Nobody's POV
Weeks had passed since the incident. No one but Sai and Jiraiya got to see Naruto because very one tended to be busy during visiting hours.
It was the date of the final exams and no one knew what to expect. Even though she had been bed ridden for a few weeks Naruto hadn't been pulled out of the exam. Also one of the finalists was killed a few nights ago.
The participants stood in a line facing their new examiner. He chewed on a tooth pick as he looked over them. A thin eyebrow raised when he noticed the missing two.
"Where is Naruto and Sasuke?" The man was disappointed because he wanted to see the new blond girl who had so many different opinions about her through the village, that was if it is the same girl.
Then like magic Naruto strolled through the stadium hands behind her head like she had all the time in the world. Whispers spread like wild-fire as the villagers set eyes on the blond. However, she didn't pay them any attention.
"Sorry I am late. I never expected it to be so hard to sneak out of hospital." Naruto bounded over to the line of students and took her place next to Shikamaru.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Never thought I would see you in person." The examiner smirked as he chewed the long tooth pick in his mouth.
"Aww you make me feel popular. I guess I wasn't that late then. So who is the first pair." Naruto raised her eyebrow. The whispers from behind became full-out conversations as her name was mentioned some of what they were saying travelled down to the group.
"I thought she was dead...in prison I heard...killed people...should have been locked up...she's a beast...monster...murder...traitor."
The group snuck glances at the cheery blond who seemed to be oblivious to the remarks. The examiner smirked once again at the blonds ignorance of the crowd.
"First up is Uzumaki vs Hyuga. The rest please takes your place up there." He gestured his hand to the opening in the wall and watched as the rest of them left.
"Sasuke was training with Kakashi so he will probably be late." Naruto told the chewing man as she took a few steps back and faced Neji.
"Okay go whenever you are ready." He nodded and stepped away from the duet.
They stared each other down for a while Neji was the first to break the silence.
"I see you have a new accessory." He looked at the lower left arm that was wrapped with a colourful cloth as well as the white bandages that covered the whole of both her arms.
"Yeah it is a tribute some might say." As she looked down the scar that ran over her eye was visible, even though it was faint. Neji had to compose himself before he widened is eyes at the sight of her wounds. It reminded him that she would have worse ones all over her body. "Now lets start handsome." She dragged her leg in a semi-circle through the soil so it was at the back of her. With one hand behind her back she signalled for him to come at her.
"You are still injured Naruto." Neji looked at the girl across from him sympathetically.
There was an out bust in the stands as a man stood up and started shouting at them. "Don't you dare defile the Hyūga name by talking to him like that you monster. He shouldn't take pity on a murderous beast like you. There is no point in fighting him as someone as the likes of you could never hope to beat the prodigy of the Hyūga clan." The man rambled on and on and the longer he shouted the more people who seemed to agree with him.
Naruto turned to the man who was shouting. Her body stance was stiff and her blue eyes showed no life. "If you would please think before you speak. You are very close to breaking a law you know. Also your annoying voice goes right through me, I would like you to shut up so I can get this over with and go see my friends graves."
"Ha friends of a demon like you they deserved to die." As the man laughed the blond broke. She jumped at the man and pined him back into his chair by the throat.
"Do not speak about people you didn't even know. The one who deserves to die is you as the people who you just bad mouthed saved everyone in this villages life god knows how many times." Her nails grew as did her fangs. Droplets of blood appeared around the nicks in the mans neck. Then without warning all pressure was released and Naruto leapt back into the ground. "You are not even worth my time."
No more conversations were made as Naruto and Neji battled it out. Not being able to use her normal strength her and Neji were almost level in power and at one point it even looked like that Neji had won. However Naruto made a major come back and defeated Neji.
