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Azure orbs fluttered open for the second time that day, the headache had dulled slightly since Naruto last woke up, however it still did a good job at causing him pain. The blond groaned, how was it that he ended up this way?

Oh right….Itachi…

Naruto's eyes widened before he suddenly shot up from where he lay, sitting in a comfortable position the blond cleared his mind and proceeded to perform the correct hand seals needed for the jutsu. "Shingou Rinku no Jutsu"

{Enter Mindscape}

In his mindscape, Naruto was met with the sight of a large set of sturdy bars and a resting Demon Fox. Rotating around on the spot he searched for Itachi, hoping that he had not botched up the technique, a movement behind him caught his attention. Turning around he was met with the sight of deep crimson eyes, yelping Naruto jumped and fell back on his ass.

The Uchiha above him smirked, Naruto pouted "Maa, Ita-chan~, that was mean~" he whined. Still smirking Itachi held out his hand, which Naruto accepted, and pulled the blond up off the floor.

Behind them Kyuubi grunted in his sleep, looking at the demon Itachi thought 'So that is the great Kyuubi no Kitsune, this is what Akutsuki is after' However he filed the thought away to ponder on later before turning his attention back to the genin who was calling him.

"Ma Itachi-san, were you doing anything important before I called?"

"No," Itachi said, keeping his expression blank, then in a teasing humor added, "If I had been preoccupied I would not have bothered to responded to your call, Naruto-kun"

Naruto gasped a mock-horrified expression appearing on his face before curling up into a ball, depression lines hanging above his head and fake tears streaming down his face. "Ita-chan is so mean today!" he wailed.

The other mentally rolled his eyes at the blondes melodramatic state and after a few seconds, he asked "Was their a reason you have called on me, Naruto-kun?"

The blonde sobered and faced Itachi. His features blank as if still comprehending the question, suddenly Naruto let out a shout of surprise as if he had just realised something, Itachi watched intrigued by his reaction

"I did call you out didn't I?" came the definite response and light punch of his palm in realisation. The Uchiha's figure twitched a little, inching towards his weapons pouch, however restrained himself "Well I really didn't want anything other then to confirm the link we made worked and because I thought you might have collapsed yesterday because of the overuse of chakra!" The 'genin' exclaimed growing more worried as he remembered his reasoning for calling the older male.

Itachi twitched again before throwing a kunai in Naruto's direction, a yelp and crash was his response, much to his satisfaction. Before the younger male could get the chance to open his mouth and complain, Itachi stepped forward towards the blonde and looked down a murderous aura surrounding him. Naruto gulped and laughed nervously "W-What did I do?"

The aura that surrounded Itachi became even more imposing. Naruto gulped; maybe he said the wrong thing.

"Naruto-kun you do realize that I, unlike you - who has two chakra cores, am exceedingly tired due to having exhausted my only core. Not only have you required me to use what little chakra I have left in my fatigued state for a reason as useless as 'to confirm the link we made worked'; however you also had the audacity to question my intelligence at the same time. Additionally, you have also had the impudence to carry all this out after I have just regained my consciousness and come to the realization of my extremely bad headache after a particularly dire conference with the Leader. Moreover, after scrambling with a barely plausible attempt to explain why it is that I have severely depleted chakra reserves and look as if I am to drop dead any second, you still have the nerve to ask what it is you did wrong. Naruto-kun, however thankful I am to you for everything you have done up until now, please remove yourself from my sight, before I make the word bloodbath look like a desert."

Naruto nodded vigorously, Itachi raised a brow, "You're still here Naruto-kun, and my patience is wearing thin" Naruto 'eeped' before escaping the mindscape.

{Exit Mindscape}

Still shaken Naruto opened his eyes to see one dark iris staring back, the blond shouted in surprise before falling backwards screaming "Cyclops!"

"Naruto-kun" a voice deadpanned. Naruto stopped his movements and turned to the source, Kakashi sat cross legged on the floor next to his futon, a tick visible on his brow. Realizing what had happened Naruto grinned sheepishly 'Ma, this is not a good way to start my day, first Itachi-san and now Kakashi-sensei, heaven forbid I manage to run into Tsunade-oba-chan and piss her off too'

"Ah…..g-gomen Kaka-sensei….its just with the eye…and I couldn't see….the cloth was….umm I'm going to shut up now" He finished lamely as he saw the angry expression on Kakashi's face growing into something homicidal as Naruto tried to explain.

