Disclaimer:
Me: Naruto!
Naruto: What!
Me: I want you to do the disclaimer.
Naruto: Get the Pervy Sage to do it.
Hinata: Na-ar-ru-u-to-k-un, do-o i-t fo-o-r me-e pl-e-ase.
Naruto: I will for you, Hinata.
Hinato: Th-a-an-k y-ou.
Naruto: Leona doesn't own Naruto.
Me: Thank you, Naruo. Now go to Hinata and sweep her off her feet!
As I cheer on Naruto and Hinata, you continue with the story.
Bold = Demon
Italic = thoughts
Bold Italic = Inner
Naruto is supposed to be here in about a month! I can't wait till he gets here, its been two and a half years since I last saw him except for my little visit to Jiraiya but he was sleeping then. I've grown so much, and accomplished a lot. I want him to know! I'm now 187.96 (6'2"), taller than Kakashi is when he stands up straight! Wonder what Naruto looks like now? I'm so looking forward to seeing him again!
Today is the day, I'll ask Tsunade to let me stay with Naruto on the way back. First I'll start my morning routine. Get up, feed the pack, go take a dunk in my tub of water then get dressed. I put on my white breast strap and black shorts. I pull on the netting on my right thigh and right calf. The black knee pads and the silver elbowpads next. My black netted t-shirt then the black tight-fitting tank top that stops at the bottom of my ribs over it. My red loose tank top with the zipper on the right side goes on next. I pull on a black, fingerless glove that goes up to about mid way on my left upper arm. I wrap some bandage at the top to keep it in place. The arm guard goes over my fore arm and buckle my skirt on. My skirt hasn't changed much in the time Naruto had been gone. My right shoe had a black shinguard attached with dark blue "bracelets" over it. My left shoe was an older style of shinobi sandals. Now for the weapons, I still used my strap that held my fan and my four katana. Two pouches went around my waist and the customary around my right thigh. On my calves were still the weights but on top of my left calf were scrolls, sealed scrolls and blank scrolls, wrapped around my ankle. Like before I had a legwarmer on my left calf but instead of silver, it was orange, neon orange. Before Naruto had left he had told Lee to get me something orange. Then when I went to train with Lee and Gai, they presented me with the legwarmer, saying something about the youthful color and how it made me look youthful. After I had sewn on the cloth with the Akimichi symbol, I had started to wear it. The last things I put on were my blue ring on my right ring finger and my headbands. My Konoha one went in its place around my neck and the Suna one went around my ANBU tattoo. I doubled checked that I had everything and called my pack before going to Tsunade.
I was ready to see Naruto again and I could always get her to let me go on the pretense to deliver a message to Jiraiya. I walked *cough* jogged *cough* up the steps to Tsunade's room and walked right in. Tsunade had a sake bottle in hand and looked at me and said, "I know why you are here, you want to go to Naruto. I already got you a message to deliver to Jiraiya for me.". She handed me two scrolls and waved me off, "Go visit Naruto, already!".
I was almost bouncing when I walked back into my room to grab my bag. My bag was simple and black with some things that I didn't like to leave lying around. Like my ANBU mask. I also had two scrolls that I kept in that bag that is personal. One of those scrolls on my ankle has some high power stuff in it. Borderline, I kept some things on me at all times. I tossed the book I was currently reading in my bag and tied it to a loop around my waist. I told Tsume and Hana that I would be with Naruto for a month till he came back. As I waved to them one last time, I set off to where Naruto was with my pack.
It took me three days to get there since I took a break every six hours for fifteen minutes. It was easy to spot Naruto's orange jumpsuit and Jiraiya's long white hair. All I had to do was follow the noise for Naruto and where women gathered in the nude. So I had to go to the spa. And as I predicted, Jiraiya had gotten caught, Naruto was being yelled at and they were at a spa. I sighed and pulled the two of them away. Naruto was struggling and I dropped Jiraiya to whack him on the head. Naruto turned to face me and was glaring and I couldn't help laughing. Naruto looked at me for a bit before it dawned on him, "Ookami-Neko?" and as I smiled he jumped up and hugged me, "Ookami! I missed you!". My pack came up and jumped Jiraiya and Naruto while Jiraiya by now had figured out who I was and came forward and said, "Nice to see you again, missy. You sure have grown since we left. I assume in rank as well?". I smiled my crooked smile and rubbed the back of my head, "He he, I HAVE grown. In fact I'm taller than Kakashi is when he stands up straight. My rank now is jounin in both Suna and Konoha. I learned quite a few things while you guys were gone.". Jiraiya smiled and I turned them back towards town saying, "So I got two scrolls for you, Jiraiya from Tsunade. I might as well walk with you.". I handed Jiraiya the scrolls and he opened the first one, then looked at the second before going back to the first. Jiraiya smiled and I had a shudder go up my back before he said, "Tsunade sent you on a mission to escort Naruto and me back to the village in a month. She wrote, Keep him from his research as much as possible." I smirked, "She also gave me the information on you." I sobered up at that. I only have a few copies made of what my skill level is. Tsunade must have thought it a good idea to let me be trained by Jiraiya again but this time with Naruto. We walked off into town after that.