Silence rang through the arena. Not a single movement was made as they stared at the blond. Eyes buried holes into her as she spun in a circle to look at the audience. She took a bow of respect towards the Hokage and Kazekage. The blue-eyed girl turned to leave nothing showing on her face, but as she took the first step a single clapping sound was heard then followed by a small amount joining in. Naruto looked up to look up at the Hokage and Iruka who were the only ones clapping in the audience. She nodded a small tilt of the head before she disappeared into the building.
By the time Naruto had reached the rest of the examines group they had decided to postpone Gaara and Sasuke's match until the end. Kankurō And Shino were called up for their match, however, Kankurō forfeited the fight.
Naruto approached the puppet master. She leaned in and whispered in his ear, "I am watching you sand siblings. There is no way you would throw a fight unless it resulted in a better outcome. I however doubt that in this kind of situation." She raised a thin blond eyebrow as she watched the face painted teen sweat a little.
"You may be reading things a bit too much for your own good Blondie." Kankurō warned before he walked to his sister and younger brother.
"Well then next is Shikamaru vs Temari." Genma shouted. As the star hair shaped blond descended the stair Shikamaru started to complain.
"This is too troublesome. I think I might also forfeit." Leaning his head back into clasped hands he thought aloud.
"Shika you are not throwing this fight considering you know you can win. Now get that lazy ass down there." Naruto planted a black sandal into the pineapple headed boys backside sending him over the railing. Everyone gawked at the pair as the dark-haired boy landed on his butt on the ground.
A loud groan left Shikamaru as he pulled himself off the ground. "Now fight you lazy genius." The blond cheered causing the brunette boy to smile.
"Whatever as long as I can get this over and go take a nap." He grumbled back to his shouting friend.
"Well someone is cocky. Your friend is also cocky about her power considering the way she treated us." Temari sneered at Shikamru as she readied her fan.
"I would just say we are confident." Then with that their fight started.
Both Temari and Shikamaru were excellent strategists, but Shikamaru was better. Although it appeared pthroughout the match that Shikamaru was using pointless attacks, he was actually five steps ahead, and managed to skilfully manipulate Temari into a position where he could attack from behind, using the tunnel which Naruto had dug during her match with Neji to stealthily extend his Shadow Imitation Technique. He took control over Temari's body, and forced her to imitate every one of his movements. However even though he could win Shikamaru let her go.
"I quit." Shikamaru waved to Genma.
"What do you mean you quit you lazy arsed boy?" Naruto shouted as she leaned over the railing.
"I don't have enough chakra left to win so I may as well quit while I am ahead." The pineapple haired boy tipped his head back to look at the blue-eyed blond shouting down at him.
"Maybe you should have used your chakra to win this match instead of playing with her." Naruto mumbled loud enough for Shikamaru to hear.
The brow-haired boy laughed as he headed back to meet the blond. Naruto strolled towards the stairs to get Shikamaru when they both heard people about to attack Gaara.
The stood on the stairs frozen watching the scene that was playing out in front of them. Gaara killed two men like it was nothing, when he started to head in their direction Naruto could hear Shikamaru gulp. She pulled him into her arms and whispered into his ear.
"Stay still and be quite or he will notice you." Naruto used the same justu she had used the first day she met Shikamaru, making sure it covered them both.
Gaara walked right by them not even giving them any notice. Once he was out of sight Naruto released the justu and Shikamaru.
"For a smart kid you really are dumb." Naruto stretched so he back cracked. "If he had seen you he would have killed you with no hesitation. Now let's go and watch this fight and hope Emo doesn't get killed." The blond-headed back to their original standing place a still shell-shocked Shikamaru in tow.
Naruto's POV
As they reached the stand they could see the impatient Gaara standing alone with the instructor. Minutes passed and there was still no sign of the young Uchiha.
"I guess we will have to make this the Uchiha kids loss." Genma turned about to announce his decision to the crowd when a swirl of leaves concentrated on one spot in the fighting area.
Naruto groaned and rubbed a hand over her face. Climbing onto the railing sitting the same way Dark had. "God he is doing it again." She mumbled while agitating her wait so she was more comfortable.