Still looking at Kakashi's expression Naruto thought 'okay so I took him for a Cyclops, there's really no need for him to be that angry!'

"Kit his anger goes deeper then just that, you really are thick aren't you" It was a statement not a question. A vein popped out of Naruto's head.

'All right then Kyuu-no-baka, what's he so pissed off about?'

"Kit this is the second time you took off without a word about who you were meeting and where you were going and the last time you came back in terrible condition. It was bound to get him livid, besides I think he still needs to pay you back for all the pranks you played on him." Kyuubi snickered at the last part, while Naruto paled a bit. Sure, he was recovering well, but that did not mean he was in top physical condition and avoiding Kakashi's revenge pranks was going prove difficult if the man's expression said anything.

"Uhm….K-K-Kakashi-sensei…." Naruto called nervously looking up he was met with a hard expression. Flinching Naruto's gaze returned to the floor

'Damn, I really pissed him off this time.'

"It's no wonder, although you were helpful in training the two brats, you completely disregarded the mission and left preoccupied with your own devices. Now I don't know about you but I do not think that is something a reliable teammate would do, and if I remember correctly this person is all for teamwork and the whole 'those who abandon there comrades are trash' thing.

Naruto flushed in embarrassment and shame at the demons words. When met with silence from the other Kyuubi continued

"As much as I hate to say it kit, you completely fucked this one up. You managed to get a few more contacts for the upcoming war but at the same time you disregarded the mission, something that's frowned upon in any shinobi nation and sometimes, if the situation turns for the worst, punishable by death. This alone can make him regret trusting you; forget him trusting you enough to follow you into a war. On top of that, you did what your Jōnin sensei despises more then any enemy, personally I am surprised he hadn't cornered you sooner. Have no doubt in your mind that this will reach the Hokage's ears. Even though in your time the other two brats caused the downfall of our nation, at the same time your Jōnin sensei's thoughts are, here they are just genin and although you have seen them at their worst, they have not even begun to learn their own limits yet. You got yourself in a tight spot this time kit; you allowed this war to blind you, good luck undoing the damage."

Naruto clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he listened to the truthful words of the demon. Kakashi had not spoken a word either glancing up once again he was again met with a cold expression, bowing his head to the floor the blond spoke in a soft regretful tone

"Gomen-nasai, I did wrong by yours and Hokage-sama's teachings, I disregarded my position as a teammate, alley and one of the shinobi code of laws for my own misgivings, forgive me"

Naruto waited for the Jōnin's reply, Kakashi looked at him stonily for a few more seconds before quietly getting up from his seated position and exited the room leaving Naruto biting his lip, eyes screwed and bowing to an empty space.

"It'll be alright kit…"

Naruto had stayed in his bowing position until night fall, his legs had cramped hours ago and were on the verge of going numb, he hadn't gotten up to eat or drink and seeing as no one else had entered the room, the blond was certain that the scarecrow had forbidden anyone from entering.

Naruto didn't care all he wanted at the moment was to regain the mans trust and if that meant reverting back to the old style of asking (begging) for forgiveness then so be it.

The blond knew that even if he was forgiven their would be a punishment and it would not be a light one, especially considering Hokage-sama and Kakashi already knew of his status. Albeit it would be a private punishment, Kakashi's cover-up of Naruto doing the Hokage's bidding elsewhere would raise questions of why he was being punished in the first place. The future Hokage idly wondered what his Jōnin sensei had told his teammates and the two rogue shinobi to prevent them from entering the room for so long. Naruto winced as he felt his legs going numb, he knew by the time morning came he would have lost all feeling in his legs, but in all honesty he couldn't bring himself to care, he had done exactly what Sasuke (from the future) had done and abandoned his team mates for no other reason then his own selfishness.

Kyuubi sat in the corner of Naruto's mind watching the 'child' berating and cursing himself with softened eyes. The demon fox knew that the kit was going through a rough time trying to adjust to the fact that his teammates who were once his enemies were now once again his allies and people he could trust. The demon sighed, now it looked like he had to learn the hard way, Kyuubi was pulled from his thoughts as he noticed his host still his fidgeting and desires to stretch his legs.

The door had once again opened to reveal Kakashi standing in the doorway holding a tray of food and water, a look of surprise passed over his concealed features when he noticed the blonde-haired person before they disappeared just as quickly as they came. The genin missed the entire glimpse, as he had not looked up to see who had entered, but figured out who it was by the chakra signature.

