her arms, "It'd be worth it."
Ami stuck her tongue out and gave her a victory sign but Naruto turned on her, "And you! I've told you before, I'm not going to go out with you, so stop trying already!"
Ami looked crushed, "Bu-but Naruto-kun..."
Yugito saw Naruto's resolve weaken as the girl started to cry. As much as a good guy he was, he was just a little too soft when it came to people crying. She decided to come to his rescue.
"Naru-kun," Yugito said, looping her arm around his and giving him a false pout, "You promised to take me out to sushi after we meet with Amekage-sama. Let's go!"
Naruto looked confused before she gave him a look and he understood what she was doing. He glanced back at the now livid Ami and smiled at Yugito, "Sorry, Yugi-chan. I almost forgot. Let's go so we can get this over with and get something to eat."
Yugito led Naruto away from the slack-jawed Ami and the rest of the group followed. Naruto sighed and his features relaxed, "Thanks a lot, Yugi-chan. That was close..."
"You owe me," Yugito said as she released Naruto's arm and walked in step with him. Temari decided to voice the question going through all the Suna siblings' minds.
"What was that all about?" she asked. Naruto turned around whilst still walking backwards and chuckled.
"That was Ami," he said, "She's a local nuisance that bugs me from time to time. But after that little display I doubt she'll bug me for a while."
"She has to go back to the drawing board," muttered Homozu. Naruto nodded.
"Right, so I can expect some downtime for a little bit," said the blonde.
"Until she finds you without Nii at your side," Gaara said. Everyone stopped to look at the redhead and he elaborated, "The way Nii acted in front of the girl no doubt left a mark on her. She may even perceive Nii to be a threat to getting Uzumaki in her clutches and may try killing her."
Gaara noticed the looks of shock coming from his siblings and he said, "Just because I was obsessed with killing didn't mean I was unable to pick up on the ways people interacted with each other. Shukaku is already rectifying his mistake by explaining more to me, when he isn't urging for blood that is."
Kankuro nodded, "Yeah, ok...that makes sense I guess..."
Temari turned to Naruto and Yugito, "He's right though. If she sees you without Naruto or vice versa, she may do something drastic."
Yugito growled involuntarily, earning odd looks from some of those present, "I'd like to see her try."
Naruto rubbed his head, "This is already turning out to be harder than I expected..."
"You could always go out on dates every night," Karui suggested, planning on sneaking the possibility of a double date into the plans so she could bribe Homozu into another date. Yugito blushed heavily and looked at Naruto who nodded slowly.
"That...could work," Naruto replied. He turned to Yugito and smiled, "So you still up for sushi later?"
From the way the others smiled and the way he chuckled, Yugito could tell she had a blush on her face. The fact that Nibi had woken from her nap and started sending images of Naruto sensually eating sushi didn't help with her blush.
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Entering the Amekage tower, Naruto waved at some of the hidden ANBU. Some even waved back, causing him to chuckle. He walked past the secretary and entered the Amekage's office. He was shocked to see two of the councilmen in the room, but otherwise stayed focused on his father and the blonde man dressed in Suna jonin attire. The blonde man stood and smiled at the Sabaku children.
"You've all made it," he said neutrally, only a hint of happiness in his voice, "I'm glad. Thank you Amekage-dono. I'm sorry I hadn't heeded your warning earlier."
Yahiko waved the man off, "Not to worry about, Dasuto. What matters is your village is cleared of charges and Ame is willing to pay for the damages to Konoha."
"Not that we should, the bastards should just suffer and rebuild it themselves..." Naruto muttered as he crossed his arms. Sabaku no Dasuto chuckled as he heard these words and bowed to Naruto. Naruto became shocked of the action, but before he could speak, the Kazekage rose and continued.
"I would like to thank you, Uzumaki-Ame Naruto," he said in the same tone as Gaara spoke, "I feared that no one would be able to undo the things the council has done behind my back, but you have shown me otherwise. I promise to end the attempts on my son's life and find out who was responsible for it; before punishing them severely."
Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "Thank you, Kazekage-sama, but there's no need to go that far. I just saw someone like me in need of help and I acted on it. I might recommend sending Gaara to see Kirabi of Kumo for a year though, if anyone can help him with the control over the Ichibi, it'd be Kirabi-sensei."
The Kazekage raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What good could come from sending my son to Kumo?"
"If I may, Kazekage-dono," Yahiko spoke, "My son has trained under Kirabi and mastered the control of six of the nine tails in his jinchuriki form, his training was halted when my sensei, Jiraiya of the Sanin, introduced the Toad summoning contract to him. Balancing between the Fox and Toad contracts has set him back a few years' worth of training, but he's slowly making his way back up."
The Kazekage and his children all looked at Naruto in shock before Kankuro spoke up, "You summon Toads _and_ Foxes?"
Naruto nodded before biting both of his thumbs and performing separate sets of one handed seals. He slammed both of his hands down and said, "**Kuchiyose no Jutsu!**"
After two puffs of smoke, a small orange fox appeared on his right and a dark orange toad appeared on his right wearing a dark jacket. The kit jumped onto Naruto's shoulders while the toad leapt onto his head and waved his hand, **"Hey Bro! Where've you been?"**
"It talked..." Kankuro said in shock. Naruto grinned before looking up at the toad.
"Yeah, sorry bout that Gamakichi," he said, "There was an invasion in Konoha and I had to knock some sense into a couple of people."
"**Is that why pops is so mad at you?"** Gamakichi asked, **"He said something about the Old Fox gloating about getting a member of the Fox Tribe noticed in Konoha during your exams."**
The kit yipped from Naruto's shoulder and Gamakichi scowled, **"HER? You chose HER to fight a dog? I could've done that, bro!"**
"Yeah, but you would've backed me into getting you some dango or something," Naruto shot back. The sullen look on the toad's face caused many to chuckle.
"**Hmph, if you're gonna be like that, I'm out of here. Goodbye Amekage-sama, Bro,"** the young toad said before he vanished in a puff of smoke. The small fox yipped again and Naruto nodded.
"Sure, I'll do that later. Bye Taiyu-chan," he said as the fox vanished in a puff of smoke. He turned and bowed in an overdramatic manner, causing Yahiko to applaud and cry, "Encore! Encore! Again!"
The councilmen present chuckled and also applauded, causing everyone else present to stare blankly at them. The Sabaku family was wondering what was going on, Team Samui all looked amused along with Yugito, and Team Arashi looked...well bored. Like it was an everyday occurrence.
Temari looked around at the various faces and sighed as she watched the blonde boy that saved her brother walk over to a chair and collapse in it with a smile on his face. The smile seemed so pure and radiated confidence, Temari couldn't help but smile slightly. She had to admit, from a certain perspective he was pretty attractive. And what helped more was that she didn't have to worry about Gaara killing him...or anyone else anymore for that matter. Temari watched as he leaned back in the chair and placed the tips of his fingers together and the smile died down to a serious look that looked very unnatural on his face. Temari grew worried when she saw that look and even more so when the playful face on the Amekage vanished.
"Right, let's get serious shall we?" Yahiko said as he pulled some files out. Yugito, Temari, Kankuro, and even Gaara looked shocked when they read the names on the files.
It was _their_ names.
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AN: OH MY SHIZZ NIT! Was this planned all along? What about going to Kiri to help in the war? Or the Spy mission to Iwa? Will the Sabaku family return to Suna, or Team Samui back to Kumo?
**To answer in order, No. Still on. It's gonna happen. And DUH, how else will Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari make chunin at the next exams?**
**Keep on reading, my friends, because I have more twists and turns coming up.**