Then in amongst the leaves Kakashi and Sasuke appeared. Kakashi was reading his Pervy book once again as he looked up and smiled apologetically at Genma. "Sorry we are late but he wasn't quite finished until a few minutes ago."
"That is just lie you Dog. Being late and a pointlessly flashy entrance. Lets just hope the raccoon doesn't kill your pup." Everyone that could hear the blond talking looked at her with a strange look. But Kakashi seamed to catch her drift an looked at the red-haired boy who was staring at the them in return with his arms crossed.
Kakashi smiled up at his favourite blond shutting his book dramatically. "I am more worried about what the fox is going to do." Naruto puffed out some air as the people close by made confused faces.
"I am pretty sure that it is a well-trained domestic animal. That only follows what its master orders." The blue-eyed girl winked and stuck her tong out at her sliver-haired man.
"Then it would be very boring if that where true." Kakashi winked back at the blond with his uncovered eye.
Naruto was about to answer him back when Genma butted in. "Ok you two stop having conversations that no one else understands and Kakashi get your arse off the fighting area." Kakashi smiled sheepishly again and walked away.
At the beginning of the match Sasuke demonstrated that his speed had vastly increased, to the point where the sand guarding Gaara could not keep up. It was getting to be too much for the red-head as Naruto could see, so he put up his ultimate defence. However, Sasuke smirked and invoked Chidori, Kakashi's only original technique, he ran it right through the hard sand cylinder to injure Gaara.
Naruto could smell the blood as the deep scream echoed through the silent crowd. Then a dark aura started to pulse.
Kit he is changing. Kumara told the blond as he smirked down at her. Now this is going to be fun.
Naruto was crouched a grin spread across her face. 'Yeah it is.'
"Kakashi!" Naruto kicked her legs up into the air so she was doing a hand stand on the railing. "Fun's about to start!" She warned. Jumping to land on her feet as a smoke bomb was set off in the Kage booth.
The sand siblings collected Gaara and left the arena with Sasuke following. Not seconds after they had gone a genjutsu was placed over everyone in the crowd including the examines.
Darkness flooded Naruto's vision as she collapsed to the ground. It was a weak sleeping genjutsu that Naruto released within a few seconds. Her eyes fluttered open to find herself on the chest of her pineapple hair shaped friend. Planting a hand at either side of his head she pushed herself up and looked at the boys peaceful face.
"Shika I know you are awake." She leaned even closer showing the truth behind her not really understanding personal space. The lazy boys eyes opened and even though his face never changed there was slight blush on his cheeks at their closeness.
'He is a little cutie this close up. A bit like Neji.' The blond thought as she rose to her feet looking out at the fight that had started. ANBU and ninja a like where bouncing about the place fighting. Naruto turned back to look and the now standing Shikamaru.
"I want you to go find Sakura. Tell her to go after Sasuke and make sure he doesn't fight Gaara. Tell her I will catch up once I have told Kakashi what we are doing. As for you I want you to go with her I know you will know what is best to do until I get there. Pukun will be sent after you so you can track Sasuke just head North until he reaches you both. Ok got all that?" Naruto relied everything to the smart boy in one go hoping that she hadn't spoken too fast and was relieved when all he did was nod.
"God this is so troublesome. I hate getting involved in these type of things. Tch." The brown-haired boy clicked his tong in annoyance before he headed out to look for the pinket.
Once he was out of sight Naruto used a small summoning justu to get her ANBU clothes and mask. Once changed the blond-headed on to the battle field.
Like moths to a flame the ANBU encircled her waiting for orders, as she was the now the highest ranked assassin, so she was pretty high up on the command chain. The rest of the Ninja followed the ANBU to Naruto.
"Kumara do you have orders?" One of the ANBU with a cat mask on stepped forward.