Still watching the blond with an unreadable expression the Jōnin sighed, shutting the door closed behind him he walking across the room and laid the tray of food in front of the blond. "Eat", was his only command. However Naruto didn't so much as twitch, the blond could feel his stomach clench and writher in hunger, but he wasn't about to let his stomach get the better of him. He would not eat or drink until the man forgave him for his insubordination. Some would think him harsh on himself, others would think him a fool for turning down the offered kindness, Naruto, however, knew that this would be the best and most direct way to show the male how serious he was. Therefore, he did not move from his position and held his silence.

Kakashi seemed to understand what Naruto was attempting to do and narrowed his eyes, the blond would obviously know that Kakashi could leave him in this position for days, maybe weeks if he wished too. Assessing the blond once more, Kakashi nodded to himself, he would see how far the blond would go to seek his forgiveness, the Jōnin hadn't informed the Hokage of the blonds fieldtrips as of yet and the outcome of the newly arisen situation would decide whether or not he did so.

With that deciding thought, Kakashi left the food in front of the blond and exited the room, intending to ask Tsunami for another room, where Sasuke and himself could bunk, ready with a falsified story of Naruto being sick with a highly contagious cold.

The next morning Naruto awoke in the same kneeling position to notice the feeling, or in this case the lack of feeling, in the lower half of his body. His stomach felt empty and his throat was beyond parched. From what he could tell he had been unconscious for three days before awaking and then had slept for another day, so that was already four days he had gone without eating, including yesterday, that made five. Five days without any food or water, Naruto was not going to lie, no matter how much experience he had with dealing with lack of food and water during the war, the malnourishment was getting to him. Combined with his already depleted chakra reserves, the blonds body felt heavy and cramped, as well as completely and utterly exhausted despite the lack of activity. The genin shook those thoughts away and cleared his mind, focusing on nothing but his apology to the Jōnin.

It was not until noon that the Jōnin came to check on him again a tray of food in his hand. The Jōnin did not even bat an eyelash at the genin's position, he figured if Naruto was anything like his counterpart, the boy would not give in until he succeeded in what he was doing. He glanced at the untouched tray of food that lay on the floor cold and forgotten; again, he crossed the room and replaced the cold tray with the new hot one instead.

Kakashi would return the next day to find that one had gone cold as well.

Two days had passed and each day Kakashi entered the room to find Naruto still in the same position, the food on the floor cold. Kakashi admired the boy for his perseverance, many other people, be they shinobi or not, would have long ago given into their desire for food and water. He sighed and made his way up the stairs, he may have not forgiven the boy completely, but if he kept him in the state he was in now any longer the boy would most likely pass out and do far more damage to his body then needed.

Grasping the handle on the door, Kakashi sighed once more and pushed it open, unsurprisingly the genin was still in the same position on the floor. Crossing the room, he stopped in front of the boy and sat down replacing the old try of food with the new one he had brought along with him. He took another glance at the blonde-haired shinobi, he was swaying slightly beads of sweat dripped down from his temple and he could see the boys' legs trembling, cramped, from being in the same position for too long. He sighed again "Naruto-kun…"

Naruto froze, this was the first time Kakashi had spoken to him since he awoke four days ago. "Given the amount of time you have spent here, I assume you have not let it go to waste and have reflected upon your actions." Kakashi paused, still keeping his gaze on the blond, Naruto gave no indication that he had heard the older male but Kakashi knew he was listening.

"Know that I have not forgiven you completely… and to be honest I don't think I ever will…" The time-traveller felt himself stiffen at the others words gritting his teeth, while Kyuubi tried to consol him as best he could. "…however, I will not take this matter up with the Hokage and I will give you a chance to redeem yourself over time." Kakashi finished still looking at the blonde, his stiff posture had not escaped the mans eye.

The Jōnin knew that Naruto had truly regretted his actions and that was part of the reason he had not informed the Hokage, but at the same time the genin had borderline betrayed his comrades, his actions proved he had done what he claimed he came here to prevent. If Kakashi had not been positively sure that Naruto had repented for his actions then his trust in the blonde would have been lost.

Silently Kakashi waited a few more seconds for the blonde to move, when he didn't Kakashi sighed "Naruto-kun, I will forgive your actions just this once and will continue to put some form of trust in your judgement, however to do that I will need you alive, so please, eat."

Again, the Copycat waited for the blonde to move, he almost sighed in relief when said blonde lifted his head up.