That entire month has been nice, I had caught up with Naruto, and pried some secrets from Jiraiya and got a copy of his new book signed. For Kakashi, These *shudder* BOOKS are borderline literature for me. I prefer to read the yaoi verison of the book when I want to read THIS kind of literature *cough* porn *cough*. Even then, I don't read it that often, I'm only a small-time occasional closet pervert. Damn you, Kakashi! You fell asleep with it open and I being the curious little cat, HAD to read it. Near gave myself a nosebleed too. I relaxed a little but was on-guard for enemies.
Once in sight of the village, Naruto ran ahead. Jiraiya and I walked behind enjoying the quiet. For Naruto had been chatting nonstop for the last hour about ramen and I kept thinking that the closer we got to Konoha, the faster he seemed to vibrate. Once Naruto was gone, I leaned into Jiraiya, "Was it just me or was it that Naruto seemed to vibrated and then the closer we got, the faster it seemed to be? I had barely blinked and Naruto got about a hundred yards.". Jiraiya sighed and said, "It wasn't just you.". I looked ahead to see Naruto through the gates yelling at the top of his lungs, "RAMEN!!!!". I sweatdropped and turned to Jiraiya, "Did you starve him of ramen? That's like asking for a ramen high when he gets it again." I groaned at the thought. "I kept him off ramen for three days and when he got ramen again, he literally bounced off the walls. I think it is because that since he eats ramen everyday for every meal for so long, he gets ramen withdrawals. Then has a high for three hours for every day he hasn't had ramen." I sigh and wave to Jiraiya to hurry up and race after Naruto. Naruto had just came into Ichiraku's when I caught up.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Naruto, drop the ramen!" and like the smart boy he was, he dropped his chopsticks and stepped away from the ramen. I got him in an iron grip headlock until Jiraiya got here, then Jiraiya gave him a bite every ten minutes while I held him. The spacing out of the ramen, stopped the ramen high from becoming what it could have been. We finished the first serving and went to report to Tsunade as Naruto met some of Konoha 14, what our generation had started to be called. It included the old Teams 7, 8, 9, 10 and Team Gai minus Sasuke. Jiraiya was behind and Naruto climbed on top of a pole and I stood at the bottom, when we came across Sakura. Sakura asked Naruto, what was different about her and Naruto being the idiot, said nothing. Sakura punched him on top of the head and then Naruto met Shino. I said hi to him while Shino tried to get Naruto to remember him. Kiba walked in with Akamaru and Naruto said, "Kiba? and Akamaru? . . . ". Shino started to mutter that Naruto could remember Kiba but not him when Hinata came and stuttered out, "H-h-hi-i-i N-na-ar-u-ut-to-o . . ." before fainting. Naruto yelled out, "Hinata?!" and I went to calm down Shino saying, "Naruto just didn't know you very well before and that it has been two and a half years. Don't forget that Naruto isn't the sharpest kunai in the box, look at him with Hinata.". Shino seemed pacified by that and Kiba came over and hugged me while Akamaru jumped me. Kibou and Akamaru practically went into another world, rubbing againist each other to mark them with their scent on them. I started to laugh and Naruto turned to me with a pleading look in eyes. I laughed and grabbed the back of Naruto's jacket and headed towards Tsunade.
I kicked open the door and deposited Naruto then ran over to Tsunade. Tsunade had looked up when the door had opened then smiled when she saw who it was, "NARUTO! Get your ass over here!". Naruto scrambled up and said, "Hai, Baa-chan!". I went over to the wall after I saw a vein pulse on Tsunade's head and on my way over heard, "NARUTO, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!". I chuckled and stood leaning against the wall until Sakura came in with Sizune when they meet with Kakashi. I jumped out the window and behind Kakashi once I heard his voice then bobbed him on the head with a new edition of Jiraiya's new book. Kakashi chuckled then turned around to poke me on the forehead. I must have looked like I was pouting because Naruto and Sakura were on the ground shaking from laughter. I went over to them and kicked Naruto and pressed my foot against Sakura's side, "Shut up, Naruto. Sakura, you too.". Tsunade laughed then told them that they would be part of Team Kakashi after they redid the bell test.
Once Team Kakashi had left, I turned to Tsunade, "So . . . What about me?". "You are to be part of Team Kakashi as a jounin and to protect Naruto if the need be."