"Yes. You three go and try to break the barrier the Hokage is locked in. He is fighting who I think to be is Orochimaru." She turned ponytail swishing as the three she had given orders to disappeared. "From you to you," Kumara pointed to two other ANBU who had another ANBU and about three other ninja between them. "Are going to the village gates. Kill any enemy you encounter. Protect the village at any cost." With a nod of her head the group disappeared. The fox masked girl looked at the remaining ninja and ANBU.
"The rest of you will be stationed here to deal with the sound and sand ninja here. Protect everyone and kill any one who threatens a single of the villagers lives. I will be leaving to deal with the threat of Gaara as he is a dangerous person to not only us but his allies alike." Naruto turned to the silver-haired ninja who looked like he was enjoying a show. "Kakashi I will need Pakkun." She gave no further explanation and Kakashi just nodded summoning the small pug.
"Well isn't it Kumara, how can I help?" The pug looked up at the authoritative girl.
"Scatter!" Naruto told the group and they did as told. Naruto turned and started walking the dog in tow. "There are two people who I have sent out after the Uchiha. I want you to find them and guide them to him. Once you have him and I arrive I want you to try to take them as far away as you can. Understand?" She looked down at the ninja hound.
"Yeah sure but I need a sent of both these people." The dog looked at her expectantly. "Also you are a good tracker so why do you need me?"
Naruto pulled a small green and a small black piece of cloth out he pocket. "These are the sent's of Shikamaru Nara and Sasuke Uchiha." She handed the two bus of cloth over. "I am not as fast as you so I need you to find them faster than me, also I am going to be even slower because I will be trying to take out as many enemies on my way as I can. Now Pakkun can you do it?"
"Of course Kumara. See you once you catch up." Then with that the small dog disappeared following his own orders.
Naruto looked up at the sky as she pulled of her mask blue-eyes reflecting the blue sky. 'I have a bad looming feeling Kumara.'
The fox smirked looking at his blond jinchriki. Is the great Naruto finally getting scared of fighting?
Naruto snorted and stripped off the rest of her ANBU uniform. 'Ha you wish old-timer. No I am just saying that there is something in the air.'
That might just be your sensitive nose picking up the stench of sweat from your fellow fighting ninja. The fox once again smirked as he towered over Naruto.
'That is just beyond gross.' However a small smile was on the blonds face as she set of in the direction of the biggest blood lusting aura in the leaf village.
On her way to fight Gaara Naruto encountered a few enemy ninja. However they were quickly disposed of considering she was an assassin they never even got the chance to fight before they were dead.
Kumara looked down at his blond holder once again. Kit are you going to kill the one tail kid? For a few seconds nothing but silence met his question.
Then when Naruto did answer it was an unsure one. 'If I can avoid it? No. I have a feeling that if I kill the kid it might lead to worse outcomes. However if he becomes too much of a danger and it is the only way to stop him I will kill him.' Naruto's speed picked up the closer they got to the killing aura. 'I am going to need you to loosen the seal the Hokage put on me a little. If this becomes a full-out battle I am going to need more chakra than I have access to right now.'
Ok I will try but that Hokage of yours is a stubborn bastard and it will be hard to make this seal budge. Kumara sat back and crossed his hind legs. He clasped his front paws together building up some chakra. You are almost there Kit so focus on the fight and not getting killed until I am ready.
'Will do foxy. Just call when you are done.' Naruto started focusing on the path ahead. She knew that she was almost there when she saw a flash of lighting.
'Great they are fighting even though I told them not to. God I can get everyone else but people my age to obey my orders.' Naruto groaned to herself. The first people she can across were Shikamaru, Pakkun, Temari and Kankurō.
"So I am guessing Emo didn't listen to my order and Fan girl ran in to save him?" Naruto made everyone jump at the sound of her voice as she landed silently above them all.
"They didn't listen to a word I said. Especially that Uchiha boy. He told me that I was only a dog and that he had gotten strong enough to take out someone like Gaara." Pakkun complained as he lay down on the branch.