Now Kakashi had been expecting anything when he met the blonds gaze; an expression of relief, anger, frustration, guilt, anything, what he had definitely not expected though was the sheepish smile that met his eye

"I would Kaka-sensei, but um…you see, I can't move, it hurts too much," Naruto said indicating to his cramped legs. Kakashi sweat-dropped, but smiled at the use of his name, Naruto understood that he had not wanted these state of affairs to change anything between the team. "You really are a handful Naruto-kun, child or not." The blonde only continued to grin.

A week had passed and Naruto was up and running about in no time, Kakashi had informed him that he had told team 7, the rogue nins and their employee's that he had been out with a cold during his time spent in the room. Naruto merely nodded at the information and went about eagerly helping his teammates and Tazuna with the bridge, a large grin on his face that had not disappeared even once since he came out of his room.

During this time, Sasuke and Sakura had spent their time helping with the bridge and continuing their own training the blonde had manipulated them into doing, however none seemed to mind that much. However, Kakashi could see that they were both exceedingly interested in how it was that Naruto came by all this knowledge, but they duo never pushed for answers, that was something Kakahsi was both thankful and curious about.

When he asked them it was Sasuke who answered "It's not our business what the dobe does in his own time, how he came about the knowledge is for him to know and it's also his decision about whether to reveal any of it or not." Sakura just nodded from beside the raven.

It was two weeks later, with the help of Naruto's massive amount of clones that the bridge was completed and team 7, Zabuza and Haku were exiting the village having said their good bye's to Tazuna and his family, all on their way to Konoha. While gazing at their backs Tazuna asked a smile on his features what they should call the bridge, it was Inari that answered, his voice positive, assured and strong.

"The Great Naruto Bridge."

Meanwhile the group of shinobi continued on the road back to Konoha, oblivious to the happenings on the bridge. Sasuke and Zabuza had taken a surprising liking to each others company and were taking about various weaponry and jutsu's that they knew. Meanwhile Sakura and Haku took to talking about the medical field of a Shinobi's career, Sakura finding what the rogue shinobi had t say fascinating, had gotten out a note book and was quickly jotting away notes about what ever it was Haku was saying.

At the back of the whole group walking in silence was Kakashi and Naruto, despite what the older ex-ANBU member had said, the two had barely spoken to each other throughout the past wee that Naruto had exited the bedroom. The Scarecrow had kept his distance from the adult turned teenager and it was scaring Naruto slightly who had thought things were finally back on track.

Unknown to the distraught young blonde, Kakashi had glanced at him out of the corner of his eyes and smirked a little "Is something wrong Naruto-kun?" Kakashi asked in the same bored monotone he always used, while he flipped a page in his new Icha-Icha book.

The blonde jumped slightly not expecting the question, he fidgeted on the spot slightly unsure of whether to voice his concerns, in fear of annoying the other anymore then he already had. Shaking his head the blonde made up his mind and took a deep breath "Why have you been avoiding me?"

Kakashi turned his head slightly to get a better look at the genin and raised a brow "I think you know the answer to that,"

Naruto flinched before looking down at the ground not noticing the mischievous glint in Kakashi's eyes "After all I did say I hadn't forgiven you completely," He continued his tone suggesting he was being serious while his eyes twinkled in amusement, Naruto who still hadn't looked up had missed all of this, too lost in his slight depression.

"But, I guess I can forgive you completely now…" Kakashi sighed closing his book and looking down at the blonde who looked up eyes wide with surprise and confusion, "Eh? Why?" Naruto could help but blurt out, Kakashi once again raised a brow at the blonde, who started tripping over his words to rectify what he said

"Not that I don't want you too, it's just that you said it before and now you're saying it again and I'm just a little confused as to why you're..." Naruto trailed off before he started babbling and unsure of himself.

Kakashi sighed the twinkle of amusement and mischief still in his visible eye before he opened his book once more and tucked his hand into his pocket appearing nonchalant. "Well considering you so easily played into my prank, the amusement I'm going to get in a few seconds will be enough to compensate for your actions"

Naruto's eyes widened, finally understanding before yelping as massive 'poof' went off covering the genin completely with pink smoke. Kakashi put his book away and watched grinning as to what would come out of the smoke.

As the smoke cleared it showed the deadpanned face of Naruto who was now sporting, instead of his usual attire, a bright orange extra frilly and short maid outfit complete with the frilly hat on his head. Kakashi's grin turned into full blown laughter, while up ahead the other occupants of the group had long ago stopped and turned around to see what all the commotion was about.