"Ha he is such a cocky boy. Maybe I should leave them there and see what happens, I might be lucky and end up with just Dog on my team." All of them but the pug stared at her in shock of her harsh words. "Aww I was kidding I will go get them. Pakkun stay here and once Sakura and Sasuke come back head to the village to get orders from anyone in charge. Don't wait for me, I will be fighting Gaara. Ok I'm off, see you later." Naruto waved and started bounding through the trees.
She was stopped by Temari's shouting she turned around a grin on her face. "What was that?" She asked even though she knew exactly what she had shouted.
"You will die if you fight him!" Temari shouted once again, the grin never left Naruto's face as she turned back around.
"Yes you are probably right. But if me getting killed saves the village then I am all for it."
"Why would you want to save this village so bad. Even I saw how they treated you and I bet that wasn't even half if it." Kankurō looked at the blond girl. As she started to move towards the place her team was fighting.
"No you are right I have been shunned since birth. However I am going to save this village because I will become Hokage one day, well that is if I survive long enough." Then Naruto left without looking back.
"She is still as strange as ever that girl." Pakkun stretched out and closed is eyes. "All we can do is wait since it was orders."
"Why do you even listen to her orders she is only a genin. Technically we should be listening to you." Temari questioned the dog as she also sat down.
The skin above Pakkun's eye lifted up as he hummed. "Well I don't see you disobeying her. Also I have my reasons for listening to Naruto."
The blond laughed as she got out of hearing range she was happy that Pakkun never let anything slip about her authoritative position even though he had no clue about her mission. She also found it funny that even though they questioned her orders they still obeyed.
Naruto climbed up the tree and looked down at the scene in front if her. Sasuke was tired out and resting on a branch not too far way from the half transformed Gaara. Sakura was knocked out and pinned to a tree with what looked like a hand. 'Well they have gotten into some mess. I was hoping to stop him before he transformed but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.' The blue-eyed blond thought aloud to no one.
Naruto sat herself on a branch behind the half monster Gaara just in the blind spot of the Uchiha boy. Once she was happy about her position she snapped a branch with her hand. Both boys whirled to look at the smiling girl.
"Oh don't mind me I am just an observer." Naruto waved a hand with a happy smile on her face showing them that they were just to ignore her.
The red-haired boy released a deep growl. "It's you." Was all he managed to conger up as he extended his arm trying to catch the blond.
The smile never left Naruto's face and she never moved from her spot until the hand had almost reached her and she tumbled back onto the branch a little lower down. "That is no way to greet someone you know. Also I wanted nothing to do with this but if you insist I will get involved." Then there was eight Kuni in the spaces of her fingers. She move like she was dancing spinning on the spot her hair copying her movements as she released the Kuni to stick onto the branch Gaara was perched on.
"You missed Naruto." Gaara snickered at the blonds stupid mistake.
Once the blond had stopped moving her hair started to dance with the wind. There was still a smile on her face. "Nope I hit all my targets. Sasuke I want you to take Sakura out of here. You will find Pakkun and Shikamaru, you will all go back to the village." Naruto looked back to the half monster as if she was waiting for something.
"This is my fight so I am not leaving. I can take him out. Also Sakura is trapped until we defeat him." Sasuke shouted and Naruto was sure that if he had a little less composure he would have stamped his feet.
Her cold stare was turned onto him. "You will listen to my orders unless you want me to kill you and not Gaara, because if you stay here one way or another you are going to end up dead." Her face morphed back into a smirk as she looked over to the trapped Sakura. "Also Fan girl will be free in a few seconds."
"W...What? How?" However Sasuke's question was answered as the sand holding Sakura blew up sending the pinket flying into the raven-haired boys arms. Without a second thought he took off running in the direction they had come.
Gaara was about to extend his arm after him when Naruto made a disapproving humming sound. "I would be more worried about your own situation." The red-head looked down to see the explosive tags on the Kuni attached to the branch. He jumped just in time for the tags to explode. Naruto jumped to to battle him in the air.
Pakkun's POV
The small dog stretched out. He hated that Naruto had left him with the children who were worry pacing. The two sand ninja looked scared out their wits, whereas, the Nara kid was thinking of strategies.
Pakkun's ears twitched as he heard the loud explosion. 'For being an assassin she always did like a bang.' His head turned to the kids looking in the direction of the explosions. A few seconds later an even bigger one sounded.
"What is that?" Kankurō asked no one in particular.
"That, sand ninja, is Naruto saying hi to your brother. I guess you will be happy to know that means she didn't let her team mates get killed. Well that is unless they were already dead." The brow furred dogs ears twitched again. "Oh no they were alive and here they come." Not a millisecond after he said that a raven-haired boy carrying a injured pink-haired girl burst into their clearing.
"Sasuke!? What happened to Sakura?" Shikamaru shouted at the pair who had just appeared.
'So this is Sasuke Uchiha. He does resemble Itachi.' The pug thought to himself as he stood up.
"It was Naruto she almost blew her up after the threading to kill me. Well she blew up the sand trapping Sakura but she almost blew her up along with it." Sasuke looked more shocked than anything.
"Well be happy she didn't kill you because she doesn't like her orders being disobeyed. Also Naruto would never have sent off that bomb if she knew it even had the slightest chance of killing the girl as it would just result in trouble she can't be bothered with." The ninja hound rose to his feet looking over his little party.
"She is almost as crazy as Gaara." Temari rubbed her eyes as she also sized up their new team.
"You have no idea. Ok I know what Naruto's orders are but we will need to prospone them a bit until the Uchiha boy and Pink girl have rested. So sit and wait I will tell you once we are heading out." He watched as the cocky boy collapsed girl still in his arms. However their peace didn't last long when they heard an animal like roar and what sounded like a forest being destroyed all at once.
Everyone one of their odd party looked up as they saw a raccoon like animal rise up into the air and Pakkun had to hold in a little laugh when the sound of Naruto shouting, Wow you are one big bastard, travel towards them.
However not all of the group was as light-hearted as him as the leaf ninja looked like they had shit their pants while the sand boy was sweating and the sand girl was chanting something.
However her chants didn't stay quiet for long as she burst out screaming. "We are all going to die and Naruto is going to be first!"
Naruto's POV
She spun in the air kicking the half monster Gaara through a few trees. She landed in a crouched position watching for any movement from the trees and wasn't too surprised when he came running out like a headless chicken. His moves were easy to dodge, so much so that Naruto was even laughing.
"God you really do just turn into a mindless beast, and you are only half transformed. Ha you even drool like one." Naruto talked to the beast as she flipped through the air twisting a few times and landing perfectly on her feet throwing out a pose, almost as if she was an acrobat.
"You. You are more of a beast with your other half. Such a strange girl, you are really interesting." Gaara attempted to hit her a few times again but all he managed to do was cut her a few times.
"Funny you should say that. For some reason I don't feel like keeping secrets from you. So I guess I will formally introduce my self." Naruto stopped moving all together and bowed slightly towards the half red-head half monster. "I am Naruto Uzumaki leaf ninja. Also the nine tails jinchriki." Standing up straight the only sound that echoed through the part of the forest they were in was her hair hitting her back.
"You...you are the holders of the nine tails?" Gaara stumbled out forgetting all about his attacking.
Naruto nodded. "Yep. His names Kumara. Here say hi." The girls blue eyes turned red as her whisker marks grew darker and fangs lager. "What the hell are you swapping with me the now for brat. I was in the middle of something!" The voice growled aloud not even paying attention to the half monster in front of him.
'Just shut up at talk to the one tail brat.'