Zabuza was the first to snap out of his daze and burst into fits of laughter, Haku tried desperately to conceal his laughs not wanting to upset the other male and Sakura stood frozen in shock and horror while Sasuke had a hard time from keeping his mouth from twitching into a full blown smile. "Not. Funny." Was the only thing Naruto managed to get out before another poof went off in the area, this time from Sasuke.

Everyone froze looking on in confusion, horror and amusement. Out of the smoke revealed a horrified Sasuke who now sported two black furry cat ears on his head and thin long black tail, a black and extremely short tank top and matching short shorts. The attire was complete with a little bell collar around the males neck.

"I suppose this will make you boys think twice before deciding to prank someone?" Kakashi spoke eye's filled with tears as he tried to keep his voice steady and not burst into fits of laughter as Zabuza was already doing. Sakura who had finally allowed her sensei's words to catch up with her realized what was happening and allowed herself to laugh at her male teammates along with the other two rogue nins and her sensei. All walked away in fits of laughter leaving behind two irate shinobi behind.

Naruto's eye twitched at his sensei's prank before smirking evilly as he got an idea "Hey Sasuke" He said slyly, the Uchiha in his irritated state did not catch the other tone of voice and replied with an angry "What?" As he watched the laughing group ahead of them slowly get farther and farther away from them. "Have I ever showed you my Oiroke no Jutsu?"

Before Sasuke could answer there was a poof from beside him, instinctively the boy turned to the source and found a blond woman standing in Naruto's place, wearing Naruto's maid outfit. "Ne, Sasuke-kun" She said seductively "Should we teach Kakashi-kun a lesson?" The raven haired genin smirked, "Just show me the hand-signs, Dobe"

The rest of Team 7 and the two rogue nins had finally managed to calm themselves down enough to set up camp, they had been walking for five minutes before deciding to stop and neither Sasuke and Naruto had caught up, Kakashi chuckled thinking the two were trying to find a way to undo the jutsu. It was fifteen minutes later that Sakura, Kakashi, Zabuza and Haku were sitting down and eating their dinner that all heard a rustle from the bushes, Kakashi sniggered a little "Finally decided to come back Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun?"

"Ne, that was a very mean trick, Sensei" all froze as they heard a sensual female voice instead of the low rough tone of a male, Kakashi spun around ready to be attacked only to get a face full of…breasts? Arms wrapped around his person, looking up he saw a very attractive raven haired female who's breasts were at least a D-cup. And oddly enough she was wearing what he had transfigured Sasuke's clothing to look like "S-Sasuke?" His managed to squeak, before he felt another presence make itself known by sitting on his lap and grabbing at his arms

"Ne, Sasu-chan's right, Kaka-sensei, that was soo mean" Kakashi whirled his head around bewildered as he saw a busty very attractive blonde on his lap, wearing the same attire as Naruto, while squishing his arm between her generous chest and pouting up at him. "N-Naruto?" The pitch of his voice going higher. Sakura by this point had fainted from seeing the scene and Haku followed right after her not being able to take so much blood rushing to his head. Zabuza on the other hand was grinning like a mad man.

"Ne Sensei," Naruto started mischievously while at the same time looking very much like she was going to do something naughty, behind him Sasuke had the same expression and continued Naruto's sentence, leaning down and whispering huskily into Kakashi's ear "Please, teach us something"

"We're very good learners, we promise" Naruto continued in the same tone, burying Kakashi's arm deeper into her bust, the male whimpered, trying to will away the sexual images that came into his mind. Sasuke and Naruto's eyes met each other for a split second before giving barely noticeable nods.

"O-ne-gai, Sen-sei" Sasuke begged softly into the older mans ear, pushing Kakashi over the edge and into a massive nosebleed and blissful unconsciousness. Sasuke and Naruto unwrapped themselves from their Sensei's unmoving form and snorted

"Pathetic"

Naruto shook her head pitifully "I really did expect more from the pervert."

Both turned to Zabuza who was now bursting into fits of laughter, both henged girls grinned at each other joining Zabuza in his laughter before eating their meals, once the rogue nin had calmed down he straightened himself and addressed the two genin "If things are like this back where you came from I think I'm going to like Konoha"

They all grinned.

I hope you liked the chapter! Nothing overly dramatic but I decided to put the prank in their just for you guys XD

Up next our heroes go back to Konoha! See the results of e-bay! Will the Sandaime consent to Zabuza and Haku's arrival? And Iruka's back!

All next time!

Ja ne!

Shika XD