The red-eyed Naruto turned and eyed up the boy in front of him. "So you are the one that holds that arse Shukaku?" The boy roared an in humman roar and started to transform even more. As the racoon like beast started to grow it crushed trees resluting in loud bangs. Naruto swited back with Kumara.
I think I made him angry Kit. The fox beast laughed.
'Yeah no kidding. You could have told me that you didn't get along with the one tail.' Naruto laughed while she smiled at her beast friend. 'I guess we will have to do it the hard way.'
Naruto got into her favourite fighting stance and shouted out, "Wow you are one big bastard!"
Kit you need to defeat him beforte he is fully transformed. This seal won't budge so you will have a limited acccess to my and your own chakra. Wake the kid up and you might just be able to win this fight. The fox looked down at the small blond, who in return looked up grin plastered to her face.
'So my game is to wake up the red-head and I will win if I do? This should be fun, lets go!' Naruto started to run up the side of the racoon beast.
The racoon swiped it's tail at her causing her to go flying and hit a tree. She spat up blood and wiped her mouth. 'Might be a bit harder than I thought it would be.'
The fox beast laughed at his blond holder. If we could be easily beaten while in transforming we wouldn't be as feared as we are! His voice boomed with his laughter.
The blond bit her lip thinking up a strategy. As ideas flooded her head Gaara attacked. His clawed hand came swinging down towards the blond, who just avoided it by jumping back. Creating a few shadow clones she kept jumping backwards. The clones split off into two leaving the real Naruto and one clone in front of the pursuing beast.
She kept running backwards until she came to a thicker part of the forest. She stopped moving and held her hand out to the clone. A blue ball of pure chakra formed in her hand and the clone disappeared. "Rasengan!" Naruto flung her hand against the roots of the tree. The force caused the three in front of her to fall landing on the monster. All around them trees started to fall and trap the beast.
That won't hold him, you know that.
'It's not supposed to. they are just there to buy me time to climb that big bastard and wake Gaara up.' The blond started to run up the beast having to hold on tight sometimes to prevent herself from being thrown off.
As she reached the red-head she got on her hands and knees to crawl over to him. 'You know for sleeping he doesn't look very peaceful.'
Bad dream. The fox beast shrugged. So how you going to wake him up?
Naruto crawled closer to the boy her talons digging into the beast as she went, as it continued to try to throw her off. Once she was a hair away from the boys face she sat up on her knees. then out of nowhere she head butted the sleeping jinchriki. The massive body she was sitting on suddenly disappeared letting both jinchriki's fall to the ground. They hit the ground with a bang.
'Well that hurt.' The bubbly blond laughed while looking up at her fox friend from lying on her back.
No wonder you just fucking head butted him! Which I want to know why head but? And they you fell about three stories to the floor! Kumara was shaking from his laughter looking at the over excentric blond.
'Thought my head would have more impact than my fist.' Naruto shrugged. She rolled over onto her stomach to look and the Red haired boy who was watching her with an intense stare. "So are you done fighting or do I have to come over there and beat some more shit into you, even though I doubt we will be able to move properly?"
"Why do you risk so much for a place that doesn't accept you?" The boy looked up into the sky waiting for the blue-eyed girl to answer.
"I will make them accept me some day when I become Hokage. I may have been alone all my life but having bonds make you stronger so I fight to protect the bonds I have made and the ones I will come to make." Naruto started to crawly closer to Gaara. "This must sound funny considering that a few weeks ago I was laughing at you even suggesting the fact that I had friends. However, a lot has happened since the I found out, maybe a bit too late, that without even releasing it I had made friends just being myself. I now have people close to me, but believe me I am far from being a good saint I have my own battles to fight. You are the same as me Gaara in more aspects than one."
Naruto was next to the boy pulling herself up, with the last of the strength she could muster up, just to lean against a tree in a sitting position."Do you know the people who are there for you?"
Gaara shook his head as he let the blond place his head on her lap. Naruto laughed a little running her figures through his hair. "It's Kankurō and Temari. That is why they stick up to you sometimes, they may be scared but they love you and always will."
They where silent for a while before Naruto started to sing:
Lately I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that I could be
But I have been praying hard
Wishing for the life I want
I'll be counting stars, hoping from afar
I see this life like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the line
In my face is flashing signs
I'm just doing what I'm told
I feel something so right
Doing the wrong thing
I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
I could lie, saying everything is alright
But everything that kills me makes me feel alive.
Nobody's POV
A singing voice carried throughout the woods as Pakkun's group headed closer to where they had last saw the Racoon like beast.
"What is that? Is that someone singing?" Sasuke looked around as the voice travelled towards them.
"It's beautiful. I've never heard this song before though." The now awake Sakura was trying to keep pace with the rest of the group.
"It makes me want to sleep." Shikamaru shrugged.
"You always want to sleep!" Sakura shouted at the lazy boy.
"It is a relaxing song. For some reason even though the lyrics are somewhat sad it makes me feel more at ease." Temari listened as the lullaby's soft sound continued to reach them. "Who ever is sing is a good singer." Kankurō grunted in agreement.
Pakkun stopped the group as he stopped the two they were looking for. "I can tell you something I never thought she was much of a singer. It was a lullaby that Kakashi thought her after learning it from his old sensei. Oh and no one was killed."
The rest of the group caught up and saw the Blond caressing the red-haired boy singing the sweet song they had been hearing. They where all looking at the duo with shocked expressions.
"Wait what the hell is with this scene? They were just fighting to kill each other five minutes ago and now she is singing a lullaby to him and stroking his hair!" Sakura burst out in a hushed whisper.
"He is sleeping? And he looks peaceful." Kankurō stumbled out.
"Look closer. Naruto is feeding chakra to the boy as she plays with his hair. It is helping him sleep without any disturbances, also the song is one she used to sooth herself when she had a bad day." Pakkun tried to educate they young ninja but they all seemed more interested in the position the two in front of them where in.
"Pakkun I know you are there now come out. What are you even doing here, I gave you an order didn't I." The bright blue eyes settled on the small dog and even they looked tired there was a threat in them. Pakkun gulped.
"I couldn't go anywhere with the Uchiha and girl in the state they where. Then when they where finally recovered enough to move we saw the beast disappear and they came running after you." The dog moved closer to the blond girl once he saw the threat was over. He looked up at the blood trickling from Her head and then at the blood trickling from the boy's head. "What happened to your heads?"
Naruto moved her free hand to her forehead and winced a little when she touched the cut. "I head butted him while he was transformed to wake him up." The group looked at her mouths lying open.
"You head butted him when he was transformed!?" They shouted together. Naurto just smiled at them and nodded her head.
They all stood just watching the blond for about five minutes. "Here sand siblings take him. He should sleep peacefully for about an hour with the amount of chakra I have given him." Naruto went to stand up but collapsed back to the ground. Looking up at the sky she started to laugh. "Ha the bastard is right I have over done it."
However, before Sasuke or Shikamaru could pick the blond up Kakashi was standing next to her. "Aint you lucky that I came just at the right time?" He smiled down at her through the mask.
"What you doing here Dog? Didn't you have orders to stay back at the arena?"
"Well no point staying there when the fighting is finished. Naruto?" Kakashi's tone changed from a happy one to an unsure one. Naruto looked up at the maked man. "The Hokage is dead." He watched the blond who didn't move at all for a few seconds. Sakura broke down while everyone else behind them looked shocked.
Naruto looked up at the sky once again. "About time the old perv died. Kakashi take me home." Her voice didn't give away anything she was feeling and Kakashi just nodded, picking up the blond girl they headed back towards the village.
Hope you like this chapter. Took me along time to write it.
If you are wondering about the song it is the lyrics to Counting Stars, I edited them a bit though to fit it a bit more.